Category: All You Saints
Saints to Know
October 10, 2024
Saint Anthony Mary Claret is also known as the “spiritual father of Cuba.” He was born in Salient in Catalonia, Spain, in 1807. He became a weaver, like his father, and was very talented. But he studied in his spare time to become a priest and was ordained in 1835.
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September 10, 2024
Andrew Kim was also born into the noble ruling class of the Joseon Dynasty. His parents were among the many new converts to Catholicism. In 1836, at the age of fourteen or fifteen, Andrew was baptized. Three years later,
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August 27, 2024
People may be familiar with leprosy from Biblical times, but not so much in the 1800s. However, St. Damien de Veuster of Moloka’I’ (January 3, 1840 – April 15, 1889) would eventually shed a light on the effects of this devastating disease and allow people to see those afflicted with it with more compassion and love.
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August 11, 2024
Reflection: Clare Offreduccio, born to a high-ranking noble family in the quaint Italian town of Assisi, was the eldest of three daughters. Raised in a grand palace in Assisi and a castle on the nearby slope of Mount Subasio,
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August 1, 2024
St. Martin de Porres (December 9, 1579- November 3, 1639)
Saint Martin de Porres (December 9, 1579- November 3, 1639) came from the humblest of beginnings. Born in Peru, the illegitimate son of a Spanish knight and a previously enslaved African woman,
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July 27, 2024
Saint Angela of Foligno (c. 1248–1309), sometimes called the “Teacher of Theologians,” Angela’s first life as a wife and mother gave her unique insights. Her path to sainthood was not through perfection but through penitence and charity. She experienced periods of certainty and doubt,
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July 12, 2024
Servant of God Darwin Ramos
Biography
Servant of God Darwin Ramos was born on December 17, 1994, in Pasay City, south of Manila in the Philippines. He was born into the poorest of families, living in the slums of the city.
Saints to Know
June 27, 2024
In official Catholic Church procedures there are three steps to sainthood: a candidate becomes “Venerable,” then “Blessed” and then “Saint.” Venerable is the title given to a deceased person recognized formally by the pope as having lived a heroically virtuous life or offered their life.
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June 10, 2024
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
“Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, come around! Something’s lost that must be found!” Did you learn this rhyme in childhood? St. Anthony of Padua is more than the patron saint for lost items. By his life,
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May 15, 2024
The feast day of Our Lady of Fatima is on May 13th. This day commemorates the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917.
The Virgin Mary appeared to Lucia dos Santos and her two cousins,
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May 1, 2024
Every time we pray the Nicene Creed at All Saints Parish, we pray the words of St. Athanasius.
In the face of heresy and significant persecution, this 4th-century saint tirelessly maintained that Jesus was “begotten,
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April 24, 2024
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen is a lesser-known saint but is nonetheless a saint for our times. Born Mark Rey in 1577, he became a lawyer and worked tirelessly for the cause of the poor and marginalized in his community.
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