Life of Saints
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Saint Blaise February 3, we celebrate the feast of Saint Blaise, the patron saint of the sick, one of the fourteen holy helpers, physician, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia and martyred under Licinius. Saint Blaise was born into a rich noble family, in Armenia, where he trained as a physician. His piety and charity, as…
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Saint Brigid of Ireland February 1, we celebrate the feast of Saint Brigid of Ireland (453-523), one of three patron saints of Ireland, alongwith Sts. Patrick and Columba, abbess, apostle of charity and founder of several monasteries of nuns, including that of Kildare in Ireland. Brigid was born out of wedlock, the daughter of a…
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St. John Bosco January 31st, we celebrate the feast of St. John Bosco, popularly known as Don Bosco, founder of the Salesian Society, named in honour of St. Francis de Sales, and of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians and patron saint of youth. John’s father died when the boy was two years old.…
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Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska Today we honor a woman who submitted to God’s will throughout her life—a life filled with pain and suffering. Born in 1825 in central Poland and baptized Sophia, she contracted tuberculosis as a young girl. The forced period of convalescence gave her ample time for reflection. Sophia felt called to serve…
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Bl. Boleslava Lament Blessed Boleslava Lament, founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family, was known for her love for the Eucharist and the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, as well as her apostolic and ecumenical zeal. Blessed Lament worked as a seamstress and soon joined a religious order though left just…
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Saint Thomas Aquinas January 28, we celebrate the feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), the Angelic Doctor of the Church, theologian, philosopher, writer, jurist, patron saint of universities and students, and the greatest intellect and teacher of the medieval Catholic Church. Also referred to as the Angelic Doctor due to his purity of mind and…
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Saint Angela Merici January 27, we celebrate the feast of Saint Angela Merici, Italian religious educator, teacher, patron of sickness, handicapped people, loss of parents and foundress of the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the Church through the education of girls. From…
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January 26, we celebrate the feast day of Saints Timothy and Titus, early disciples of the Church, close companions of the Apostle Paul and bishops of the Catholic Church in its earliest days. Saint Timothy ( deceased 97 AD) was born in Lystra, the son of a Greek father and Jewish mother. Being the product…
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Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul January 25th, we celebrate the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, the greatest of the early Christian missionaries, and this celebration is the only observance of the conversion of a saint found in our liturgical calendar. St. Paul was born at Tarsus, Cilicia, of Jewish parents who…
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Saint Francis de Sales January 24, we celebrate the feast day of Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1612), bishop of Geneva, Doctor of the Church, the gentleman saint and the patron saint of writers and Christian unity whose role as a priest and bishop helped bring thousands of Protestants back to the Catholic Church. Born into…
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