Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Abban of New Ross 

5th century, also known as St. Ewin, Abhan, or Evin, author of the "Tripartite Life of St. Patrick." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Born in the castle of Castiglione, 9 March, 1568; died 21 June, 1591. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Alphonsus Liguori

Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de' Pagani, 1 August, 1787. One of the greatest missionaries of the Church. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Anne

The traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. All our information concerning the names and lives of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary, is derived from apocryphal literature, the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary, Pseudo-Matthew and the Protoevangelium of James. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Anselm

Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church born at Aosta a Burgundian town on the confines of Lombardy, died 21 April, 1109. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Anthony

Founder of Christian monasticism. Born at Coma, near Heracleopolis Magna in Fayum, about the middle of the third century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Life of St. Augustine of Hippo

A sketch of the these three periods of Augustine's life: (1) the young wanderer's gradual return to the Faith; (2) the doctrinal development of the Christian philosopher to the time of his episcopate; and (3) the full development of his activities upon the Episcopal throne of Hippo. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine

A distinguished Jesuit theologian, writer, and cardinal, born at Montepulciano, 4 October, 1542; died 17 September, 1621. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Catherine of Bologna

Poor Clare and mystical writer, born at Bologna, 8 September, 1413; died there, 9 March, 1463. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Colette

Founder of Colettine Poor Clares (Clarisses), born 13 January 1381, at Corbie in Picardy, France; died at Ghent, 6 March, 1447. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Cunegundes

Poor Clare and patroness of Poland and Lithuania; born in 1224; died 24 July, 1292, at Sandeck, Poland. She was the daughter of King Bela IV and niece of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Sts. Cyril and Methodius

These brothers, the Apostles of the Slavs, were born in Thessalonica, in 827 and 826 respectively. Though belonging to a senatorial family they renounced secular honours and became priests. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Dominic

Founder of the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order; born at Calaroga, in Old Castile, c. 1170; died 6 August, 1221. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Dymphna

Virgin and martyr. The earliest historical account of the veneration of St. Dymphna dates from the middle of the thirteenth century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Edmund Campion

English Jesuit and martyr; he was the son and namesake of a Catholic bookseller, and was born in London, 25 Jan., 1540; executed at Tyburn, 1 Dec., 1581. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia , St. Edward the Confessor

King of England, born in 1003; died 5 January, 1066. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Elined

Virgin and martyr, flourished c. 490. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Elizabeth of Hungary 

Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, probably at Pressburg, 1207; died at Marburg, Hesse, 17 November (not 19 November), 1231. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Elizabeth of Portugal 

Queen; born in 1271; died in 1336. She was named after her great-aunt, the great Elizabeth of Hungary, but is known in Portuguese history by the Spanish form of that name, Isabel. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Erconwald

Bishop of London, died about 690. Helped found two monasteries, one for monks at Chertsey, and the other for nuns at Barking in Essex. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Exuperius

Bishop of Toulouse in the beginning of the fifth century; place and date of birth unascertained; died after 410. Succeeding St. Silvius as bishop, he completed the basilica of St. Saturninus, begun by his predecessor. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Venerable Pierre-Julien Eymard

Founder of the Society of the Blessed Sacrament, and of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, born at La Mure d'Isère, Diocese of Grenoble, France, 4 February, 1811; died there 1 Aug., 1868. His entire spiritual life was centered round the Eucharist. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Pope St. Felix IV

(Reigned 526-530). On 18 May, 526, Pope John I (q.v.) died in prison at Ravenna, a victim of the angry suspicions of Theodoric, the Arian king of the Goths. When, through the powerful influence of this ruler, the cardinal-priest, Felix of Samnium, son of Castorius, was brought forward in Rome as John's successor, the clergy and laity yielded to the wish of the Gothic king and chose Felix pope. He was consecrated Bishop of Rome 12 July, 526, and took advantage of the favor he enjoyed at the court of Theodoric to further the interests of the Roman Church, discharging the duties of his office in a most worthy manner. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Finan

Second Bishop of Lindisfarne; died 9 February, 661. He was an Irish monk who had been trained in Iona, and who was specially chosen by the Columban monks to succeed the great St. Aidan (635-51). [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Florentina

