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February 6th, we celebrate the feast of St. Gonsalo Garcia (1556 – 5 February 1597), a Franciscan lay brother from Portuguese India, who died as a martyr in Japan and is venerated as a saint, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan. The first Indian born to attain sainthood was born in the western coastal…
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St. John de Britto February 4th, we celebrate the feast of St. John de Britto, also known as Arul Anandar (his Indian title and name) (1647 – 1693), Portuguese Jesuit missionary priest and martyr, preacher and often called “the Portuguese St. Francis Xavier” by Indian Catholics and also called the John the Baptist of India.…
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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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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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