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Dare to be like San Lorenzo Ruiz
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: September 28 Lorenzo Ruiz is the first Filipino saint. He is also the first Filipino martyred for the Christian Faith. Lorenzo Ruiz was a layman, married, and had two sons... -
St. John Vianney
Posted on August 5, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: August 4 St. John Vianney, Priest (Patron of priests) Feast day – August 4 Universally known as the “Cure of Ars),” St. John Mary Vianney was ordained a priestin 1815. Three years later he... -
Dare to be like St. Bonaventure
Posted on July 15, 2011 | No CommentsSAINT BONAVENTURE Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, c.1221-1274 SAINT BONAVENTURE, the Seraphic Doctor, is spoken of, along with Duns Scotus and Saint Thomas Aquinas, as one of the... -
Dare to be like Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Posted on June 27, 2011 | No CommentsSaint Cyril of Alexandria was Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church, c. 376-444 THERE was no room for compromise or indifference in the issues involved. The disagreement, violent on both... -
Solemnity of John the Baptist
Posted on June 24, 2011 | No CommentsJesus called John the greatest of all those who had preceded him: “I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John….” But John would have... -
Dare to be like St. Methodius I
Posted on June 14, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: June 14 847 Patriarch of Constantinople, modem Istanbul. He was born in Syracuse, Sicily, and builta monastery on the island of Chios. After some time in Constantinople, he was... -
Dare to be like St. Anthony of Padua
Posted on June 14, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: June 13 b.1195 d.1231 Saint Anthony was canonized (declared a saint) less than one year after his death. There is perhaps no more loved and admired saint in the Catholic... -
Dare to be like St. Barnabas
Posted on June 12, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: June 11 All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds... -
Dare to be like St. Getulius
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Dare to be like St. Willibald
Posted on June 7, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: June 7 786 Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great... -
Dare to be like St. Norbert
Posted on June 6, 2011 | No CommentsSAINT NORBERT Bishop and Confessor, c.1080-1134 GOD awakens the saints to the reality of His presence in a variety of ways, some of them quite dramatic: thunder and lightning was... -
Dare to be like St.Charles Lwanga and his Companions
Posted on June 3, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: June 3 For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew more safe and powerful through the centuries, the... -
Dare to be like Sts. Marcellinus and Peter Martyrs
Posted on June 3, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: June 2 Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. Evidence of the respect in which... -
Dare to be like St. Angelo
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsFeastday: May 5 St. Angelo, who was one of the early members of the Carmelite Order, suffered martyrdom for the Faithat Leocata, Sicily. The story of his life, as it has... -
Dare to be like St. James the Lesser
Posted on May 3, 2011 | 1 CommentFeastday: May 3 Patron of Hatmmakers St. James the Less, the author of the first CatholicEpistle, was the son of Alphaeus of Cleophas. His mother Mary was either a sister or a close... -
Dare to be like St. Zita
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsSt. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christianfamily. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a... -
Sainthood Process
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe word “saint” comes from the Latin word sanctus, which translates to “consecrated” or “holy.” Saints are men and women who have lived their lives, (and very often gave them... -
The Student who became a Professor; the Pastor who became a Bishop
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe Student who became a Professor; the Pastor who became a Bishop By Deacon Keith Fournier (www.catholiconline.com) Fr. Karol Wojtyla first entered into graduate studies at the Pontifical University of... -
The Young Karol Wojtyla
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe Young Karol Wojtyla By Deacon Keith Fournier (www.catholiconline.org) On May 18, 1920, during the month traditionally dedicated to Mary the Mother of the Lord, one of her greatest treasures... -
From Cardinal to Chair of Peter to Grain of Wheat
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No CommentsFrom Cardinal to Chair of Peter to Grain of Wheat Deacon Keith Fournier (www.catholiconline.org) Karol Cardinal Wojtyla’s was selected as a Cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1967. In March...