Virgin; born towards the middle of the sixth century; died about 612. The family of St. Florentina furnishes us with a rare example of lives genuinely religious, and actively engaged in furthering the best interests of Christianity. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gall

An Irishman by birth, he was one of the twelve disciples who accompanied St. Columbanus to Gaul, and established themselves with him at Luxeuil. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Abbey of St. Gall

In Switzerland, Canton St. Gall, 30 miles southeast of Constance; for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe; founded about 613, and named after Gallus, an Irishman, the disciple and companion of St. Columbanus in his exile from Luxeuil. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Galla

A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles Garnier

Jesuit Missionary, born at Paris, 1606, of Jean G. and Anne de Garault; died 7 December, 1649. He was a companion of St. Issac Jogues. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gerald

Bishop of Mayo, an English monk, date of birth unknown; died 13 March, 731; followed St. Colman, after the Synod of Whitby (664), to Ireland, and settled in Innisboffin, in 668. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gerard, Abbot of Brogne

Born at Staves in the county of Namur, towards the end of the ninth century; died at Brogne or St-Gerard, 3 Oct. 959. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gerard, Bishop of Toul

Born at Cologne, 935; died at Toul, 23 April, 994. Belonging to a wealthy and noble family, he received an excellent education in the school for clerics at Cologne, and throughout his youth was a model of obedience and piety. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gerard Majella

Born in Muro, about fifty miles south of Naples, in April, 1726; died 16 October, 1755; beatified by Leo XIII, 29 January, 1893, and canonized by Pius X, 11 December, 1904. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and humiliations. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Germain

Bishop of Paris; born near Autun, Saône-et-Loire, c. 496; died at Paris, 28 May, 576. He studied at Avalon and also at Luzy under the guidance of his cousin Scapilion, a priest. At the age of thirty-four he was ordained by St. Agrippinus of Autun and became Abbot of Saint-Symphorien near that town. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gertrude of Nivelles

Virgin, and Abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles; born in 626; died 17 March, 659. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gertrude the Great

November 16 -- Benedictine and mystic writer; born in Germany, 6 Jan., 1256; died at Helfta, near Eisleben, Saxony, 17 November, 1301 or 1302. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Godard

Bishop of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony; born about the year 960, in a village of Upper Bavaria, near the Abbey of Altaich, in the Diocese of Passau; Nassau; died on 4 May, 1038 canonized by Innocent II in 1131. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gregory of Nyssa

Date of birth unknown; died after 385 or 386. He belongs to the group known as the "Cappadocian Fathers", a title which reveals at once his birthplace in Asia Minor and his intellectual characteristics. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

This subject is considered under two heads: 1. the nature, and 2. the history of the devotion. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Henry II

German King and Holy Roman Emperor, son of Duke Henry II (the Quarrelsome) and of the Burgundian Princess Gisela; b. 972; d. in his palace of Grona, at Gottingen, 13 July, 1024. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Henry Suso

German mystic, born at Constance on 21 March, about 1295; died at Ulm, 25 January, 1366; declared Blessed in 1831 by Gregory XVI, who assigned his feast in the Dominican Order to 2 March. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Hilda

Abbess, born 614; died 680. Practically speaking, all our knowledge of St. Hilda is derived from the pages of Bede. She was the daughter of Hereric, the nephew of King Edwin of Northumbria, and she seems like her great-uncle to have become a Christian through the preaching of St. Paulinus about the year 627, when she was thirteen years old. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Hildegard

Born at Böckelheim on the Nahe, 1098; died on the Rupertsberg near Bingen, 1179; feast 17 Sept. The life of Hildegard as child, religious, and superioress was an extraordinary one. Left much to herself on account of her ill health, she led an interior life, trying to make use of everything for her own sanctification. From her earliest years she was favoured with visions. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Hubert

Confessor, thirty-first Bishop of Maastricht, first Bishop of Liège, and Apostle of the Ardennes, born about 656; died at Fura (the modern Tervueren), Brabant, 30 May, 727 or 728. He was honored in the Middle Ages as the patron of huntsmen, and the healer of hydrophobia (rabies). [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Ignatius Loyola

Founder of the Society of Jesus [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Ignatius of Antioch

