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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 03

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  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 03  St. Agape, Roman Catholic Martyr, Agape and her sisters Chionia and Irene, Christians of Thessalonica, Macedonia, were convicted of possessing texts of the Scriptures despite a decree issued in 303 by Emperor Diocletian naming such possessions a crime punishable by death. When they further refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, the governor, Dulcitius, had Agape and Chionia burned alive. When Irene still refused to recant, Dulcitius ordered her sent to a house of prostitution. There she was unmolested after being exposed naked and chained, she was put to death either by burning or by an arrow through her throat. Feastday April 3 St. Richard of Wyche, 1253 A.D. Richard of Wyche, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born at Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England. He was orphaned when he was quite young. He retrieved the fortunes of the mismanaged estate he inherited when he took it over, and then turned it over to his brother Robert. Richar...
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Navigating Our Brave New World

  Navigating Our Brave New World https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/navigating-our-brave-new-world?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare
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St Francis of Paola

  St Francis of Paola https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/98
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Gospel in Art: I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me

  Gospel in Art: I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/52067
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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 02

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  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 02 Bl. Peter Verhun, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. Peter was a priest for Ukrainian Catholics at Berlin, Germany. Apostolic Visitor to Germany. Peter was arrested for his faith in 1945, and exiled to Siberia. Feastday April 2 St. Pedro Calungsod, Roman Catholic Filipino Martyr. While missionary work in Guam along with Diego San Vitores were both murdered after baptizing an infant and mother who converted to the Roman Catholic faith. Feastday April 2 St. Ebba the Younger, Roman Catholic Nun. Abbess of Coldingham, England, on the Scottish border, called “the Younger.” She and her nuns were martyred by Danes in an invasion. She mutilated her face to discourage rape by the invading Danes. The raiders set fire to Coldingham, killing all of the nuns. Feastday April 2 Bl. Tarsykia Matskiv, Roman Catholic Nun. On the morning of 17 July 1944 at 8 a.m., a Russian soldier rang the convent door. When Sr Taryskia answered the door she was shot without warning a...
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Catholic religious sisters attacked in Congo as crisis continues

 Catholic religious sisters attacked in Congo as crisis continues https://www.globalsistersreport.org/religious-life/catholic-religious-sisters-attacked-congo-crisis-continues
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What Catholic sisters wish they had learned sooner

  What Catholic sisters wish they had learned sooner https://www.ncronline.org/node/297201
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