tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22868418840849441992024-03-19T01:47:34.343-07:00Christian Todayjohn william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.comBlogger7062125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-86240300154698607542024-03-18T17:24:00.000-07:002024-03-18T17:28:22.067-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 19<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIvGGHd9Rl6eejwac1TOMloiUK6P1_86-RmzGojMsymYk7k2uFhL60sxGpHbsNKCxHgacO0p40oxrbByNRWrgkVjewW23YcDQbkeqpE1xaU2Ivc9dwMRx-fgjdLYkoMgDhbvk4PCMsr5sxEyv4lBAjRAk8zg_WVnn7yEjxOZ-GNcs49GyOxROiIeMPJGd/s850/st%20joesph%20and%20st%20mary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="850" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIvGGHd9Rl6eejwac1TOMloiUK6P1_86-RmzGojMsymYk7k2uFhL60sxGpHbsNKCxHgacO0p40oxrbByNRWrgkVjewW23YcDQbkeqpE1xaU2Ivc9dwMRx-fgjdLYkoMgDhbvk4PCMsr5sxEyv4lBAjRAk8zg_WVnn7yEjxOZ-GNcs49GyOxROiIeMPJGd/s320/st%20joesph%20and%20st%20mary.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 19</b><p></p><!--wp:paragraph-->
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<p><b>St. Lactali, </b>672 A.D. Abbot founder and disciple of St. Corngall in Ireland. Lactan was from County Cork and was educated in Bangor by Sts. Comgall and Molua. He became the abbot-founder of Achadh-Ur Abbey at Freshford, Kilkenny.</p>
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<p><b>St. Joseph,</b> Groom of B. Mary - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/19/st--joseph--groom-of-b--mary--patron-of-the-univeral-church.html</p>
<!--/wp:paragraph-->john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-29518176146829454662024-03-18T17:15:00.000-07:002024-03-18T17:15:14.881-07:00Who Are “The Poor” Anyway? https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/who-are-the-poor-anyway?<p> <span data-offset-key="a9m5u-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true">Who Are “The Poor” Anyway? </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d9bf0; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="a9m5u-1-0">https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/who-are-the-poor-anyway?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare</span></span><span data-offset-key="a9m5u-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"> via </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d9bf0; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="a9m5u-3-0">@CrisisMag</span></span><span data-offset-key="a9m5u-4-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-58844292892775366502024-03-17T17:25:00.000-07:002024-03-17T17:25:07.042-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 18 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Qe6Z0pJPjGbt6m7UmmuknfBK46-gE06htLzA0_fH3kqdjfH_Q6QoRFnvBKzgEcmeIjG3NPpSBlwL1ppZnLozauUw_Gon5W_L7hMqHlFDdpDSBCY5UeOPPjJRu0TE79l04z3q5nijzXHwwNk-VFv-YM0Ujl33RT3kuZZSWyaJOabp9TXFFkRGVcWDF7Zb/s354/apostles%20creed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Qe6Z0pJPjGbt6m7UmmuknfBK46-gE06htLzA0_fH3kqdjfH_Q6QoRFnvBKzgEcmeIjG3NPpSBlwL1ppZnLozauUw_Gon5W_L7hMqHlFDdpDSBCY5UeOPPjJRu0TE79l04z3q5nijzXHwwNk-VFv-YM0Ujl33RT3kuZZSWyaJOabp9TXFFkRGVcWDF7Zb/s320/apostles%20creed.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 18 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Edward the Martyr. </b>Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar of England and his first wife, Ethelfleda who died shortly after her son's birth. He was baptized by St. Dunstan and became King in 975 on his father's death with the support of Dunstan but against the wishes of his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished the throne for her son Ethelred. Edward ruled only three years when he was murdered on March 18 while hunting near Corfe Dastle, reportedly by adherents of Ethelred, though William of Malmesbury, the English historian of the twelfth century, said Elfrida was the actual murderer. In the end, Elfrida was seized with remorse for her crime and, retiring from the world, she built the monasteries of Amesbury and Wherwell, in the latter of which she died. Edward was a martyr only in the broad sense of one who suffers an unjust death, but his cultus was considerable, encouraged by the miracles reported from his tomb at Shaftesbury; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. CYRIL, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH,</b> When Maximus died, Cyril was consecrated as bishop of Jerusalem. Because he was supported by the Arian bishop of Caesarea, Acacius, the orthodox criticized the appointment and the Arians thought they had a friend. Both factions were wrong, but Cyril wound up in the middle. When a famine hit Jerusalem, the poor turned to Cyril for help. Mar.18</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. Christian.</b> Beyond the fact that he was Abbot of the first Cistercian monastery ever established in Ireland, practically nothing at all can be stated with certainty about Blessed Christian, otherwise called Christian O'Conarchy or Giolla Criost Ua Condoirche. The various traditions and legends are confused and conflicting. According to some accounts, he was born at Bangor in Ulster, and Colgan says that he was the disciple and afterwards the archdeacon of St. Malachy of Armagh, and that he probably accompanied the prelate on a visit to Rome, staying at Clairvaux on his way there. He would appear to have been one of the four disciples who remained behind at Clairvaux on the homeward journey and who received the habit from St. Bernard himself. Upon his return to Ireland, St. Malachy was anxious to introduce the Cistercian Order into his country, and at his prompting Donouth O'Carroll set about building Mellifont. Malachy applied to the founder for a superior and some monks to start the new foundation, and St. Bernard sent Christian and several French brothers in 1142. Abbot Christian is said by some writers to have become bishop of Lismore and papal legate for Ireland. An ancient anonymous Irish analyst notes the year 1186 as the date of the death of Christian, the illustrious prelate of Lismore, "formally legate of Ireland, emulator of the virtues which he saw and heard from his holy father St. Bernard and from the supreme pontiff, the venerable man Eugenius, with whom he was in the novitiate at Clairvaux". </p><p> </p><p><b>ST. ANSELM, BISHOP OF LUCCA, </b>Anselm served in his diocese with great zeal while observing monastic piety in his spiritual life. Celebrating daily Mass with tearful devotion, he spent several hours