Born in Syria, around the year 50; died at Rome between 98 and 117. It is believed, and with great probability, that, with his friend Polycarp, he was among the auditors of the Apostle St. John. If we include St. Peter, Ignatius was the third Bishop of Antioch and the immediate successor of Evodius. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Isabel of France

Daughter of Louis VIII and of his wife, Blanche of Castille, born in March, 1225; died at Longchamp, 23 February, 1270. St. Louis IX, King of France (1226-70), was her brother. When still a child at court, Isabel, or Elizabeth, showed an extraordinary devotion to exercises of piety, modesty, and other virtues. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Isidore of Seville

Born at Cartagena, Spain, about 560; died 4 April, 636. Isidore was the son of Severianus and Theodora. Two of his brothers are saints as is his sister Florentina. He was a prodigious writer and an erudite shcolar of the literature of the Eastern Church. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Jacopo de Voragine

Archbishop of Genoa and medieval hagiologist, born at Viraggio (now Varazze), near Genoa, about 1230; died 13 July, about 1298. He is best known as the author of a collection of legendary lives of the saints, known as "Legenda Aurea" (Golden Legend). [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. James the Greater

The son of Zebedee and Salome. James is styled "the Greater" to distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less," who was probably shorter of stature. He was the brother of John, the beloved disciple, and probably the elder of the two. His parents seem to have been people of means. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
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Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Saturninus

One of the most illustrious martyrs France has given to the Church. We possess only his Acts, which are very old, since they were utilized by St. Gregory of Tours. He was the first bishop of Toulouse, whither he went during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250). [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

Known as the "Lily of the Mohawks", and the "Genevieve of New France" an Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe, born according to some authorities at the Turtle Castle of Ossernenon, according to others at the village of Gandaouge, in 1656; died at Caughnawaga, Canada, 17 April, 1680. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Thomas the Apostle

Little is recorded of St. Thomas the Apostle, nevertheless thanks to the fourth Gospel his personality is clearer to us than that of some others of the Twelve. There is considerable apocryphal literature, and there are also certain historical data which suggest that some of this apocryphal material may contains germs of truth. The principal document concerning him is the "Acta Thomae", preserved to us with some variations both in Greek and in Syriac, and bearing unmistakable signs of its Gnostic origin. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Thomas Cottam

Martyr, born 1549, in Lancashire; executed at Tyburn, 30 May, 1582. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Thomas Ford

English martyr, born in Devonshire; died at Tyburn, 28 May, 1582. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Thomas Johnson

Carthusian martyr, died in Newgate gaol, London, 20 September, 1537. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Robert Johnson

Born in Shropshire, entered the German College, Rome, 1 October, 1571. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Sts. Trasilla and Emiliana

Aunts of St. Gregory the Great, virgins in the sixth century, given in the Roman Martyrology, the former on 24 Dec., the latter on 5 Jan. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Veronica Giuliani

Poor Clare nun, born at Mercatello in the Duchy of Urbino, Italy, 1660; died at Citt' di Castello, 9 July, 1727. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

This file traces the history of devotion of the Blessed Mother. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Zita

Model and heavenly patroness of domestic servants, born early in the thirteenth century of a poor family at Montsegradi, a little village near Lucca, in Tuscany; died at Lucca, 27 April, 1271. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Two Lives of Sts. Rupert (Robert) and Erendruda (Erentraud)

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Rev. Alban Butler, The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

March 10 -- These holy martyrs were of different countries, but enrolled in the same troop, all young, brave and robust. They went joyfully to the death prepared for them by the Emperor Licinius, which was to place them on a frozen pond in the middle of winter and allow them to die slowly of exposure. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Canonization of 40 English and Welsh Martyrs

The forty Martyrs are among the best known of the many Catholics who gave their lives in England and Wales during the 16th and 17th centuries owing to the fact that their religious convictions clashed with the laws of the State at that time. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

St. Alphonsus Liguori, Of the Dolours of Mary

Taken from "The Glories of Mary". Meditation on the Seven Sorrows of Mary which are: St. Simeon's Prophesy, the Flight of Jesus to Egypt, the Loss of Jesus in the Temple, the Meeting of Mary with Jesus, the Death of Jesus, Piercing of the Side of Jesus, the Burial of Jesus. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order

