Category: Saints / Mary
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pray for Us!
MELISSA TOVAR-GUERRERO — Santísima Virgen de Guadalupe, ¡ora por nosotros! Join the prayer of millions of pilgrims arriving in Mexico City to honor Mary’s miraculous appearance!
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Mary: What’s In a Name?
STAFF– Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith publishes Mater Populi Fidelis.
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Two New Saints, Two Paths to Holiness
LUCY LYNGEN — The saints aren’t just historical figures; they are role models.
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A Love that Gives Itself as Drink
NATHANIEL MARX — Pope Francis urges us to draw consolation for our wounded hearts from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Pope Francis decrees feast of Mother Teresa of Calcutta
EDITOR — September 5th will now mark the optional memorial of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
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Pope Francis Establishes Annual Celebration of Local Saints in Dioceses Worldwide Ahead of 2025 Jubilee
EDITOR — Pope Francis has instituted an annual celebration dedicated to honoring local saints, referred to as the “saints next door,” in dioceses worldwide.
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St. Benedict’s Day
KATHARINE E. HARMON — Co-patron of Europe, patron of students, and “father of monasticism,” Holy Father Benedict bears a great load of prayer for the work of many of us who seek every day to live the Christ life.
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for August 9: Memorial of Dr. Edith Stein/St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Early feminist ● German Jewish philosopher ● Catholic intellectual ● Discalced Carmelite ● victim of the Shoah ● Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross ● “Virgin and Martyr” — Ways of remembering Edith Stein are multiple, and they include sensitive terrain.
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May Day versus Labor Day
Today the General Roman Calendar celebrates St Joseph the Worker as an Optional Memorial. The observance is marked with more or less solemnity in different places. But I have always wondered why it is celebrated on May 1 in the United States. Even though I am currently ministering in Ireland, the land of my birth,…