each day in prayer. In accordance with the ecclesiastical reforms championed by Pope Gregory, Anselm mandated the restoration of ecclesiastical discipline among the canons of his cathedral. Mar.18</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-67315807489266228412024-03-16T13:23:00.000-07:002024-03-16T13:23:17.634-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 17 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9nin8KovsWGiXy8YCaKWGnfIqe7TYWEIx86hVHg6ZUrme5gAw0wpJkJbeI2oB3ZpPILSkmYDc3SisyFYBkrbbRDZWXUwPeU7DCno2Dm_L_ywBOWx0BI_xYxQrH4oH_J6zkwvwhRCn2d1VvTfS_awo8_UYqYhgSUHkeja1pUmO7Kw0YMJbsrFzlzjG2eJ/s1536/The%20Death%20of%20Jesus%20by%20French%20artist%20James%20Tissot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1182" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9nin8KovsWGiXy8YCaKWGnfIqe7TYWEIx86hVHg6ZUrme5gAw0wpJkJbeI2oB3ZpPILSkmYDc3SisyFYBkrbbRDZWXUwPeU7DCno2Dm_L_ywBOWx0BI_xYxQrH4oH_J6zkwvwhRCn2d1VvTfS_awo8_UYqYhgSUHkeja1pUmO7Kw0YMJbsrFzlzjG2eJ/s320/The%20Death%20of%20Jesus%20by%20French%20artist%20James%20Tissot.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 17 </b></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>ST. JOHN SARCANDER, PRIEST AND MARTYR,</b> Martyred foe of the Hussites. He was born on December 20 at Skotschau, in Austrian Silesia, and educated at Prague. He was ordained in 1607 and served in various parishes, defending the faith against the Hussites. Mar.17</p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Bl. Peter Lieou, Roman Catholic Priest and Chinese Martyr</b>. A Chinese native, he was converted to Catholicism and was consequently exiled to Mongolia in 1814. Permitted to return in 1827, he soon assisted the spread of Catholic missionary efforts and, during the persecution of Christianity by the Chinese government, managed to make his way into a prison where he gave comfort to Christian prisoners. He was caught and strangled. Feastday March 17</p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>St. Joseph of Arimathea</b>, 1st century. The councilor (Lk 23:50) who, after the Crucifixion, requested the body of Christ from Pontius Pilate and provided for a proper burial for Christ. An immensely popular figure in Christian lore, Joseph was termed in the New Testament the “virtuous and righteous man” (Lk 23:50) and the man “who was himself awaiting the kingdom of God” (Mk 15:43). Described as..... secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jews, [he] asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it” (In 19:38). According to the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus, he helped establish the community of Lydda. He also was a prominent figure in the legends surrounding the Holy Grail, appearing in Rob-ert de Barron’s early thirteenth-century romance Joseph d ‘Arirnathea, William of Malmesbury’s twelfth-century De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae, and Thomas Mallory’s famed Morte D ‘Arthur; William of almesbury’s tale recounts Joseph’s arrival in England with the Holy Grail and the building of the first church on the isle at Glastonbury; the passage on Joseph, however, was added in the thirteenth century. Bl. Peter Lieou, Roman Catholic Priest and Chinese Martyr. A Chinese native, he was converted to Catholicism and was consequently exiled to Mongolia in 1814. Permitted to return in 1827, he soon assisted the spread of Catholic missionary efforts and, during the persecution of Christianity by the Chinese government, managed to make his way into a prison where he gave comfort to Christian prisoners. He was caught and strangled. Feastday March 17</p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Saint Patrick, </b>b. 387 d.461, Patron of Ireland. St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 461. Along with St. Nicholas and St. Valentine, the secular world shares our love of these saints. </p><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-5115021507997249662024-03-15T16:08:00.000-07:002024-03-15T16:08:55.315-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 16 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VWkhr0lE19F77ae9kRwPtLwoxy3bd3hAgJbdYIyjK5wCY7leJSVpVVSP7ptKGm3lZKQJfx637J2PYHYz8FFt2LpvLvgrPZMulW9cBgZ61C0NxNzdfKKVGoq6-ed-y65NYkDWTHQEkSt52e9NieDltILxkqXZaid7KSUHlazzwnEUDx0k6iKAaflZsqdy/s1080/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VWkhr0lE19F77ae9kRwPtLwoxy3bd3hAgJbdYIyjK5wCY7leJSVpVVSP7ptKGm3lZKQJfx637J2PYHYz8FFt2LpvLvgrPZMulW9cBgZ61C0NxNzdfKKVGoq6-ed-y65NYkDWTHQEkSt52e9NieDltILxkqXZaid7KSUHlazzwnEUDx0k6iKAaflZsqdy/s320/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 16 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>STS. HILARIOUS AND TAZIANO, MARTYRS OF AQUILEIA</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. John Amias, 1589 A.D. Also called John Anne, a martyr in England</b>. He was born and married near Wakefield where he became a cloth dealer. When his wife died, he went to Reims and was ordained a Priest in 1581. Returning to England, he worked until his arrest by English authorities. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, he was beatified in 1929. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. Robert Dalby, 1589 A.D. English martyr.</b> Born at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, he was a Protestant minister before he converted to Catholicism and left England to become a priest. Ordained in 1588 after studies at Douai and Reims, France, he returned home. The next year he was arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York on March 16, with Blessed John Amias. He was beatified 1929. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Abban,</b> 620 A.D. Abbot and Irish missionary. An Irish prince, Abban was the son of King Cormac of Leinster. He is listed as the nephew of St. Ibar. Abban founded many churches in the old district of Ui Cennselaigh, in modern County Wexford and Ferns. His main monastery is Magheranoidhe, in Adamstown, Ireland. This monastery's fame is attributed in some records to another Abban, that of New Ross. Abban is also associated with Kill-Abban Abbey in Leinster, serving as abbot there until March 16, 620. He is revered in Adamstown, which was once called Abbanstown. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Finian Lobharm,</b> 560 A.D. Irish abbot, a disciple of St. Columba. He was born in Bregia, Leinster, Ire-land. Tradition credits him with founding a church at Innisfallen and a monastery there as well. After a stay in Clonmore, Finian Lobhar became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin. He may have returned to Clonmore in his later years and was called Lobhar, “the Leper,” but apparently did not have that disease. He acquired the name when he contracted leprosy from a young boy whom he cured of the disease. </p><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-54178423466953061192024-03-15T07:04:00.000-07:002024-03-15T07:04:40.840-07:00Former Yoga Teacher: “It Invites Demons" | Angela Ucci<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/zjjbev4zWms?si=2tC6_v95_g_HWcXU" frameborder="0"></iframe>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-10283876220962910102024-03-14T18:11:00.000-07:002024-03-14T18:11:51.003-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 15 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBJRhApwD6SRIrsQdsWhV7TyerNzyueHMXprz5my2N2dch2eQbIVXwXrYCCZ92R4M1ybHySFNMT4rvCiDQvtfRPzzi-SxBimqr5Ret-8K62s7sv3SYX3-PdAjh7KbTqpD5NrnMZkRjleyG0OQIlBQIjIc7K4whddgZxhX-lNfkoaU1h2qXCmpm8WqPd86/s1080/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBJRhApwD6SRIrsQdsWhV7TyerNzyueHMXprz5my2N2dch2eQbIVXwXrYCCZ92R4M1ybHySFNMT4rvCiDQvtfRPzzi-SxBimqr5Ret-8K62s7sv3SYX3-PdAjh7KbTqpD5NrnMZkRjleyG0OQIlBQIjIc7K4whddgZxhX-lNfkoaU1h2qXCmpm8WqPd86/s320/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 15 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. William Hart, 1583 A.D. Martyr of England.</b> Born in Wells, in Somerset, he studied at Oxford and then at Douai, Reims, France, and Rome. After receiving ordination in 1581, he went back to England and included among his associations Blessed Margaret Clitherow. William ministered to Catholic prisoners in York Prison, having several adventures in staying free. He was betrayed to English authorities by an apostate from Clitherow's estate. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at York and beatified in 1886. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Leocrita. Roman Catholic Virgin Martyr.</b> She lived in Cordoba, Spain, with her Muslim Moorish parents until her conversion. St. Eulogius sheltered her. They were both scourged and beheaded. Mar. 15</p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Aristobulus</b>, 1st century. Martyred disciple of Christ, one of the seventy-two sent out into the world by the early Church. He is possibly mentioned by St. Paul and is identified with Zebedee, the father of Sts. James and John. Aristobulus preached in Britain, although no documentation supports this or his martyrdom in the British Isles. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Louise de Marillac, Roman Catholic Nun </b>she met St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual adviser. She devoted the rest of her life to working with him. She helped direct his Ladies of Charity in their work of caring for the sick, the poor, and the neglected. Feastday March 15</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. ZACHARY, POPE</b>, Encourged the missionary work of Saint Boniface, and appointed Saint Abel as archbishop of Rheims, France. When Venetian slavers bought slaves at Rome to sell to Saracens in Africa, Zachary bought them all so that Christians should not become the property of heathens. Mar.15</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. CLEMENT M. HOFBAUER,</b> was born in Moravia (the Czech Republic) on December 26, 1751. He worked for a time as a baker, but feeling called to a different life, he studied whenever he could. After time in a Norbertine monastery and as a hermit, Clement went on pilgrimage to Rome, where he joined the Redemptorists. Mar. 15</p><div><br /></div><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-55106200763721761292024-03-14T07:26:00.000-07:002024-03-14T07:26:00.562-07:00the-bloody-history-of-mifepristone<p> <a href="https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-bloody-history-of-mifepristone">https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-bloody-history-of-mifepristone</a></p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-67176643566888287872024-03-13T16:31:00.000-07:002024-03-13T16:31:22.259-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 14<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA0SmOs6Zs0UagD_GPh2mgS7Oc4VS6eAkGyXXGfH8vA1TNeBaYf31mMh8zhO8Y-dttfPOgzf-qxa0C-hjPSHCVLzAUvYpXSbRbupPKTr_-6OA5YfjilYtPYhuvDKkzC5528KGwrLEuKsTpDRUfuUbJ1Spwxw2mA97almL8zqI_ZXCehRLjhaLGENpEZfa/s1080/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA0SmOs6Zs0UagD_GPh2mgS7Oc4VS6eAkGyXXGfH8vA1TNeBaYf31mMh8zhO8Y-dttfPOgzf-qxa0C-hjPSHCVLzAUvYpXSbRbupPKTr_-6OA5YfjilYtPYhuvDKkzC5528KGwrLEuKsTpDRUfuUbJ1Spwxw2mA97almL8zqI_ZXCehRLjhaLGENpEZfa/s320/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 14</b> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Martyrs of Valeria, two Roman Catholic Monks and Martyrs. </b>Two monks hanged from a tree by the Lombards. Pope St. Gregory I the Great reported that after dying, the monks could be heard singing Psalms. Mar. 14</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. Dominic Jorjes. A Roman Catholic martyr of Japan,</b> a Portuguese who settled in that country. He was arrested for sheltering Blessed John Spinola. He was burned alive in Nagasaki, Japan, on November 18.Feastday Mar.14</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. Ambrose Fernandez, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan.</b> Ambrose was born in Sisto, Portugal, in 1551. He went to Japan as a trader but entered the Jesuits in 1577 as a lay brother. Arrested by the Japanese, he died in Suzota prison. Feastday Mar.14</p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Boniface Curitan</b>, 660 A.D. Evangelist to the Picts and Scots. Probably a Roman by birth, Boniface was the bishop of Ross, England. He introduced Roman observances into the British territories and founded a vast number of parishes. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Mathilda, Roman Catholic Queen. </b>The pious Queen adorned the throne by her many virtues. She visited and comforted the sick and the afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and endeavored to convert sinners, and her husband concurred with her in her pious undertakings. After twenty-three years of married life King Henry died, in 936. No sooner had he expired than she had a Mass offered up for the repose of his soul, and from that moment she renounced all worldly pomp. Mar. 14</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. PLACIDO RICCARDI, MONK OF SAINT PAUL OF ST. PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS</b></p><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-3877605692181882172024-03-12T15:56:00.000-07:002024-03-12T15:56:43.527-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 13 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7eET2lbVok6eCSK0cQedj7Av9zu92kFllH2DgHeGsKwYYcPRpjgA6cz0fDdkGH-jqJAu9vCq608iVRSoIJgUetbpANt9ACxbclP7OstzHZqCEOJYeprQSaWV7RKrTysa9ZQ8rj-FZaKdVKQmHtx0Ekt2OeRHYwxvu58qvXCJQcN6eK9uTRC_D3ziiUZM/s1080/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7eET2lbVok6eCSK0cQedj7Av9zu92kFllH2DgHeGsKwYYcPRpjgA6cz0fDdkGH-jqJAu9vCq608iVRSoIJgUetbpANt9ACxbclP7OstzHZqCEOJYeprQSaWV7RKrTysa9ZQ8rj-FZaKdVKQmHtx0Ekt2OeRHYwxvu58qvXCJQcN6eK9uTRC_D3ziiUZM/s320/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 13 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. CHRISTINA OF PERSIA, MARTYR, </b> she lived during the third century and was the daughter of a rich and powerful magistrate believed to have been named Urbain. He was deep in the practices of heathenism and had a number of golden idols, which he distributed among the poor. Mar. 13</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. SABINUS OF HERMOPOLIS, MARTYR IN EGYPT, With other Christians</b>, he retreated into the wilderness to escape the persecutions of Diocletian, but was betrayed to the authorities by a beggar he had helped. Martyr. Died. drowned in the River Nile in Egypt c.307; Mar.13</p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Ramirus and Companions, Roman catholic Martyrs of Spain</b>. Ramirus served as prior of St. Claudus Monastety in Leon, Spain. The community was set upon by the Visigoths who, as Arians, opposed orthodox Christianity. The abbot, St Vincent, was put to death, followed two days later by Ramirus and the entire community. Feastday Mar. 13</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. LEANDER, BISHOP OF SEVILLE</b>, Leander was born at Cartagena, Spain, of Severianus and Theodora, illustrious for their virtue. St. Isidore and Fulgentius, both bishops were his brothers, and his sister, Florentina, is also numbered among the saints. He became a monk at Seville and then the bishop of the See. Mar. 13</p><p><b>Bl. Agnello of Pisa</b>. The founder of the English Franciscan province, Blessed Agnello, was admitted into the Order by St. Francis himself on the occasion of his sojourn in Pisa. He was sent to the Friary in Paris, of which he became the guardian, and in 1224, St. Francis appointed him to found an English province; at the time he was only a deacon. Eight others were selected to accompany him. True to the precepts of St. Francis, they had no money, and the monks of Fecamp paid their passage over to Dover. They made Canterbury their first stopping place, while Richard of Ingworth, Richard of Devon and two of the Italians went on to London to see where they could settle. It was the winter of 1224, and they must have suffered great discomfort, especially as their ordinary fare was bread and a little beer, which was so thick that it had to be diluted before they could swallow it. Nothing, however, dampened their spirits, and their simple piety, cheerfulness and enthusiasm soon won them many friends. They were able to produce a commendatory letter from Pope Honorius III, so that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Steven Langton, in announcing their arrival, said, "Some religious have come to me calling themselves penitents of the Order of Assisi, but I called them of the Order of the Apostles." In the meantime, Richard of Ingworth and his party had been well received in London and hired a dwelling on Cornhill. They were now ready to push on to Oxford, and Agnello came from Canterbury to take charge of the London settlement. Everywhere the Friars were received with enthusiasm, and Matthew Paris himself attests that Blessed Agnello was on familiar terms with King Henry III. Agnello is thought to have died at the age of forty-one, only eleven years after he landed at Dover, but his reputation for sanctity and prudence stood high amongst his fellows. It is stated that his zeal for poverty was so great that "he would never permit any ground to be enlarged or any house to be built except as inevitable necessity required." He was stern in resisting relaxations in the Rule, but his gentleness and tact led him to be chosen in 1233 to negotiate with the rebellious Earl Marshal. His health is said to have been undermined by his efforts in this cause and by a last painful journey to Italy. Opon his return he was seized with dysentery at Oxford and died there, after crying out for three days, "Come, Sweetest Jesus." The cult of Blessed Agnello was confirmed in 1892; his feast is observed in the Archdiocese of Birmingham today and by the Friars Minor on the eleventh. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Kevoca,</b> 7th century. Scottish saint, honored in Kyle, Scotland. but now believed to be St. Mochoemoc. Also called Quivox. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Mochoemoc, </b>656 A.D. Abbot Founder of Liath Mochoemoc Monastery at Tipperary, Ireland. He was the son of Bevan and Nessa and the brother or nephew of St. Ita. Listed as Machaemhog, Puicherius, or Vuicherius, he was trained by St. Ita, at Munster, Ireland, and received ordination by St. Comgall at Bangor. Mochoemoc founded Arderin Abbey and others before he died. </p><p><br /></p><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-82720738655139598392024-03-11T18:19:00.000-07:002024-03-11T18:19:41.392-07:00 SAINTS FOR MARCH 12<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisEcN2tYBGEz4PD68O2PmB-8LqQIEVAvK_VeJ9kX0OmQk7tMVnQBVqHlaeiN3cAIgjtjooE7BUys7qLMh31fdQXgn-rfqRMVk9XeVv_gT6u7LWdQD93Y22PvqH2FbpZeGnXFaXQEyGoXuUk7udgBMlbaBSNVDBJfcEIcRkvtTHJc1L7Dv8CKysGSeEwYA/s800/IHill_of_Crosses_in_LT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisEcN2tYBGEz4PD68O2PmB-8LqQIEVAvK_VeJ9kX0OmQk7tMVnQBVqHlaeiN3cAIgjtjooE7BUys7qLMh31fdQXgn-rfqRMVk9XeVv_gT6u7LWdQD93Y22PvqH2FbpZeGnXFaXQEyGoXuUk7udgBMlbaBSNVDBJfcEIcRkvtTHJc1L7Dv8CKysGSeEwYA/s320/IHill_of_Crosses_in_LT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b> SAINTS FOR MARCH 12</b> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Peter of Nicomedia, Roman Catholic Martyr</b>. According to tradition, he was a chamberlain at the court of Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia. Arrested for being a Christian when the last great persecution of the Church was launched at Diocletian's command, Peter was cruelly tortured by having the flesh stripped from his body and salt and vinegar poured and rubbed into the wounds. Finally, he was roasted to death over a fire. He is ranked as one of the first victims of the last persecution by the Roman Empire. Feastday Mar.12</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. MAXIMILIAN, MARTYR IN AFRICA</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. Joseph Tshang-ta-Pong, Roman Catholic catechist and Martyr of China</b>, put to death for the faith.Feastday Mar.12</p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Alphege</b>, 951 A.D. Bishop and prophet, called "the Elder" or "the Bald." Also known as Elphege, he was the bishop of Winchester, England. There he ordained St. Dunstan. A holy prophet, Alphege is credited with helping to restore monasticism to England. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Mura McFeredach</b>, 645 A.D. Irish abbot and disciple of St. Columba. He was named abbot of Fahan and is patron saint of Fahan in County Derry. Also called Muran and Murames, he is remembered by one of his crosses that remains standing at Fahan. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Paul Aurelian,</b> 573 A.D. Welsh bishop. Probably of Roman-Welsh descent, he was the son of a local Welsh chieftain. He studied under St. Illtyd at the Ynys Byr monastery and, according to tradition, was granted permission to become a hermit. Ordained, he nevertheless gathered around himself a group of followers and acquired such a reputation for goodness that a king in Brittany asked him to preach the Christian faith to his subjects. Paul sailed to Caldey Island in Brittany soon after and founded a monastery at PorzPol on the island of Quessant. Later he established himself and his followers at Ouismor. There, over his objections, he was made a bishop, although he was finally permitted to resign after several years and retire to Batz. He was reputed to be able to perform miracles. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. INNOCENT I, POPE,</b> He became Pope, succeeding Pope St. Anastasius I, on December 22, 401. During Innocent's pontificate, he emphasized papal supremacy, commending the bishops of Africa for referring the decrees of their councils at Carthage and Millevis in 416, Mar. 12</p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Seraphina</b>, Roman Catholic laywoman known for her self denial and acts of penance as a young girl. Feastday March 12</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-90772067050916076572024-03-11T12:16:00.000-07:002024-03-11T12:16:40.709-07:00Belgium: euthanasia cases increased by 15% in 2023 - ZENIT - English<a href="https://zenit.org/2024/03/08/belgium-euthanasia-cases-increased-by-15-in-2023/?eti=13725">Belgium: euthanasia cases increased by 15% in 2023 - ZENIT - English</a>: There was only one euthanasia of a minor — a 16-year-old girl with a brain tumour who donated her organs after her death. There have only been five confirmed cases of euthanised minors since Belgium’s euthanasia law was amended in 2014.john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-19588860942422611112024-03-11T11:06:00.000-07:002024-03-11T11:06:26.004-07:00Cardinal Chow: Taoists and Christians can join hands to build harmonious society - Vatican News <p> <span data-offset-key="9ur1c-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true">Cardinal Chow: Taoists and Christians can join hands to build harmonious society - Vatican News </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d9bf0; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="9ur1c-1-0">https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-03/cardinal-chow-christians-taoists-hong-kong-dialogue.html</span></span><span data-offset-key="9ur1c-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-80521373324352954812024-03-11T10:15:00.000-07:002024-03-11T10:15:26.632-07:00188 Powerful Words of the Blessed Virgin Mary| National Catholic Register<a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/powerful-words-of-mary">188 Powerful Words of the Blessed Virgin Mary| National Catholic Register</a>: “Jesus’ mother then told the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’” (John 2:5)john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-85849702142835097912024-03-10T16:09:00.000-07:002024-03-10T16:09:59.128-07:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 11<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT-boX-QO14c2dQgzedAqDzTYQepOXkHmpj7TFXOESadwSov5bLHAisUdXAfQDUiwokean38Uz5anGgn-B9KsVi0zZJAHrz0tyoF6Wj2CfO3z4tPN-OwKmHB1XePhMphN-DTbvrlgZHiJq3imCCz1jsSM28T-pigs05V94z3Wiky5pTw0_WsrOwselZY4/s940/CRUCIFIX%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT-boX-QO14c2dQgzedAqDzTYQepOXkHmpj7TFXOESadwSov5bLHAisUdXAfQDUiwokean38Uz5anGgn-B9KsVi0zZJAHrz0tyoF6Wj2CfO3z4tPN-OwKmHB1XePhMphN-DTbvrlgZHiJq3imCCz1jsSM28T-pigs05V94z3Wiky5pTw0_WsrOwselZY4/s320/CRUCIFIX%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 11</b> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. EULOGIUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR</b>, Roman Catholic Martyred priest of Cordoba, Spain, slain by the Moors. He was one of the Martyrs of Córdoba. He flourished during the reigns of the Cordovan emirs Abd-er-Rahman II and Muhammad I. Mar. 11</p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Constantine.</b> Constantine was king of Cornwall. Unreliable tradition has him married to the daughter of the king of Brittany who on her death ceded his throne to his son and became a monk at St. Mochuda monastery at Rahan, Ireland. He performed menial tasks at the monastery, then studied for the priesthood and was ordained. He went as a missionary to Scotland under St. Columba and then St. Kentigern, preached in Galloway, and became Abbot of a monastery at Govan. In old age, on his way to Kintyre, he was attacked by pirates who cut off his right arm, and he bled to death. He is regarded as Scotland's first martyr </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Aengus</b>, 824 A.D. Called Dengus and "the Culdee," a hermit and author of the Festlology of the Saints of Ireland, The Felire. The term Culdee refers to Aengus' love of solitude: Ceile De was a name given to the hermits of the time. Aengus, born in Clonengh, Ireland, became a solitary monk on the banks of the river Nore, where he communed with angels. In time he sought a more remote site near Maryborough, erecting a small hermitage there. Visitors drawn by his reputation for holiness drove Aengus to the monastery of Tallaght, near Dublin, then under the control of St. Maelruain. He tried to enter as a simple lay brother, not telling anyone who he was. Aengus, along with Maelruain (who had discovered the Culdee's real identity), wrote the Martyrology of Tallaght together in 790. Aengus completed his Felire in 805 in his Maryborough hermitage, having returned there when Maelruain died. Aengus passed away on March 11, 824, and was buried in Clonenagh. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Aurea, Roman Catholic Nun</b>, During the Moorish occupation of Spain, she became a nun at a nearby Benedictine San Millan de la Cogolla abbey and lived as a solitary famed for her visions and miracles. Her feast day is March 11th</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. SOPHRONIUS OF JERUSALEM, BISHOP</b></p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-47556442354468993612024-03-09T12:09:00.000-08:002024-03-09T12:09:33.537-08:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 10 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiCMz8Qhtc4xRnLZQ2YhpXABUrqQT3KFdk_quDApJ8MxO8q-pAWmtywjzKbibkLmLmYedVZDVFe9GeiWRrznxFyNnq6AK3wWXtqJBBAXFnhyYuoe8BUNrAPfciJF7Eg2GlfdwAVVSa38blGEOtmYp2kmd82ML6Uhv33Zjrb_Bo0LnD7z8ymXdAg6oIhep/s1080/crucifix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiCMz8Qhtc4xRnLZQ2YhpXABUrqQT3KFdk_quDApJ8MxO8q-pAWmtywjzKbibkLmLmYedVZDVFe9GeiWRrznxFyNnq6AK3wWXtqJBBAXFnhyYuoe8BUNrAPfciJF7Eg2GlfdwAVVSa38blGEOtmYp2kmd82ML6Uhv33Zjrb_Bo0LnD7z8ymXdAg6oIhep/s320/crucifix.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 10 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. JOHN OGILVIE, JESUIT AND MARTYR</b>. Born in 1569, John Ogilvie belonged to Scottish nobility. Raised a Calvinist, he was educated on the continent. Exposed to the religious controversies of his day and impressed with the faith of the martyrs, he decided to become a Catholic. In 1596, at age seventeen he was received into the Church at Louvain. Later John attended a variety of Catholic educational institutions, and eventually he sought admission into the Jesuits. He was ordained at Paris in 1610 and asked to be sent to Scotland, hoping some Catholic nobles there would aid him given his lineage. Finding none, he went to London, then back to Paris, and finally returned to Scotland. John's work was quite successful in bring back many people to the Faith. Some time later he was betrayed by one posing as a Catholic. After his arrest he was tortured in prison in an effort to get him to reveal the names of other Catholics, but he refused. After three trials, John was convicted of high treason because he converted Protestants to the Catholic Faith as well as denied the king's spiritual jurisdiction by upholding the Pope's spiritual primacy and condemning the oaths of supremacy and allegiance. Sentenced to death, the courageous priest was hanged at Glasgow in 1615 at the age of thirty-six </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. SIMPLICIUS, POPE</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Attalas,</b> 627 A.D. Abbot and companion of St. Columban. Born in Burgundy, France, he studied under Bishop Aregius of Gap. He became a monk at Lérins but then went to Luxeuil, where St. Columban taught him a strict rule of religious life. Attalas served as Columbian’s companion when the Irish saint went to Bobbio, in Italy, and founded a monastery there on lands donated by King Agilulf of the Lombards. In 615 St. Columban died, and Attalas succeeded him as abbot. Attalas was a foe of the heretical Arians. lie was also noted for performing miracles. His tomb is in Bobbio, beside the shrine of St. Columban. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Sedna</b>, 570 A.D. Bishop of Ossory, in Ireland. Sedna was also the abbot of Seir-Kieran Abbey, founded by St. Kieran with the aid of St. Patrick’s miraculous bell. Ossory was governed by abbot-bishops until circa 1184. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Emilian</b>, 675 A.D. Irish-born abbot of Lagny, France, also called Eminian or Imelin. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Himelin</b>, 750 A.D. Irish or Scottish priest who went on a pilgrimage to Rome. A maid of the parish of Vissemaeken, Belgium, gave him water from a pitcher and it turned to wine. He died at Vissemaeken, where he is venerated. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Kessag</b>, 560 A.D. Prince of Cashel, Ireland, and bishop of Scotland. Sometimes called Mackessag. Kessag went to Scotland as a missionary bishop, using Monk’s Island in Loch Lomond as his center. He was martyred at Bantry or at some unknown site. Kessag is credited with some extraordinary miracles. He is patron of Lennox, England. </p><div><br /></div><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-52428574678651171332024-03-08T17:27:00.000-08:002024-03-08T17:27:07.227-08:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 09 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAWh6DSO8ljokI-40rCG4vjFqZk5gvWM_cSjP4l3WtE3nNFLuDyBkQo0i0Lk5kPzeq_gg8aS3JUmi_LmbGBTHImhBiQv79-q44hEFkzT5T8h0rZyT68iYZIfrpCV4MX6oKZXGdnWtWbArBZeg93XLzqk1MFzTZyPjvxWgIt9bKPuZf2cisj8oCEthktEP/s838/800px-Michelangelo's_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAWh6DSO8ljokI-40rCG4vjFqZk5gvWM_cSjP4l3WtE3nNFLuDyBkQo0i0Lk5kPzeq_gg8aS3JUmi_LmbGBTHImhBiQv79-q44hEFkzT5T8h0rZyT68iYZIfrpCV4MX6oKZXGdnWtWbArBZeg93XLzqk1MFzTZyPjvxWgIt9bKPuZf2cisj8oCEthktEP/s320/800px-Michelangelo's_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 09 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA, VIRGIN, CLARES</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. FRANCESCA ROMANA, FOUNDRESS OF THE OBLATES OF TOR DE’ SPECCHI</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Bosa</b>, 705 A.D. Bishop of York, praised by St. Bede. Bosa was a Benedictine monk at Whitby, England a monastery ruled by St. Hilda. In 678, he was consecrated a bishop by St. Theodore. He was involved in St. Wilfrid's refusal to accept the division of the see of York. Bosa became the bishop in 691, when Wilfrid was exiled by King Aldfrid. St. Bede called Bosa a man of unusual merit and sanctity, "a man beloved of God." </p><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-28854293012199099402024-03-08T14:34:00.000-08:002024-03-08T14:34:54.552-08:00Nearly 70,000 people flee Islamist horror in northern Mozambique - ZENIT - English<a href="https://zenit.org/2024/03/07/nearly-70000-people-flee-islamist-horror-in-northern-mozambique/?eti=13705">Nearly 70,000 people flee Islamist horror in northern Mozambique - ZENIT - English</a>: The population is particularly fleeing the violence of the jihadist fighters of the group "Ansar al-Sunna", also called "Ahlu Sunna Wal Jammah", which is linked to the Islamic State and also known as Shabaabjohn william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-76224901724254733072024-03-07T16:43:00.000-08:002024-03-07T16:43:40.990-08:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 08<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtygnSvjYMrbND_7cw8czm5GxvREWeI36lhyBSVZ0alys8-M3vryrvU0kc5odRh9JWHnhSgvErh70XtEV70CC2w7YyUMv2_ubzryuK0QejuBnB80Tw2ED3bULUgDdBp4JwFV-wQ9sO-OjxLDXi3en1RDy5bpBHICteCfaDxR21yX3kFlMpfdpP9Ak0K8fL/s768/tyburn%20plaque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtygnSvjYMrbND_7cw8czm5GxvREWeI36lhyBSVZ0alys8-M3vryrvU0kc5odRh9JWHnhSgvErh70XtEV70CC2w7YyUMv2_ubzryuK0QejuBnB80Tw2ED3bULUgDdBp4JwFV-wQ9sO-OjxLDXi3en1RDy5bpBHICteCfaDxR21yX3kFlMpfdpP9Ak0K8fL/s320/tyburn%20plaque.