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April, 10th | Saint Magdalen of Canossa
Saint Magdalen of Canossa’s Story
Wealth and privilege did nothing to prevent today’s saint from following her calling to serve Christ in the poor...
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April, 9th | Saint Casilda
Saint Casilda’s Story
Some saints’ names are far more familiar to us than others, but even the lives of obscure holy persons teach us something.
A...
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April, 8th | Saint Julie Billiart
Saint Julie Billiart’s Story
Born in Cuvilly, France, into a family of well-to-do farmers, young Marie Rose Julie Billiart showed an early interes...
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April, 7th | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s Story
Complete dedication to what he saw as God’s will for him dominated the life of John Baptist de La Salle. In...
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April, 6th | Saint Crescentia Hoess
Saint Crescentia Hoess’ Story
Crescentia was born in 1682, the daughter of a poor weaver, in a little town near Augsburg. She spent play time pray...
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April, 5th | Saint Vincent Ferrer
Saint Vincent Ferrer’s Story
The polarization in the Church today is a mild breeze compared with the tornado that ripped the Church apart during t...
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April, 4th | Saint Isidore of Seville
Saint Isidore of Seville’s Story
The 76 years of Isidore’s life were a time of conflict and growth for the Church in Spain. The Visigoths had inva...
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April, 3rd | Saint Benedict the African
Saint Benedict the African’s Story
Benedict held important posts in the Franciscan Order and gracefully adjusted to other work when his terms of o...
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April, 2nd | Saint Francis of Paola
Saint Francis of Paola’s Story
Francis of Paola was a man who deeply loved contemplative solitude and wished only to be the “least in the househol...
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April, 1st | Saint Hugh of Grenoble
Saint Hugh of Grenoble’s Story
Today’s saint could be a patron for those of us who feel so overwhelmed by all the problems in the world that we do...
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March, 31st | Saint Stephen of Mar Saba
Saint Stephen of Mar Saba’s Story
A “do not disturb” sign helped today’s saint find holiness and peace.
Stephen of Mar Saba was the nephew of Sain...
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March, 30th | Saint Peter Regalado
Saint Peter Regalado’s Story
Peter lived at a very busy time in history. The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) was settled at the Council of Consta...
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