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BENEDICTINE ARCHITECT
I think many years ago, I did a Blog on the work of my great grandfather, who was a well- known architect and builder (he did the first “skyscraper” under Louis Sullivan) in St. Louis. My father...
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NEW MADONNA
May 18, Volodymyr Zelensky met with the new Holy Father, Pope Leo. “For many nations, the image of a mother and child is a symbol of life that must be protected. Today, we presented Pope Leo XIV with...
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A MAN OF CLEAR IDEAS
POPE LEO ‘has the mentality of a mathematician’ and ‘knows how to govern,’ confrère says. In an interview with the Vatican newspaper, Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, OSA, one of two undersecretaries...
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GOD'S ARCHITECT
Earlier in the month (May 16) we dealt with an American Benedictine architect, Father Michael McInerney, OSB. Here is another builder, more well known, now up for canonizaton. VENERABLE ANTONI...
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MODERN MYSTIC OF UKRAINE
As we continue to pray for the on-going war in Ukraine, I present a mystic born in that country, who Father E. mentioned in a class recently. Will she be the next St. Faustina?STEFANIA FULLA HORAK was...
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NEW STAMPS
The Vatican has issued its first official postage stamps featuring Pope Leo XIV. Issued May 27, the commemorative set includes four stamps depicting key moments from the new pontiff’s first public...
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WHO EVER HEARD OF CHICLAYO?
By now everyone knows as much about the new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, as they think they can, and one of the new pieces of the puzzle of his most active life, was his long stint in Peru. “Greetings...
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ANOTHER TOWN FOR THE NEW POPE
Not often mentioned, our new Holy Father, Pope Leo has also left his mark on another smaller Peruvian city called CHULUCANAS, in the northern province of Piura, about 30 miles east of the regional...
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MADRECITA OF THE ANDES- A NEW SAINT
One of the blesseds to soon be canonized by the Holy Father is one of my favorites. Her biography reads like Indiana Jones in the jungle and I reprint it from my original Blog November 2012.BL. MARIA...
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NEW SAINT OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Among the Blesseds to be canonized this year isthe martyr,PETER TO ROT, who is the first saint ofPapua New Guinea. He served as catechist in his village and was entrusted with the local parish during...
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MORE SAINTS FOR USA
Ever wonder why there so many Italian saints? Could it be because they lived so close to the heart of the Church- the Vatican? But now our own young country may have more saints added to the long...
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THE WARBLER
SERVANT OF GOD MARIE NOEL ROUGET (Auxerre, 16 February 1883 – 23 December 1967) a French poet, iconsidered one of the greatest Christian poetesses in history, was affectionately called "the Warbler of...
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ST. FAUSTINA'S CONFESSOR
On the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we present a future saint who had a great devoton to this mysery of our Lord.At the end of 2024, Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, of Krakow, announced the...
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GEORGIA MARTYRS
In our Blog for June 17, we mentioned a new Center for Sainthood in California, which through studies, will increase the chances for more American saints. Since we think of July as a month dedicated...
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THE BAKER BOYS & APOSTLE OF CHARITY
The next American to be considered this month is VENERABLE MONSIGNOR NELSON BAKER, who was born in 1841, in Buffalo, New York. His mother was Catholic, his father was a Lutheran, who converted to...
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FIRST BENEDICTINE WOMEN IN USA
On this feast of St. Benedict, Archbishop Enrique Benavent Vidal of Valencia in Spain encouraged the faithful to take advantage of summer vacation to read and delve deeper into the Rule of St....
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THE PASSIONATE VIRGIN OF NEW YORK
Our next American to be considered for canonization isSERVANT of GOD JUANA ADELAIDA O’SULLIVAN y ROULEY, known as Mother María Adelaide of Saint Teresa. She was a Catholic nun born in New York in...
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THE COBBLER OF NOTRE DAME
Another American to be considered, is SERVANT of GOD BROTHER COLUMBA (JOHN) O’ NEILL who was born in 1848 in Mackeysburg, Pennsylvania, to parents Michael and Ellen (McGuire). He had a congenital foot...
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DOCTOR WITH A HEART
Is there any end to holy doctors in our modern times? In all fields, they are an example to other physicians that it is not impossible to be brilliant in their area of expertise and holy at the same...
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