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July, 16th | Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Story of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century. They had a...
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July, 14th | Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's Story
The blood of martyrs is the seed of saints. Nine years after the Jesuits Isaac Jogues and Jean de Lelande were tom...
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July, 13th | Saint Henry
Saint Henry's Story
As German king and Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was a practical man of affairs. He was energetic in consolidating his rule. He cr...
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July, 12th | Saints John Jones and John Wall
Saint John Jones' and Saint John Wall's stories
These two friars were martyred in England in the 16th and 17th centuries for refusing to deny thei...
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July, 11th | Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict's Story
It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on monastici...
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July, 10th | Saint Veronica Giuliani
Saint Veronica Giuliani's Story
Veronica’s desire to be like Christ crucified was answered with the stigmata.
Veronica was born in Mercatelli, Ita...
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July, 9th | Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions
Saint Augustine Zhao Rong's and Companions' Stories
Christianity arrived in China by way of Syria in the 600s. Depending on China’s relations with...
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July, 8th | Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions
Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions' Story
Christian missionaries have often gotten caught in the crossfire of wars against their own countries. W...
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July, 7th | Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions
Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions' Story
Not much is known of the early life of Emmanuel Ruiz, but details of his heroic death in defense of th...
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July, 6th | Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Maria Goretti's Story
One of the largest crowds ever assembled for a canonization—250,000—symbolized the reaction of millions touched by the...
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July, 5th | Saint Anthony Zaccaria
Saint Anthony Zaccaria's Story
At the same time that Martin Luther was attacking abuses in the Church, a reformation within the Church was already...
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July, 4th | Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal's Story
Elizabeth is usually depicted in royal garb with a dove or an olive branch. At her birth in 1271, her father P...
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