2022

  St Wolfgang of Regensburg.

Dec 19, 2022
Today is also the feast of St Wolfgang of Regensburg. Bishop. Born in Swabia, Germany, in 924, Wolfgang was educated at a school located at the abbey of Reichenau. There he met Henry, a young aristocrat who went on to become Archbishop of Trier. Wolfgang taught at his cathedral school and supported…
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  St Simon and Jude

Dec 15, 2022
Apostles and martyrs. According to Matthew and Mark, Simon was a Canaanite. Saint Luke described him as a zealot. Saint Jude is also described as a relative of Jesus and the brother of James. According to Western tradition, Jude joined Simon preaching the Gospel in Persia where both were martyred.
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  St Frumentius and Aedeius

Dec 15, 2022
These fourth century saints were probably brothers, from Tyre in Lebanon. They were shipwrecked on the Eritrean coast while on a voyage on the Red Sea, and taken to Axum in Ethiopia which was the capital of a powerful kingdom. The royal family were curious about them and welcomed them into the court…
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  Blessed Contardo FerriniBlessed Contardo Ferrini Celebrated on October 26th

Dec 15, 2022
Layman, academic and teacher. Born in Milan in 1859, Contardo Ferrini was the son of a teacher. He first studied law, achieving a doctorate. He then won a scholarship and went on to study Roman-Byzantine law in Berlin.
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  St Antony Claret

Dec 15, 2022
Archbishop of Cuba and founder of the Claretians. Antony was born in 1809 in northern Spain. As a young man he worked with his father as a weaver, before joining the seminary at Vich.
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  St Maria Boscardin

Dec 08, 2022
Nurse and nun. Maria was born in 1888 to a poor Italian family in Brendola in northern Italy. Her father was a violent alcoholic. She was considered not very bright at school, and was called a "goose" by the local clergy. In 1904, she joined the sisters of St Dorothy and worked in the kitchens and laundry.…
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  Saint Paul of the Cross, Bl Jerzy Popieluszko and St Jean de Brebeuf and Companions St Paul of the Cross

Dec 08, 2022
Founder of the Passionists. Born in northern Italy in 1694, Paul Daneo lived at a time when many regarded Jesus as a great moral teacher but no more. After a brief time as a soldier, he turned to solitary prayer, developing a devotion to Christ's passion. Paul saw in the Lord's passion a demonstration…
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