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 08</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. John Larke, 1544 A.D. English martyr and priest</b>. John Larke served as a pastor in Bishopgate, Woodford, Essex, and then Chelsea until his arrest for opposing the religious supremacy of King Henry VIII of England. He was executed at Tybum with John Ireland and Jermyn Gardiner. His longtime patron was St. Thomas More. March 8 </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Arian and Companions, A Roman Catholic Alexandrian martyr with Theoticus and three others.</b> Arian was the governor of Thebes. He and his companions witnessed the martyrdom of Sts. Apollonius and Philemon in Alexandria and were converted. Upon confessing the faith, the men were thrown into the sea. Feastday March 8</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. JOHN OF GOD, FOUNDER OF FATEBENEFRATELLI, PATRON OF BROTHERS HOSPITALLER</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Senan</b>. Senan was born of Christian parents at Munster, Ireland. He was a soldier for a time and then became a monk under Abbot Cassidus, who sent him to Abbot St. Natalis at Kilmanagh in Ossory. Senan became known for his holiness and miracles and attracted great crowds to his sermons. He made a journey to Rome, meeting St. David on the way back. He built several churches and monasteries, and then settled on Scattery Island, where he built a monastery that soon became famous. He died at Killeochailli on the way back from a visit to St. Cassidus monastery </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Beoadh,</b> 518 A.D. Irish bishop. He was called Aeodh, receiving the prefix "Beo" because of his evident holiness. He was the bishop of Ardcarne. One of his relics, called the "Bell of St. Beoadh," has long been venerated and recognized as a work of art. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Duthac</b>, Bishop of Ross, in Scotland. An Irishman by birth, he was venerated for miracles and prophecies. He is recorded to have predicted the Danish invasion. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Rhian. </b>Welsh abbot. He is known for giving his name to Llanrhian, Dyfed, Wales. </p><div><br /></div><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-37346932576652039522024-03-06T16:35:00.000-08:002024-03-06T16:35:55.546-08:00 SAINTS FOR MARCH 07 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBtlr-sjm3H2WH2XH7pc-QQuwx_GFHCAM0A1Bge4Wx01r2zO4u5brHVEo8eSc-NmH5LKzrdoPquoY2FtHJT9DBobxxkA62toeDaK8Vznpbq_1Ycf-RLedH2ckh0cA5dQcOFJXYjUlsw1qagfYeOQ5WaDSuheIEV0szR2xl2sIKS9iE6Xk3pCwk_IkNLy2/s768/tyburn%20plaque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBtlr-sjm3H2WH2XH7pc-QQuwx_GFHCAM0A1Bge4Wx01r2zO4u5brHVEo8eSc-NmH5LKzrdoPquoY2FtHJT9DBobxxkA62toeDaK8Vznpbq_1Ycf-RLedH2ckh0cA5dQcOFJXYjUlsw1qagfYeOQ5WaDSuheIEV0szR2xl2sIKS9iE6Xk3pCwk_IkNLy2/s320/tyburn%20plaque.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 07 </b><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bl. John Ireland, 1544 A.D. English martyr and chaplain to St. Thomas More</b>. He became a pastor at Eltham, Kent, prior to his arrest for resisting the supremacy of King Henry VIII of England over the Church of England. Executed at Tyburn, he died with Blesseds Jermyn Gardiner and John Larke. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>STS. PERPETUA AND FELICITAS, MARTYRS</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. TERESA MARGARET REDI, VIRGIN AND CARMELITE</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Deifer</b>, 6th century. Welsh abbot and founder of Bodfare in Clwyd, Wales. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Enodoch,</b> 520 A.D. Welsh saint of the line of the chieftain Brychan of Brecknock, also called Wenedoc. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Esterwine</b>, 668 A.D. Benedictine abbot, a relative of St. Benedict Biscop. A noble from Northumbria, England, he was abbot of Wearmouth Abbey during a period of Benedict’s absence. </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-72275748678535958542024-03-05T16:36:00.000-08:002024-03-05T16:37:33.345-08:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 06 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CS1XtCW0K9iEdrr6scU1vAz1gpAgGEnAUUeu5CV_-qO9Evehbd-2meG3wU_4_FsijpgYkUclCNtHzxGtmtpmtOl8blgzPS227i05ppqIaVSSwOwC7zrf2IPgHlWYCoCjBRupFnIBI5SLv0oS9wg0DGtILnMml2mK7EkN1T2vuh7A5s7UTFyTQmfsbcUT/s600/gifts%20for%20the%20BVM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CS1XtCW0K9iEdrr6scU1vAz1gpAgGEnAUUeu5CV_-qO9Evehbd-2meG3wU_4_FsijpgYkUclCNtHzxGtmtpmtOl8blgzPS227i05ppqIaVSSwOwC7zrf2IPgHlWYCoCjBRupFnIBI5SLv0oS9wg0DGtILnMml2mK7EkN1T2vuh7A5s7UTFyTQmfsbcUT/s320/gifts%20for%20the%20BVM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 06 </b><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sts. Kyneburga, Kyneswide, & Tibba,</b> 680 A.D. Abbesses whose relics are in St. Peterborough Abbey in England. Kyneburga and Kyneswide were daughters of King Penda of Mercia . The former founded an abbey at Castor, Northamptonshire. She was joined there by Kyneswide. Tibba was probably a relative who entered the same convent. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. ROSE OF VITERBO, VIRGIN, FRANCISCAN</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. COLETTE BOYLET, VIRGIN AND FRANCISCAN, FOUNDRESS OF THE POOR CLARES</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Baldred</b>, 8th century. Bishop of Scotland, successor of St. Kentigern in Glasgow. He retired from his see to become a hermit on the Firth of Forth. