Category: Growing In Faith

Hello, All You Saints!

Thank you to everyone who was able to make one of the three sessions for our parish Synod…Our Journey Together…Come share what the Holy Spirit is saying to you about All Saints Parish.

As we know from our venerable tradition, St. Felicity gave birth in prison while awaiting her execution for the crime of being a Christian. She gave up her daughter to an adoptive Christian mother and then died for the faith two days later,

St. Polycarp was martyred after refusing to renounce his faith in Christ. When asked to swear by Caesar, Polycarp famously responded, “Since you pretend not to know who and what I am, hear me declare with boldness: ‘I am a Christian.'”

St. Hyacinth of Poland’s devotion to the Christ in the Eucharist ignited a missionary fire that spread the Gospel across Central and Eastern Europe. He established Dominican communities all over Poland and is the patron saint of the pierogi!

Happy Memorial of Sts. Timothy and Titus, who are two of the Church’s first bishops – Timothy leading the church in Ephesus and Titus in Crete.

Both men received letters from St. Paul that have been included in the canon of Scripture,

St. Anthony the Great, whose feast we celebrate today, decided at the age of 20 to give his large inheritance to the poor and commit to a life of solitude, penance, and prayer, after hearing Jesus’ words in the Gospel proclaimed at Mass: “Go,

Juan Diego’s Vision

On December 9, 1531, Mary appeared to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill while he was on his way to Mass. She asked him to approach the bishop and request that a shrine be built to her there,

St. Andrew, whose feast we celebrate today, may not be the most important of the apostles–that title would probably go to his brother, St. Peter.

But in John’s Gospel account, Andrew was the first called by Christ, and,

Many people know the name Christopher Columbus…but not many people know the name Saints Frances Xavier Cabrini. Some states are already honoring her publicly…watch our video to learn more!

All You Saints, Let’s celebrate her kindness on her feast day,

There’s been a lot of Pope Leos–13 so far. But only one is called “the great,” and that’s Pope Leo I, whose feast day is November 10th.

Most famously, he met with Attila the Hun and discouraged the warlord from invading Italy.

It’s been said that sometimes we mistake “wholesomeness” for “holiness.” Not St. Martin de Porres.

His concern for the poor, the sick, and the enslaved compelled him to enter into some truly dirty, difficult, and even dangerous situations.