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SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 29  ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA, VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, PATRONESS OF EUROPE AND OF ITALY St. Endellion, 6th century. Virgin recluse honored at St. Endellion, in Cornwall, England. She was the sister of St. Nectan of Hartland, and the daughter of Brychan of Brecknock.   St. Wilfrid the Younger, 744 A.D. Benedictine abbot and bishop of York, England. A monk and disciple of St. John of Beverley, he studied at Whitby Abbey and received ordination. He became John's chaplain when John was named bishop of York, and received appointment as abbot of the cathedral community in the city. Soon after, he was appointed John's coadjutor and succeeded to the see at York at his benefactor's passing in 721. He eventually retired to a monastery, most likely Ripon, where he died.   St. Senan, 7th century. Welsh hermit. Owing to the confusion of records and traditions of this time and region, it is difficult to determine precise details of his life, but he is know

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 28  ST. PETER CHANEL, PRIEST, FIRST MARTYR OF OCEANIA ST. LOUIS-MARY GRIGNION DE MONTFORT, FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY St. Cronan of Roscrea, 626 A.D. Founder and hermit in Ireland. He was the son of Odran, born in Munster, or possibly Ely O’Carroll, Offaly, Ireland. Cronan founded fifty monasteries, the first at Puay and the most famous at Roscrea. He ended his life as a blind hermit.   St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Roman Catholic laywoman and Patron of mothers, physicians, preborn children, April 28

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  Why Would Candace Owens Convert to Catholicism? https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/why-would-candace-owens-convert-to-catholicism?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare via @CrisisMag

  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 27  ST. SIMEON, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM AND MARTYR April 27 ST. ZITA OF LUCCA, VIRGIN At the age of twelve, Zita went to work as a servant for a noble family in Lucca. Despite mistreatment, she always had a smile on her face and was always ready to assist the poor. The family eventually recognised her gifts, and entrusted her with the running of the household until her death in 1278.  April 27 St. Asicus, 490 A.D. Abbot-Bishop of Ireland and disciple of St. Patrick, also called Ascicus and Tassach. Asicus was a coppersmith and was married when he first met St. Patrick. In time he was made the first abbot-bishop of Elphim Monastery in Roscommon, Ireland. Humble and not believing he was worthy of the office, Asicus went to an island in Donegal Bay, where he resigned his rank and became a hermit. After seven years the monks of Elphin found him and persuaded him to return to the monastery. He died at Raith Cungilor on the return journey.   St. Winewald, 731 A.D.

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 26  St. Cletus, Roman Catholic Pope and Martyr. He was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to 89. Feastday April 26 St. Riquier, 645 A.D. Abbot and hermit, also called Richarius. Born at Celles, near Amiens, France, he became a priest after rescuing two Irish missionaries from a murderous band of local pagans. After studying in England, he was ordained and returned home, where he founded an abbey at Celles over which he presided as abbot. He later resigned from his office and spent his remaining days as a hermit on the site of Forest Montiers Monastery. Abbeville is the modern site of Riquier’s foundation.    

  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 25  Bl. Robert Anderton, and Bl. William Marsden Roman Catholic Priests and English Martyrs. Summoned to London, where they were examined upon the celebrated "bloody question", whether they would fight against the Pope, even if the quarrel were for purely religious causes. Though they acknowledged Elizabeth as their lawful queen in all temporal matters, they would not consent to the required test. The sentence was then confirmed, and a proclamation was published, explaining their guilt. They were taken back and executed near the place where they had been cast ashore, being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday April 25 Bl. William Marsden, 1586 A.D. Martyr of England . A native of Lancashire, he studied at Oxford and then departed the island for Reims, France, where he was ordained in 1585 with Blessed Robert Anderson. They were sent to England but were forced to land on the Isle of Wight in a storm. They were arrested, and then condemned and h

2 billion in money for killing babies: Planned Parenthood's financial results released - ZENIT - English : The sobering reality is that Planned Parenthood is swimming in cash and aborting more unborn children than ever before.