February 24 -- SS. Bonfilius, Alexis, Amadeus, Hugh, Sostenes, Manettus and Buonagiunta were seven young Florentines who joined a confraternity of the Blessed Virgin and were inspired by a vision of our Lady to withdraw from the world. They settled eventually on the slopes of Monte Seranio, where they built a church. They received another vision of our Lady, in which she advised them to follow the rule of St. Augustine. She carried in her hand a black habit, and an angel at her side held a scroll with the title "servants of Mary". This happened on April 13th, 1240, and from that day the group were know as the Servites. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, St. Adelaide

December 16 -- 931-999 The wife of two kings and the mother of another, she lived in the midst of political intrigue, dynastic murders, and barbaric cruelty. She was the daughter of Rudolph of Burgundy. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Adrian, Abbot at Canterbury

January 9 -- A learned African, abbot of Nerida, near Naples, refused the archbishopric of Canterbury offered by Pope St. Vitalian, but, as abbot of SS Peter and Paul, assisted St. Theodore who had accepted the archbishopric. His instruction and example had a wide influence. Died in 710. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

February 5 -- Agatha suffered martyrdom at Catania in Sicily, probably during the persecution of Decius. From antiquity her cult spread throughout the Church; her name was therefore inserted into the Roman Canon. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr. Feast Day is January 21

Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Agnes of Monte Pulciano, Virgin and Abbess

April 20 -- A nun at the age of nine, Agnes became head of a newly established convent at Procena when she was still in her teens. She subsequently founded a Dominican convent in her native town and was its prioress until her death. She led an extremely austere life and is reputed to have enjoyed many visions and raptures. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, A Message From Our Lady - At Akita, Japan

This file is a brief explanation, given by John Ata, of the Marian apparitions at Akita, Japan. MARY APPARITION JAPAN AKITA [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Albert the Great

November 15 -- Known as the "teacher of everything there is to know", was a scientist long before the age of science, was considered a wizard and magician in his own lifetime, and became the teacher and mentor of that other remarkable mind of his time, St. Thomas Aquinas. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Aldegondes, V. Abbess

She was daughter of Walbert, of the royal blood of France, and born in Hainault about the year 630. She consecrated herself to God by a vow of virginity and founded and governed a great house of holy virgins at Maubeuge. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Francis Johnston, Alexandrina

Moving story of a young woman who chose to jump out of a 13 foot high window rather than allow a man to molest her and then even though wounded struggled back to defend her two friends. Later total paralysis set in and she became bedridden for life. Suffering became her vocation and she offered herself to God as a victim soul for the conversion of sinners. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Alexander, Confessor, Patriarch of Alexandria

February 26 -- He succeeded St. Achillas as bishop of Alexandria, and was chiefly famous for his part in crushing the Arian heresy. At the first ecumenical council in Nicaea in 325 in which he took part, the heresy was condemned by Alexander's deacon and successor, St. Athanasius. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, All Saints

November 1 -- Feast on which the Church honors all the saints reigning together in glory. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. Alban Butler, All Souls

November 2 -- The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the

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NA, The Saints and Beatified Servants of God Who Have Flourished in America

This article, taken from the June and July 1854 issue of "The Metropolitan," presents the lives of various saints of the Americas. LOUIS BERTRAND PHILIP OF JESUS SEBASTIAN DE LA APARICION FRANCIS SOLANO ROSE MARTIN PORRAS MARIA DE PAREDES PETER CLAVER [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John Coulson, St. Anthony

Considered to be the founder and father of organized Christian monasticism, although he himself preferred to live the life of a true hermit, apart from any community, in the deserts of Egypt. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Andrew, Apostle

November 30 -- St. Andrew was a native of Bethsaida, a town in Galilee, upon the banks of the lake of Genesareth. He was the son of Jonas, or John, a fisherman of that town, and brother to Simon Peter. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Pascal Parente, The Angels

Chapter One of the book, 'The Angels.' Discusses the creation of the angels, the population of the angelic world and answers the question 'What is an angel?'. PARENTE ANGEL CREATION SPIRITS [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Pascal Parente, The Angelic Nature and Its Operation

Chapter Two of the book, 'The Angels.' Discusses the angelic mind and mode of expression, the language of angels, love and free will of the angels and locomotion and power of the angels. PARENTE ANGEL CREATION SPIRITS [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Pascal Parente, The Sons of God and the Sons of Perdition

