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  Gospel in Art: The poor widow came and put in two small copper coins https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55158

  Saint of the day June 06 STS. ARTEMIUS AND PAULINE, MARTYRS ON THE VIA AURELIA Martyrs of Tarsus, A group of twenty Roman Catholic Martyrs slain at Tarsus, in modern Turkey, during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. Feastday June 6 The Carthusian Martyrs were the monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in central London, who were put to death by the English state in a period lasting from the 19 June 1535 till the 20 September 1537. The method of execution was hanging, disembowelling while still alive and then quartering The anniversary of the Carthusian Monk’s martyrdom - The Charterhouse - http://www.thecharterhouse.org/  Bl. Walter Pierson, 1537 A.D. Carthusian martyr of England. A member of the Carthusian Charterhouse of London, he served as a lay brother and was arrested with his companions by English authorities for opposing the religious policies of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547). With six other Carthusians, he was starved to death in pris...

 Go, Teach All Nations! Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:16-20) A “commission” is a responsibility that has been handed over and entrusted to us. The reason we exist as a Church is to evangelize.

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  Gospel in Art: Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55150

 Saint of the day June 04 St. Petroc. Petroc was born in Wales, possibly the son of a Welsh king. He became a monk and with some of his friends, went to Ireland to study. They immigrated to Cornwall in England and settled at Lanwethinoc (Padstow). After thirty years there, he made a pilgrimage to Rome and Jerusalem, at which time he is also reputed to have reached the Indian Ocean where he lived for some time as a hermit on an island. He then returned to Cornwall, built a chapel at Little Petherick near Padstow, established a community of his followers, and then became a hermit at Bodmir Moor, where he again attracted followers and was known for his miracles. He died between Nanceventon and Lanwethinoc while visiting some of his disciples there.  St. Breaca, 5th or 6th century. Disciple of St. Brigid, also called Breque, Branca, and Branka. She went from Ireland to Cornwall, England, about 460. There Breaca and her companions settled on the bank of the Hoyle River.  ...