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 24  St. Mellitus of Canterbury, 624 A.D. Archbishop of Canterbury from 619. In 601, he was sent from St. Andrew’s Monastery, Rome, to England by Pope St. Gregory I the Great. Mellitus spent three years as a missionary in Kent, England, aiding St. Augustine. He also became the first bishop of London and was responsible for converting the King of the East Saxons. The Saxons, however, exiled him in 616 over some conflict, but Mellitus returned to England and was named archbishop of Canterbury, in succession to St. Lawrence. Tradition states that he saved Canterbury from a disastrous fire with his prayers.   St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Roman Catholic Franciscan Capuchin Marty r. A practicing lawyer, he traveled across Europe as a tutor to aristocrats but then started defending the poor. In 1612, he became a Franciscan Capuchin monk, taking the name of Fidelis. A missionary to Grisons, Switzerland, Fidelis was so successful that local Protestants claimed that he

 Bl. Maria Gabriella Sagheddu, Roman Catholic Trappist Nun. Patron of Ecumenism.Feastday April 22 Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu “We can think, for example, of Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu, who offered her life for the unity of Christians.” #5 Rejoice and Be Glad Blessed Maria (March 17, 1914 – April 23, 1929) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and a professed member from the Trappists. Maria had an intense spiritual devotion to ecumenism – something for which she had offered her life – since she desired that all would become one in Jesus Christ. http://www.propheties.it/mystics/gabriella.htm

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  Predicting the future of religious life https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/263646

  Women religious are being called to evolve to the interindividual stage https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/269726

  Living in the Modern Dark Ages https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/living-in-the-modern-dark-ages?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare via @CrisisMag

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 23 ST. ADALBERT, BISHOP OF PRAGUE AND MARTYR Adalbert was the first Slavic Bishop of Prague. After studying at Magdeburg, he attempted to evangelize the city, but with little success; so he went to Rome and became a Benedictine monk. Later he went as a missionary to northern Europe, and in 997 he was martyred along the Baltic coast.  April 23   St. George, Martyr, Patron of England & Catalonia . Pictures of St. George usually show him killing a dragon to rescue a beautiful lady. The dragon stands for wickedness. The lady stands for God's holy truth. St. George was a brave martyr who was victorious over the devil.  He was a soldier in the army of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, and he was one of the Emperor's favorite soldiers. Now Diocletian was a pagan and a bitter enemy to the Christians. He put to death every Christian he could find. George was a brave Christian, a real soldier of Christ. Without fear, he went to the Emperor and sternly scolded

Ordinary Saints for Ordinary Time: Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu

  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 22  St. Arwald, 686 A.D. Martyrs, sons of Arwald, the prince of the Isle of Wight, just off the English coast. The martyrs are called Arwald because their proper names are not known. They were slain after Baptism by King Cadwall, who was a pagan.   St. Abdiesus and Companions, Roman Catholic Martyrs of Persia who was caught up in the persecutions conducted by King Shapur II. Records indicate that Abdiesus was accompanied in his martyrdom by Abrosimus, Acepsimus, Azadanes, Azades, Bicor, Mareas, Milles, and a women named Tarbula. Some were Persian courtiers, others priests and bishops. Tarbula was the sister of St. Simeon, and suffered a particularly cruel death by sawing. Feastday April 22 ST. CAIUS, POPE Caius was born in the Dalmatian city of Salona, to a noble family, possibly related to the emperor Diocletian. He was Pope from 283 to 296, and may have been the uncle of St Susanna. He fought against emerging heresies and gave definitive structure to t

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  "Reprotech" Ushers in a New Eugenic Age https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/reprotech-ushers-in-a-new-eugenic-age?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare via @CrisisMag

  Down the Slippery Slope: A Timeline of Social Revolution https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/down-the-slippery-slope-a-timeline-of-social-revolution?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare via @CrisisMag

  Late Edition: The Back Door to Human Cloning https://crisismagazine.com/vault/late-edition-the-back-door-to-human-cloning?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare via @CrisisMag

  How the 1571 Battle of Lepanto saved  Europe MICHAEL NOVAK For those who know little history, today's battle with the Islamic State in the Middle East may seem new and unprecedented. It is not.  In  a.d.   622, Mohammed set out from Medina to conquer the whole Christian world for Allah by force of arms.  Within a hundred years, his successors had occupied and pillaged every Christian capital of the Middle East, from Antioch through North Africa (home of Saint Augustine) and Spain.  All that remained outside Allah's reign was the northern arc from Southern France to Constantinople. What we are seeing in 2014 has a history of more than 1,300 years — a very bloody, terror-ridden history.  Except that today the struggle is far, far more secular than religious — a war over political institutions and systems of law, with almost no public argument over religious doctrine. Edward Gibbon, in  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire  (1776-78), describes how tall Islamic minarets coul

  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 21  ST. APOLLONIUS, PHILOSOPHER AND ROMAN MARTYR Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves. The Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him, also putting the slave to death as an informer. April 21 Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Roman Catholic Priest, Archbishop of Canterbury and Doctor of The Churc h. Feastday April 21 St. Beuno . Beuno's legend has him a monk in Wales who founded his own community and performed numerous miracles, among them, restoring St. Winifred's head after she was beheaded. However, he does seem to have been an effective preacher who evangelized much of North Wales and founded a monastery at Clynnog Fawr (Carnavonshire).   ST. CONRAD OF PARZHAM, CAPUCHIN For more than 40 years — from his profession of solemn vows in 1852 to his death in 1894 — Conrad of P

Japanese woman is baptized after witnessing how her Catholic husband lived with faith his cancer - ZENIT - English : Junko mentions that her life went smoothly until October 2022 when her husband told her that he had just been diagnosed with cancer. At that time, she became so worried about the future of her husband and family that she went into shock.