Chapter 3 of the book, 'The Angels'. Covers the grace of God and probation, the heavenly hierarchies and the choirs of angels and the fallen angels. PARENTE ANGELS DEVILS CHOIRS SATAN [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Pascal Parente, Angels and Their Names

Chapter Four of the book, 'The Angels.' PARENTS ANGELS MESSENGERS MEDIATORS MINISTERS WATCHER [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Pascal Parente, Proper Names of the Angels

Chapter Six of the book, 'The Angels,' by Pascal Parente. The Sacred Scriptures have revealed the proper names of only three Angels, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. This file devotes a section to each of them and explains the meaning of their names. PARENTE ANGELS ARCHANGELS MICHAEL GABRIEL RAPHAEL [MARY, Type=3 Code=EE]
 

Rembert Herbert, Singing with the Angels

Gregorian chant cannot be fully understood as a mere art form; in its pure form it is rather an approach to prayer. This article appeared in the June 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' [MARY, Type=3 Code=EE]
 

Pat Bartos, Angels With Names

Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are the only angels to have come down through the ages with names and strongly defined images. This article was taken from the March-April 1996 issue of 'Catholic Heritage'. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin

Scriptural Saint. Celebration of Feast Day is July 26. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

March 25 -- This great festival takes its name from the happy tidings brought by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary, concerning the Incarnation of the Son of God. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is April 21. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Anthony, Abbot, Patriarch of Monks

January 17 -- St. Anthony, the celebrated Father of Monks, was born in Egypt around the year 250. After his parents died he distributed his property to the poor and beginning a life of penance, withdrew into solitude. He attracted disciples and labored on behalf of the Church, giving support to believers during the persecution of Diocletian and assisting Saint Athanasius against the Arians. He died in 356. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Life of St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most famous disciples of St. Francis of Assisi. He was a famous preacher and worker of miracles in his own day, and throughout the eight centuries since his death he has so generously come to the assistance of the faithful who invoke him, that he is known throughout the world. This brief life of St. Anthony of Padua appeared in the August/September edition of the Herald of the Immaculate. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Marian Devotion of St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most famous disciples of St. Francis of Assisi. He was a famous preacher and worker of miracles in his own day, and throughout the eight centuries since his death he has so generously come to the assistance of the faithful who invoke him, that he is known throughout the world. This brief article about St. Anthony of Padua appeared in the August/September edition of the Herald of the Immaculate. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Spirituality of St. Anthony of Padua

This is a brief introduction to the thought, faith, and holiness of St. Anthony of Padua. This article first appeared in the Herald of the Immaculate, a free Internet Publication of the Franciscan Friars of the Immalcuate. This document is part of the Home Page of St. Francis of Assisi, maintained by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, as part of their Internet Apostolate 'The Home Page of the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God.' [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Antony of Padua, Confessor, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is June 13. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Antony of Egypt, Abbot, Patriarch of Monks

Feast Day is January 7. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Life of St. Anthony of Padua

St. Anthony of Padua is one of the most famous disciples of St. Francis of Assisi. He was a famous preacher and worker of miracles in his own day, and throughout the eight centuries since his death he has so generously come to the assistance of the faithful who invoke him, that he is known throughout the world. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Bryan J. Walsh, Marian Apparitions & the Chastisement

This file provides an explanation of the four groupings of private revelation and discusses various apparitions. Bryan J Walsh is a member of CRNET and is in the process of writing a book on this subject. FATIMA AKITA BETANIA GARABANDAL MEDJUGORJE [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

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Rev. Alban Butler, St. Thomas of Aquino, Doctor of the Church and Confessor

January 28 -- Born about the year 1225, he first studied at the monastery of Monte Cassino and later at the University of Naples. Afterwards he joined the Friars Preachers and completed his studies at Paris and Cologne, his instructor being St. Albert the Great. He wrote many learned volumes and was especially renowned for his philosophical and theological studies. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is May 2. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church

May 2 -- The great champion of orthodoxy during the Arian crisis, patriarch of Alexandria during this critical period, and one of the first promoters of monasticism in the East and in the West. He was a prolific writer and has left a remarkable legacy of theological, ascetical, historical, and polemical works. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, Saint Augustine, B.C., Apostle of the English