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Bilfrid</b>, 8th century. Benedictine hermit, the silversmith who bound the Lindisfarne Gospels. He was a hermit in Lindisfarne, Ireland, off the coast of Northumbria, in northern England, where he aided Bishop Eaddfrid in preparing the binding of that masterpiece. He used gold, silver, and gems to bind the famous copy of the Gospels of St. Cuthbert. His relics were enshrined in Durham, England, in the eleventh century. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Cadroe,</b> 976 A.D. A Scottish prince and Benedictine abbot. He studied in Arrnagh, Ireland, and went to England where tradition states he saved London from a fire. In Fleury, France, Cadroe became Benedictine. Soon after, he became the abbot of Waul sort Monastery on the Meuse River in Belgium. He then went to Metz, Prance, to become abbot of St. Clements’s monastery. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Fridolin</b>, 540 A.D. Benedictine abbot, an Irishman venerated as “the Apostle of the Upper Rhine.” He traveled to France and settled in Poitiers, rebuilding the monastery of St. Hilary which had been destroyed by Vandals. He then became a hermit on the Rhine. There he built the abbey of Sackingen. Fridolin was called “the Wanderer’ because of his many evangelizing trips in the region </p><div><br /></div>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-69082799123186564022024-03-05T06:38:00.000-08:002024-03-05T06:38:40.416-08:00The Gaze That Burns Twice<p> <span data-offset-key="b0oii-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true">The Gaze That Burns Twice </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d9bf0; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="b0oii-1-0">https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-gaze-that-burns-twice?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare</span></span><span data-offset-key="b0oii-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"> via </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d9bf0; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-offset-key="b0oii-3-0">@CrisisMag</span></span><span data-offset-key="b0oii-4-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-62742083100688727522024-03-04T18:22:00.000-08:002024-03-04T18:22:50.864-08:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 05 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotJeZCGBq_unFu0FkUd5pWWbujmoogl7iAvG2fCIVc_l0duHJVoUAncnmkP6dr5CLt7h2LZCz7jigU-3Nj4jdp9KYMa3xEYyKWUVLFwEv1qcqCTT1iCOGjPIT-9RDnnGHEppnUfIRG4jvoRRoY21TuisrSv_9NYy4alEhAElyTq56kuMFNaZd93otxbXR/s1080/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotJeZCGBq_unFu0FkUd5pWWbujmoogl7iAvG2fCIVc_l0duHJVoUAncnmkP6dr5CLt7h2LZCz7jigU-3Nj4jdp9KYMa3xEYyKWUVLFwEv1qcqCTT1iCOGjPIT-9RDnnGHEppnUfIRG4jvoRRoY21TuisrSv_9NYy4alEhAElyTq56kuMFNaZd93otxbXR/s320/Crucifix%20and%20Candles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 05 </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST.ADRIAN, MARTYR</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Oliva, Roman Catholic Woman Martyr</b>. She was executed in the last year of the reign of Emperor Hadrian. Her relics are venerated at Saint Afra's Church, Brescia. Mar. 5</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ST. JOHN JOSEPH OF THE CROSS, FRANCISCAN</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Piran</b>. Piran was a hermit near Padstow in Cornwall and sometimes called Perran. He is the patron saint of tin mines there and is often erroneously identified with St. Kyran (Kieran) of Saighir. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Caron.</b> Titular saint of Tregaron, in Dyfed, Wales, England </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Carthach, </b>540 A.D. An Irish bishop, called “the Elder” and Carthage. He was the successor of St. Kieman in Ossory. He was the son or grandson of a local king. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Colman of Armagh</b>. St. Colman of Armagh: Disciple of St. Patrick, buried by him in Armagh, Ireland. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>St. Kieran, </b>530 A.D. The “first born of the saints of Ireland,” sometimes listed as Kieran Saighir or Kevin the Elder. He was a native of Ossory, and after living for a time as a hermit, he is believed to have been consecrated a bishop by St. Patrick, taking his place as the first bishop of Ossory. Another tradition states that he was consecrated in Rome. Legends attribute remarkable miracles to Kieran </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>john william vondrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286841884084944199.post-4591816836288099052024-03-03T14:59:00.000-08:002024-03-03T14:59:17.016-08:00SAINTS FOR MARCH 04<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIg2Nwewu46SGUadomB_NeFLn2ah7DPVR6IMYyP1ENlEHQHPfWIJS_wNIaLpJ50kcpLu_F0_ofF0oR0AoG7zDBY6z9b29DD9Z4YNdP0-xIKB0IhiR4jW1exlILwg8XkN14vojJrLwkgcMOfMtMdikcjlm8MxsygqNg5FKzz25jMwZl0vtWaEB89tEOfXH/s810/cruifix.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="540" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIg2Nwewu46SGUadomB_NeFLn2ah7DPVR6IMYyP1ENlEHQHPfWIJS_wNIaLpJ50kcpLu_F0_ofF0oR0AoG7zDBY6z9b29DD9Z4YNdP0-xIKB0IhiR4jW1exlILwg8XkN14vojJrLwkgcMOfMtMdikcjlm8MxsygqNg5FKzz25jMwZl0vtWaEB89tEOfXH/s320/cruifix.png" width="213" /></a></div><!-- wp:paragraph -->
<p></p><p><b>SAINTS FOR MARCH 04</b></p><p><b>St. Basil and Companions, Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs. </b>Martyred bishop, with Agathodorus, Elpidius, Ephraem, lftherius, Eugene, Arcadius, Capito, and Nestor. These prelates served as bishops. Nestor and Arcadius were rnartyred on Cyprus. The others died in the Crimean area and elsewhere in southern Russia. Mar. 4</p><p><b>St. Lucius I, Roman Catholic Priest and elected Pope</b> to succeed Pope St. Cornelius on June 25, 253, and ruled only eighteen months. He was exiled briefly during the persecution of Emperor Gallus, but was allowed to return to Rome. Feastday March 4</p><p><b>B. HUMBERT III OF SAVOY</b></p><p><b>Saint Casimir, Roman Catholi</b>c Born in 1458, St Casimir was of Lithuanian origin, the son of the King of Poland. He renounced the crown of Hungary at the urging of the Pope, and refused an arranged marriage designed to expand his realms. St Casimir was only 25 when he died, having overcome the seductions of power and luxury.<br />Mar. 4</p><p><b>St. Owen, Benedictine monk.</b> Once a steward in the household of St. Etheldreda, he entered a Benedictine monastery at Lastingham, England, under St. Chad. He later migrated to Lichfield, following St. Chad.</p><p></p><p>
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