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Showing posts with label religious. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious. Show all posts
Saturday, December 3, 2016

December 3: S Francis Xavier, Memorial

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Saint Francis Xavier (1506 – 1552) was a missionary and was co-founder of the Society of Jesus.  He was a student of Saint Ignatius Lo...
Monday, November 21, 2016

November 21: Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, Class III; St Columbanus, Memorial

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c1460-5 The basis for the feast of the Presentation lies in the infancy narrative contained in the  Protoevangelium of James , which wa...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

November 15: St Albert the Great, Memorial

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Fresco, 1352, by Tommaso da Moderna Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on this doctor of the Church in March 2010: "One o...
Friday, November 11, 2016

November 11: St Martin of Tours, Class II

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St Martin of Tours (316-397) was one of the most popular saints in the middle ages, and holds a special place in Benedictine spiritualit...
Friday, October 21, 2016

October 21: St Hilarion

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The Temptation of Saint Hilarion, by Dominique-Louis-Féréa Papety, 1843–44 Saint Hilarion (291 - 371) was an anchorite.  According t...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

October 15: St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, Class III

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Alonso del Arco (1635-1704) Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on St Teresa on 2 February 2011: "In the course of the C...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

October 6: St Bruno, Memorial

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St Bruno (1030-1101) is of course the founder of the Carthusian Order. From Saints and Angles online: "Bruno was bor...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

October 4: St Francis of Assisi

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Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience  on the saint in 2010.  Here are a few extracts: "A sun was born into the world"....
Friday, September 16, 2016

September 17: St Hildegarde OSB, Memorial/Solemnity

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St Hildegarde (1098 – 1179), nun, mystic, writer and composer, was declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012, and he...
Friday, August 12, 2016

August 12: St Clare, Virgin, Memorial

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1280s altarpiece Today is the feast day of the great disciple of St Francis, and foundress of the Poor Clares, St Clare of Assisi (1194...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

August 4: St Dominic, Class III

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Today is the feast of the founder of the Friars Preachers (Dominicans), St Dominic, who lived between 1170 and 1221. The orders origins ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

August 2: St Alphonsus Liguori, Memorial/Portiuncula indulgence

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Today is the memorial of St Alphonsus Mary de Liguorni (1696 – 1787), founder of the Redemptorists, so you might particularly say a pray...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

St Ignatius (July 31)

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Rubens From the martyrology: "At Rome, the birthday of St. Ignatius, priest and confessor, founder of the Society of Jesus, reno...
Friday, April 27, 2012

St Peter Canisius, memorial (April 27)

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Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience on the saint in February 2011: "Today I want to talk to you about St Peter Kanis, C...
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