May 27 -- He shares with St. Gregory the Great the title of Apostle of the English. He was prior of St. Andrew's on the Caelian Hill when he was sent by Pope Gregory the Great with a band of forty companions to evangelize England. The missionaries landed at Ebbsfleet near Ramsgate, Thanet, in 597. Augustine converted the king of Kent with thousands of his subjects to the Faith. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Confessor, Apostle of the English

Celebration of Feast Day is May 28. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

C. C. Martindale, S.J., St. Augustine

Published by the Catholic Truth Society, London 1954. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Augustine of Hippo

Celebration of Feast Day is August 28. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Teresa of Avila, The Life of St. Teresa of Avila

Translated and edited by E. Allison Peers from the critical edition of P. Silverio de Santa Teresa, C.D. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Teresa of Avila, Virgin, Foundress

Celebration of Feast Day is October 15. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Bademus, Abbot, Martyr

April 10 -- He was imprisoned during the persecution under King Sapor II of Persia. Nersan, another Christian prisoner, was promised pardon if he would kill Bademus, which he did. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Barbatus, or Barbas, Confessor, Bishop of Benevento

February 19 -- A priest of Benevento, which had relapsed into paganism, he restored Christianity by prophesying the unsuccessful siege of the town by Constans II. He succeeded Hildebrand as bishop of Benevento. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Barsimaeus, B. M.

He was the third bishop of Edessa from St. Thaddaeus, one of the seventy-two disciples. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Basil the Great, Confessor, Archbishop of Caesarea

January 2 -- (A.D. 379) Born in Cappadocia, both his mother and father are saints, as well as his grandmother and his brother, St. Gregory of Nyssa. He was bishop during the difficult times of the Arian crisis and was a brilliant theologian and fierceless pastor, wearing himself out with amazing pastoral works and extending the influence of monasticism. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Bathildes, Queen of France

January 30 -- This is the life of an English girl, strong in her faith, who was sold as a slave in France and became the wife and mother of kings. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Bede, Confessor, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is May 27. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Benedict, Abbot, Founder of Western Monasticism

Celebration of Feast Day is March 21. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Benezet, or Little Bennet, Patron of Avignon

April 14 -- During an eclipse, he heard a voice bidding him to build a bridge over the Rhone at Avignon. He convinced the bishop of Avignon, and work was begun in 1177. He was buried on the bridge itself, and his body--which remained incorrupt for several hundred years--was afterwards transferred to a specially constructed chapel on the bridge. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Benjamin, Martyr, Deacon

A deacon, he was martyred in a fearful manner when Abdas, an unwise bishop, burnt a Persian temple and caused King Yezdigerd to recommence the persecution of Christians. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Berchmans Bittle, O.F.M.Cap., St. Benedict the Moor

(Also called the Black) Feastday April 4, Benedict was born of Negro parents who were slaves on an estate near Messina, Sicily. Blacks of North America have chosen him their patron. Taken from"A Saint A Day" by Berchmans Bittle, O.F.M.Cap. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. John Berchmans

(November 26) -- This young, Belgian saint once said, "If I do not become a saint when I am young, I shall never become one." He died at the age of 22 and is the Patron of Altar Boys. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, 'Gianna Beretta Offered Life For Her Child'

On April 24 Pope John Paul II beatified Gianna Beretta Molla, wife and pediatricain who in 1962 preferred to die rather than undergo a so-called therapeutic abortion. Taken from the April 27, 1994 issue of 'L'Osservatore Romano.' GIANNA BERETTA MOLLA PRO-LIFE BEATIFIED [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Bernadette Soubirous, Virgin, Patroness of Lourdes

Celebration of Feast Day is February 11. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

David Knowles, St. Bernard of Clairaux

Taken from the Spring 1993 issue of 'The Dawson Newsletter' P.O. Box 332, Fayetteville, AR 72702, John J. Mulloy, Editor. BERNARD KNOWLES DAWSON NEWSLETTER [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is August 20. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Andre Ravier, S.J., The Body of St. Bernadette of Lourdes

Based on documents in the archives of the Convent of Saint-Gildard, of the Diocese and the City of Nevers. St. Bernadette died on April 16, 1879. Her incorrupt body has not been embalmed or specially treated in any way. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

St. Bernadette, A Short Life of Bernadette

- in Her Own Words [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Bernadine of Sienna, C.

