Category: Blessed Columba Marmion

A Son of Ireland for the Whole Church

30 January 2013

90th Anniversary Today is the 90th anniversary of the death of Blessed Columba Marmion, priest, abbot, and eminent Doctor of life in Christ. I am...

Praying One Abbot for the Healing of Another

25 September 2012

Dom Pietro Vitorelli, Abbot of Monte Cassino Last June I learned of the serious illness of the young and gifted Abbot of Monte Cassino, 51...

Cardinal Mercier on Prayer

13 May 2012

Désiré-Joseph Cardinal Mercier (1851-1926) was Archbishop of Malines, Belgium from 1906 until his death. Besides the heroic leadership he demonstrated during World War I, Cardinal...

Another Novena to Blessed Abbot Marmion

18 September 2011

Today is the last day of our Novena to Blessed Columba Marmion. We offer thanks for his intercession and — we have decided to begin...

Novena to Blessed Columba Marmion

16 September 2011

September 10 –18, 2011 Dear friends and readers of Vultus Christi, We continue our novena, recommending these intentions to Our Lord through the intercession of...

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