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 20  Bl. Francis Page, 1602 A.D. Jesuit martyr of England . Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis was a member of an English Protestant family of Harrow-on-the-Hill, in England. Reconciled to the Catholic faith, he was ordained in 1600 and sent from Douai, France, to England. He was arrested there two years later. While in prison, Francis entered the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits. He was martyred at Tyburn, England, and was beatified in 1929.   Bl. John Finch, 1584 A.D. Martyr of England . He was a yeoman farmer of Eccleston, Lancashire, who returned to the Church. He harbored priests and acted as a clerk and catechist. John was arrested and tried with Blessed James Bell. They were executed at Lancaster. Both were beatified in 1929.   Bl. Robert Watkinson, 1579-1602 A.D. English marty r. Born at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, he left England and studied at Douai, France, and then Rome in preparation for his ordination in 1602 in Arras, France. Sent home to work for th

  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 19  St. James Duckett, Blessed, 1602 A.D. Martyr of England , hanged at Tybum. James was born in Gilfortriggs, Westmoreland, England. After being drawn to Catholicism, he refused to attend Protestant services and passed two terms in prison. He then took instructions and was baptized. James went to London, where he spent more time in prison and distributed Catholic materials. Arrested for his faith, he was imprisoned for nine years before his execution at Tyburn. He was beatified in 1929.   ST. LEO IX, POPE Educated at Toul, he became its archbishop in 1027, and after he became pope, he canonized Gerard of Toul. Nominated by Emperor Henry III, Bruno was elected in 1049, and he began immediately to hold synods which called for clerical reforms such as the abolition of simony and an end to clerical unchastity. April 19 St. Alphege, 1012 A.D. Archbishop and "the First Martyr of Canterbury. " He was born in 953 and became a monk in the Deerhurst Monas

  My men have become women, my women men. These famous words were allegedly uttered by the Persian King Xerxes during the naval battle of Salamis in 480 bce. Greek and Persian warrior queens: https://academic.oup.com/book/32611/chapter-abstract/270454093

  'Get caught up in God's love,' Pope urges Discalced Carmelites - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-04/pope-encourages-prayerful-service-of-descalced-carmelite-nuns.html

  'The needs of the times are the will of God' https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/269361

  Learn to say no https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/265771

  Sisters convene in Uganda to share best practices, fundraising tips for ministries https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/269491

  Sinsinawa Dominicans spread mission through collaborative farm programs https://www.ncronline.org/node/269436

  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 18  St. Faustinus & Companions, Forty-five Roman Catholic martyrs, martyred in Rome. St. Apollonius the Apologist, Roman Catholic Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves. The Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him, also putting the slave to death as an informer. Perennis demanded that Apollonius denounce the faith, and when he refused, the case was remanded to the Roman senate. There a debate took place between Perennis and Apollonius that clearly outlines the beauty and the value of Christianity. Despite his eloquent defense, Apollonius was condemned and beheaded. Feastday April 18 Sts. Eleutherius & Anthia, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Eleutherius was a bishop in Illyria, Dalmatia, with his mother, Anthia. He was a Roman, educated by Bishop Dynamius. At the age of twent

  SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 17 ST. SIMEON, BISHOP OF SELEUCIA AND MARTYR- In 324, Simeon Barsabae became Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Persia. Twenty years later, the king, Sapor II began once again to persecute Christians, and Simeon was martyred with numerous companions, including Usthazade, a eunuch in the royal court, whom he converted on his way to martyrdom.   St. Anicetus, Roman Catholic Pope a Syrian from Emesa. He became pope about 155 and actively opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. His pontificate saw the appearance of the controversy between East and West over the date of Easter. St. Polycarp, a disciple of John, is reported to have visited him in Rome about the dispute, which was to accelerate and grow more heated over the following centuries. Feast day April 17 ST. ROBERT, ABBOT OF CÌTEAUX -A monk at Molesme, in France, Robert pressed for a strict observance of the Benedictine rule, in contrast to his brethren. In 1098 he founded at new abbey at Cîteaux, whose monks we