He devoted himself to the office of preaching, the wondrous results of his sermons became a byword. Though he was followed by honors and applause, the most sincere humility appeared in his actions, and he always sought to conceal the talents with which God had endowed him. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Berthold

March 29 -- According to legend he reformed crusaders in Antioch; but what is more certain is that he formed a community of hermits on Mount Carmel, and became the founder of the Carmelites. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Bertille, Abbess of Chelles

November 5 - This remarkable abbess had two queens as her religious subjects in the abbey of Chelles. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Enzo Lodi, Blessed Andre Bessette

January 6 (United States) -- This Holy Cross Brother, known as "Frere Andre," has been credited with thousands of cures. He was the founder of St. Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, Canada, perhaps the world's principal shrine in honor of St. Joseph. When he died at the age of 91, it was estimated that close to a million people came to the Oratory to pay their last respects. He was beatified in 1982. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Church Plant Symbolism of the Blessed Virgin Mary

'Flower imagery from the scriptures and nature was applied to Mary in the writings of the Church Fathers and in the liturgy, providing the foundation in Tradition for the subsequent naming of hundreds of flowers for Mary's life, mysteries, virtues, excellences and divine prerogatives in the popular religious folk traditions of the medieval countrysides - as recorded by botanists, folklorists and lexicographers.' [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, The Blessed Julie Billiart, Foundress of the Congregation of Sisters of Notre Dame

April 8 -- St. Julia established convents and trained teachers for the young. One bishop said of her that She can do more in a few years than others can in a century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Bryan J. Walsh, The Black Madonna of Poland - Our Lady of Czestochowa and Jasna Gora

The Black Madonna is a painting of the Madonna and Christ Child which legend states was painted by St. Luke the Evangelist. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Blaise, Martyr

Feast Day is February 3. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Blase, Bishop and Martyr

February 3 -- He was said to be bishop of Sebaste and to have been martyred in the persecution of Licinius. His legend tells us that his powers of healing extended to animals, that hunters who had come out into the mountains to seek wild beasts for the amphitheater were amazed to see them clustered around the saint, and that on another occasion he cured a boy who was suffocating because a fish-bone had stuck in his throat. St. Blase is the patron of wild animals and woolcombers and of sufferers from afflictions of the throat. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, Blessed Thaddeus MacCarthy

Feastday October 25. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Benedict of Anian, Abbot

February 12 -- From a hermit he rose to become the chief reformer of all monasteries in the Empire and one of the greatest influences on western monasticism. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Paschal Robinson, St. Bonaventure

Doctor of the Church, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Minister General of the Friars Minor, b. at Bagnorea in the vicinity of Viterbo in 1221; d. at Lyons, 16 July, 1274. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Boniface, Martyr, Apostle of Germany

Celebration of Feast Day is June 5. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, Saint Boniface, Archbishop of Mentz, Apostle of Germany, and Martyr

June 5 -- St. Boniface was born in England about the year 673. He was first professed in the monastic life at Exeter but went to Germany to preach the Gospel. He made many converts there and was consecrated bishop, ruling over the church at Mainz. While preaching the Gospel to the Frisians, he was killed by pagans. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Charles Borromeo, Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan, and Confessor

November 4 -- the model of pastors and the reformer of ecclesiastical discipline in the 16th century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

By Rev. W.G. Austen S.D.B., Saint John Bosco

Published by the Incorporated Catholic Truth Society, London, 1954. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Bridgit, or Bridget, V.

February 1 -- Along with St. Patrick and St. Columba, she is one of the three great saints of Ireland. She is considered the protectress of travelers, the patron of the printing press, and the guardian of those who sail on the sea. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Hugh de Blacam, Saint Brigid: the Mary of the Gael

One of the loveliest of the Irish saints, this file contains her biography. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Brother Andre--His Life and Times

This article taken from the July 21, 1996 issue of the "National Catholic Register" recounts the life of Blessed Andre Bessette, who was born Aug. 9, 1845 and spent his life as the porter at Notre Dame college in Montreal, Quebec. He once said "God chose the ignorant one. If there was anyone more ignorant than I am, God would have chosen him instead of me." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Cyril and Methodius, CC.

