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Saint of the day October 03 "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy Sts. Ewald and Ewald, 695 A.D. Martyred Northumbrian brothers, one called “the Fair” and one called “the Dark,” companions of St. Willibrord. From Northumbria, they were educated in Ireland. These priests of the Benedictine Order went with Willibrord to Frisia, Netherlands. They were martyred together at Aplerbeke, near Dortmund, Germany, by local pagans. ST CANDIDA, MARTYR ON THE VIA PORTUENSE Saint Mother Théodore Guérin (1798–1856), designated by the Vatican as Saint Theodora, is the foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, a congregation of Catholic nuns.  

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 Saint of the day October 02 "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy Bl. Louis Shakichi, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan layman who released Blessed Louis Flores from prison. Louis was burned alive in Nagasaki, and his wife and children were beheaded. Feastday Oct 2 Bl. Francis Chakichi-Four-year-old Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan. He was beheaded in Nagasaki, Japan, with his mother, Blessed Lucy, and his brother Blessed Andrew. His father, Blessed Louis, was burned at the stake. Feastday Oct 2 Bl. Lucy Chakichi Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan, the wife of Blessed Louis Chakichi. She was beheaded with her sons, Andrew and Francis, at Nagasaki, Japan. Feastday Oct 2 St. Leger, was a martyred Burgundian Bishop of Autun, France. St. Thomas of Hereford, 1282 A.D. Bishop of Hereford, also called Thomas Cantilupe. Born at Buckinghamshire, England, circa 1218, he studied at Oxford, Paris, and Orleans. Returning to England, he became chancellor o

This is the prayer intention that Pope Francis commends to all Catholics - ZENIT - English : In his prayer intention for the month of October, Pope Francis invites us to pray for a “a synodal lifestyle as a sign of co-responsibility" Pope Francis reaffirms that “priests are not the bosses of the laity, but their pastors” and that “Jesus called us, one and others – not one above others, or one on one side and others on another side, but complementing each other.” This is the prayer intention that Pope Francis commends to all Catholics | ZENIT - English

St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Carmelite, Virgin Doctor of the Church, Patron of the Missions - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/10/01/st--therese-of-the-child-jesus--carmelite---virgin-doctor-of-the.html St Therese of Lisieux https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/285