Friday, December 6, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Cuthbert Mayne Read more

St. Cuthbert Mayne

Cuthbert Mayne was an English Roman Catholic priest executed under the laws of Elizabeth I. He was the first of the seminary priests, trained on the Continent, to be martyred. Mayne was beatified in 1886 and canonized as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales in 1970. His memorial is kept on November 30.

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Our Lady of Beauraing Read more

Our Lady of Beauraing

Our Lady of Beauraing (also known as the Virgin of the Golden Heart) is the title of 33 Marian apparitions reported in Beauraing, Belgium, between November 1932 and January 1933 by five children whose ages ranged between 9 and 15. For several years after the apparitions, pilgrims flocked to the small town of Beauraing, province of Namur (Belgium), and many cures were claimed. She is celebrated...
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St. Irenarcus Read more

St. Irenarcus

Saint Irenarcus, also known as Irenarchus, Irenarco, or Irénarque, was an individual with a background as an official torturer and executioner during the persecutions of Christian believers under the rule of Emperor Diocletian. However, his life took a remarkable turn when he was deeply moved by the incredible courage and unwavering faith of the Christians he was tasked with persecuting. In...
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Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Read more

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

On November 27, 1830, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Catherine Laboure in Paris, France and gave her a vision of an image, with instructions to strike the image, front and back, onto a medal. With this medal Our Lady promised that, "All those who wear it will receive great graces; these graces will be abundant for those who wear it with faith.” The medal bears an image of...
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St. John Berchmans Read more

St. John Berchmans

St. John Berchmans (1599-1621) was born in Flanders, Belgium, the eldest of five children of a shoemaker. He was a virtuous and well-liked child who would often rise early to serve at two or three Masses a day before he reached the age of seven. On Friday evenings he had a custom of making the Stations of the Cross outdoors while barefoot. When he was nine years old his mother suffered from a...
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