Saint Therese of Lisieux Patronage: Foreign missions Feast: 1st October Saint Therese of Lisieux, commonly referred to as ‘The Little Flower’, was born in France. She was the youngest of nine children and was so called spoilt and ‘babied’ by her family as her mother died when she was four years of age and four […]
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Saint Raphael Feast: 29th September Patronage: the blind, young people, mental illness, against nightmares, doctors, of happy meetings, of nurses, of physicians and of travelers. Saint Raphael is one of my all time favourite Saints. I often prayer for his intercession, he has helped me in the past especially with keeping my husband to be
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Saint of the Week St Vincent De Paul Feast: 27th September Patronage: Charities, Volunteers In last weeks homily (listen here) Father Murphy of Lavington spoke of St Vincent and how he was too busy caring and thinking of others to think selfishly of himself. He spent his time of others which lead him closer
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Saint Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510) Patronage: Brides, Childless Couples, Difficult Marriages, and Widows St Catherine was a woman of prayer. Her life shows a great example of how one can stray from the will of God and return through repentance and God’s continual forgiveness. St Catherine was married at the young age of sixteen,
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The Holy Name Of Mary Feast: 12th September This weeks “Saint Of The Week” is not like the others. As on the 12th September we celebrate the significance of Our Lady; “the bearer of light, light that illuminated her soul and that has become the light for many other soul”s (Giorgi, 2005). This feast
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Saint Rosalia Feast: 4th September Patronage: Palermo/Invoked against the plague. Saint Rosalia, commonly known as ‘the little saint’, was the daughter of the Duke Sinibald and born in the 12th Century. She fled her family, to a cave on Mount Pellegrino (Sicily), to escape an imposed marriage. She began to live a life of
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Saint Monica Feast: 27 August Patronage: Mothers, difficult marriages and children Catholic Saints are ordinary people living extraordinary lives. This week’s Saint of the Week is Saint Monica. I chose her this week, as today is my own mothers birthday and I feel that Saint Monica has strengthened my own mother through her prayerful intercession.
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Saint Rose of Lima (1586-1617) Feast: 23rd August Patronage: South America and Gardeners Saint Rose was born in Lima, Peru, one of ten children whom grew up in great poverty. Named Isabel del Flores y del Olivia at birth, which was shortly changed to Rose as she was such a beautiful baby. Her mother would
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Saint Philomena (Filumena) Feast: August 11th Patronage: Youth, Babies & Infants Sister Maria Luisa di Gesu, a Naples Dominican, recalls the story of St Philomena through a vision from the Saint herself. Philomena’s father was a king and him and his family were Christians. At the young age of 13, Philomena gave herself to
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Saint Marcellinus Patronage: unknown Feast: June 2nd (Solemnity) I always hear about Saint Marcellinus at Mass when we ask for the intercession of different great Saints, yet I didn’t know who he was, what he did and how he attained sainthood. St Marcellinus, a traveling Priest along with his friend Peter (an exorcist) were
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