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10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About St. Augustine

August 28, 2009

St. Augustine is one of the greatest and most influential Church Fathers.  His writings have shaped both Catholic and Protestant theology and his greatest work The Confessions is one of the most widely translated, published and read books after the Bible.  Much is known about his life but here are ten facts you might not [...]

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The Feast of St. Patrick

March 17, 2009

I came to the Irish people to preach the Gospel and endure the taunts of unbelievers, putting up with reproaches about my earthly pilgrimage, suffering many persecutions, even bondage, and losing my birthright of freedom for the benefit of others. If I am worthy, I am ready also to give up my life, without hesitation [...]

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St. Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2009

The romantic nature of February 14 seems to have been attached to the date long after it was recognized as the feast day of St. Valentine. Still, several centuries before pre-printed, mass-produced greeting cards existed, men and women sent notes, tokens, and cards to their loves on St. Valentine’s Day. The tradition certainly was in [...]

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Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas

January 28, 2009

“Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
January 28 is the Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas, widely considered the greatest theologian and philosopher of the Catholic Church. His works systematized the Truth of the Catholic Church and combined [...]

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The Conversion of St. Paul

January 25, 2009

Today, January 25th, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles. Though not one of the Twelve Apostles, Paul converted after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, and he preached the Gospel and wrote many letters that are part of the New Testament of the Bible. There are [...]

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Feast of St. Francis de Sales

January 24, 2009

Today, January 24, the Church remembers Saint Francis de Sales, bishop, confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Francis, commonly known as the ‘Gentleman Saint’ or the ‘Gentle Christ of Geneva,’ spent many years preaching and defending the Faith, and guiding Protestants back to the True Faith.
Early Life and Education
Francis was born in the Duchy of [...]

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The Feast of St. Lucy

December 13, 2008

According to tradition, St. Lucy was born near the end of the 3rd century in Syracuse, Sicily, to a Roman father (who would die while she was quite young) and a Greek mother, Eutychia. The traditional stories describe the family as wealthy and connected to nobility, but from an early age the pious Lucy hoped [...]

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 12, 2008

In 1531, Our Lady appeared to a 57-year-old peasant widower, Juan Diego at Tepeyac, not far from Mexico City. On December 9, Juan, a recent convert to Catholicism, was on his way to an early Saturday morning Mass and session of catechism lessons when he heard beautiful music playing near the base of the barren [...]

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Pope St. Damasus I

December 11, 2008

On December 11 the Church remembers Saint Damasus, a pope who lived and was elected in the tumultuous first half of the 4th century.
Early Life
Pope St. Damasus was born near the city of Idanha-a-Velha, an area that is now part of modern-day Portugal. In Damasus’s time it was part of the Western Roman Empire and [...]

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Saint Nicholas

December 6, 2008

The legendary figure of Santa Claus originated at least partially from the myths surrounding St. Nicholas of Myra (or of Bari), who lived during the fourth century and died December 6, 345 or 352. While there are a great many miracles and events attributed to St. Nicholas, almost all that is known with certainty about [...]

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