Thursday, March 28, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Boniface Read more

St. Boniface

St. Boniface (d. 754 A.D.) was born to a noble Christian family in Devonshire, England. He became a Benedictine monk and devoted his life to the evangelization of the pagan Germanic tribes in what is now Germany. He went there at the request of Pope Gregory II in 719 A.D. and systematically opened up the vast tracks of wilderness to the Gospel, building on the work of the earlier Irish...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 177
St. Filippo Smaldone Read more

St. Filippo Smaldone

St. Filippo Smaldone (1848–1923) was born in Naples, Italy, during a time of upheaval and unrest both in Italy and in the Church. He decided to become a priest, and while in seminary he took on a personal apostolate of assisting the deaf and mute community in Naples. He dedicated so much time to this work that he barely passed his exams. After his ordination he continued to assist the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 151
St. Charles Lawanga and companions Read more

St. Charles Lawanga and companions

One of 22 Ugandan martyrs, Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth and Catholic action in most of tropical Africa. He protected his fellow pages, aged 13 to 30, from the homosexual demands of the Bagandan ruler, Mwanga, and encouraged and instructed them in the Catholic faith during their imprisonment for refusing the ruler’s demands. Charles first learned of Christ’s teachings...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 273
St. Marcellinus and St. Peter Read more

St. Marcellinus and St. Peter

Saints Marcellinus and Peter (sometimes called Peter the Exorcist) were two 4th century Christian martyrs in the city of Rome. Marcellinus was a priest and Peter an exorcist. They were arrested and imprisoned in the persecution of Emperor Diocletian. In the prison, they converted Arthemius, the jailer, and his wife and daughter.  Both martyrs were beheaded by order of the magistrate...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 333
St. Justin Martyr Read more

St. Justin Martyr

St. Justin Martyr (100–165 A.D.) was a pagan philosopher from Samaria. After meeting a Syrian Christian who convinced him that the biblical prophets were more trustworthy in the pursuit of truth than worldly philosophers, St. Justin renounced his paganism and studied Sacred Scripture. The bold witness of the early Christian martyrs led to his own conversion to the Catholic faith. St....
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