Friday, March 29, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon Read more

St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon

St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846) was born to a noble family in Korea, and was baptized at the age of 15 after his parents converted to the Catholic faith. Andrew's father, great-grandfather, and great-uncle were martyred during the government's staunch persecution against Christianity, leaving the remaining family in poverty. Andrew was later chosen to travel over 1,000 miles to the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 147
St. Emily de Rodat Read more

St. Emily de Rodat

Emily (Émilie) de Rodat (6 September 1787 – 19 September 1852), born Marie Guillemette (Wilhelmina) Emilie de Rodat, also known as Emily de Rodat, was a nun, virgin, mystic, and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche.[1] She was born to a noble family near Rodez, in southern France. When she was 18 months old, she was sent to live with her maternal grandmother in...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 166
St. Joseph of Cupertino Read more

St. Joseph of Cupertino

St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the son of a poor Italian carpenter. His father died before his birth, leaving his mother destitute. As a result Joseph was underfed and often sick. He was a dull child who constantly found himself the worse off in every situation. He was awkward, absent-minded, ill-tempered, unintelligent, and difficult to be around. Many thought he was good for...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 175
St. Hildegard von Bingen Read more

St. Hildegard von Bingen

St. Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) was born to a large and noble German family. She began to have mystical visions at the age of three which continued throughout her life. Her parents, promising her to the service of God, sent her to be educated at the Benedictine Abbey by an anchoress when she was about eight years of age. At the age of fourteen she became a consecrated nun attached...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 177
Pope St. Cornelius Read more

Pope St. Cornelius

Pope St. Cornelius (d. 253 A.D.) was a Roman citizen and a holy priest who became the twenty-first successor to the chair of St. Peter, following a fourteen-month vacancy when Pope St. Fabian was martyred by Roman Emperor Decius. When the Emperor temporarily left Rome, the persecution against the Christians subsided long enough for the Church to elect St. Cornelius as the new Roman Pontiff....
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 190
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