Category: Saints

An Intercessor for Priests

28 February 2015

Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil–Martiny Yesterday, 27 February, was the dies natalis and liturgical memorial of Blessed Marie de Jésus Deluil Martiny. Born to upper...

Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata

27 February 2015

Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata died on February 27, 1862 at twenty-four years of age. Pope Benedict XV canonized him on May 13, 1920. The...

The saints determine the dates that count

18 February 2015

Every Lent I choose — or rather ask Our Lord to choose for me — a saint or saints to be my Lenten companions. From...

Their only words: “Jesus, help me!”

16 February 2015

Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face. As smoke vanisheth, so let...

Father Leopoldo Pastori (1939–1996)

9 February 2015

A Missionary-Monk: Father Leopoldo Pastori (1939–1996) Leopoldo Pastori was born in Lodi, Italy on February 9, 1939. Leopoldo entered the PIME Fathers (Pontifical Institute for...

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