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June, 30th | First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome’s Story
There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they were no...
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June, 29th | Saints Peter and Paul
Saints Peter and Paul’s Story
Peter (d. 64?) Saint Mark ends the first half of his Gospel with a triumphant climax. He has recorded doubt, misunde...
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June, 28th | Saint Irenaeus
Saint Irenaeus’ Story
The Church is fortunate that Irenaeus was involved in many of its controversies in the second century. He was a student, wel...
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June, 26th | Blessed Raymond Lull
Blessed Raymond Lull’s Story
Raymond worked all his life to promote the missions and died a missionary to North Africa.
Raymond was born at Palma ...
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June, 24th | Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Saint John the Baptist’s Story
Jesus called John the greatest of all those who had preceded him: “I tell you, among those born of women, no one is...
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June, 23rd | Saint John Fisher
Saint John Fisher’s Story
John Fisher is usually associated with Erasmus, Thomas More, and other Renaissance humanists. His life therefore, did no...
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June, 21st | Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga’s Story
The Lord can make saints anywhere, even amid the brutality and license of Renaissance life. Florence was the “mothe...
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June, 20th | Saint Paulinus of Nola
Saint Paulinus of Nola’s Story
Anyone who is praised in the letters of six or seven saints undoubtedly must be of extraordinary character. Such a ...
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June, 19th | Saint Romuald
Saint Romuald’s Story
In the midst of a wasted youth, Romuald watched his father kill a relative in a duel over property. In horror he fled to a m...
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June, 18th | Venerable Matt Talbot
Venerable Matt Talbot’s story
Matt can be considered the patron of men and women struggling with alcoholism. He was born in Dublin, where his fath...
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June, 16th | Saint John Francis Regis
Saint John Francis Regis’ Story
Born into a family of some wealth, John Francis was so impressed by his Jesuit educators that he himself wished to...
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June, 15th | Saint Marguerite d’Youville
Saint Marguerite d’Youville’s Story
We learn compassion from allowing our lives to be influenced by compassionate people, by seeing life from thei...
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