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June, 2nd | Saints Marcellinus and Peter
Saints Marcellinus and Peter’s Story
Marcellinus and Peter were prominent enough in the memory of the Church to be included among the saints of th...
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June, 1st | Saint Justin Martyr
Saint Justin Martyr’s Story
Justin never ended his quest for religious truth even when he converted to Christianity after years of studying variou...
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May, 31st | Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Story of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
This is a fairly late feast, going back only to the 13th or 14th century. It was establishe...
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May, 30th | Saint Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc’s Story
Burned at the stake as a heretic after a politically-motivated trial, Joan was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920.
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May, 29th | Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat
Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat’s Story
The legacy of Madeleine Sophie Barat can be found in the more than 100 schools operated by her Society of the...
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May, 28th | Venerable Pierre Toussaint
Venerable Pierre Toussaint’s Story
Born in modern-day Haiti and brought to New York City as a slave, Pierre died a free man, a renowned hairdresse...
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May, 27th | Saint Augustine of Canterbury
Saint Augustine of Canterbury’s Story
In the year 596, some 40 monks set out from Rome to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons in England. Leading the grou...
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May, 26th | Saint Philip Neri
Saint Philip Neri’s Story
Philip Neri was a sign of contradiction, combining popularity with piety against the background of a corrupt Rome and a ...
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May, 25th | Saint Bede the Venerable
Saint Bede the Venerable’s Story
Bede is one of the few saints honored as such even during his lifetime. His writings were filled with such faith ...
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May, 24th | Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi
Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi’s Story
Mystical ecstasy is the elevation of the spirit to God in such a way that the person is aware of this union...
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May, 23rd | Saint Gregory VII
Saint Gregory VII’s Story
The 10th century and the first half of the 11th were dark days for the Church, partly because the papacy was the pawn of...
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May, 22nd | Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Rita of Cascia’s Story
Like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rita of Cascia was a wife, mother, widow, and member of a religious community. Her holiness...
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