February 14 -- These two saints were brothers, born to a Byzantine military officer who commanded the forces of the army at Thessalonica. As young boys, both spoke the Slavic language, which helped them in their future missionary labors among the Slavic peoples. Both became monks. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin, Foundress

November 13 -- Born in Lombardy, Italy, in 1850, founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1880. With the encouragement of Pope Leo XIII, she set out for the United States in 1889, where she established many schools, hospitals and orphanges. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Cadroe, C

March 6 -- Son of a Scottish thane, he was educated in Armagh, Ireland. After training Scottish priests, he went to England, where he miraculously saved London from fire, and went to France, where he became abbot of Waulsort on the Meuse and of St. Clement at Metz. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Callixtus, or Callistus, Pope, Martyr

The name of St Callistus is rendered famous by the ancient cemetery which he beautified, and which, for the great number of holy martyrs whose bodies were there deposited, was the most celebrated of all those about Rome. He was a Roman by birth, succeeded St Zephirin in the pontificate in 217 or 218, on the 2nd of August, and governed the church five years and two months. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Edmund Campion, Campion's 'Brag'

'Challenge to the Privy Council' Apologia of St. Edmund Campion written in the 16th century. It is perhaps the earliest defense of the faith to appear in English during the Reformation. (See the file on Campion in this library, CAMPION.TXT.) This article was taken from the September, 1994 issue of 'This Rock,' published by Catholic Answers. CAMPION APOLOGIA ENGLAND MARTYR [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

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Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Lucy

A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, whose feast is celebrated by Latins and Greeks alike on 13 Dec. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gerard Majella

Born in Muro, about fifty miles south of Naples, in April, 1726; died 16 October, 1755; beatified by Leo XIII, 29 January, 1893, and canonized by Pius X, 11 December, 1904. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and humiliations. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Maximus of Constantinople

Known as "the Theologian" and as "Maximus Confessor", born at Constantinople about 580; died in exile 13 August, 662. He is one of the chief names in the Monothelite controversy one of the chief doctors of the theology of the Incarnation and of ascetic mysticism, and remarkable as a witness to the respect for the papacy held by the Greek Church in his day. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Michael the Archangel

(Hebr. 'Who is like God?'), one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Saint Thomas More

Taken from the 'Catholic Encyclopedia' 1913 edition. This file is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire work on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Stephen of Muret

Born 1045; died at Muret, 8 February, 1124, founder of the Abbey and Order of Grandmont (q. v.). [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Nicholas of Myra (Or Nicholas of Bari),

Bishop of Myra in Lycia, d. 6 December, 345 or 352. Though he is one of the most popular saints in the Greek as well as the Latin Church, there is scarcely anything historically certain about him except that he was Bishop of Myra in the fourth century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Peter, Saint and Prince of the Apostles

The life of St. Peter may be conveniently considered under the following heads: Until the Ascension of Christ; St. Peter in Jerusalem and Palestine after the Ascension; Missionary Journeys in the East, The Council of the Apostles; Activity and Death in Rome, Burial-place; Feasts of St. Peter; Representations of St. Peter. Taken from the 'Catholic Encyclopedia' 1913 edition. This file is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an ef [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Oliver Plunket

Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, born at Loughcrew near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland, 1629; died 11 July, 1681. His is the brightest name in the Irish Church throughout the whole period of persecution. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Polycarp, Martyr

(A.D. 69-155) Our chief sources of information concerning St. Polycarp are: (1) the Epistles of St. Ignatius; (2) St. Polycarp's own Epistle to the Philippians; (3) sundry passages in St. Irenaeus; (4) the Letter of the Smyrnaeans recounting the martyrdom of St. Polycarp. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Raphael, Saint

The name of this archangel (Raphael = 'God has healed') does not appear in the Hebrew Scriptures, and in the Septuagint (Raphael) only in the Book of Tobias. Here he first appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of the younger Tobias, calling himself 'Azarias the son of the great Ananias'. This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Francis de Sales, Saint

Bishop of Geneva, Doctor of the Universal Church; born at Thorens, in the Duchy of Savoy, 21 August, 1567; died at Lyons, 28 December, 1622. His father, Francois de Sales de Boisy, and his mother, Francoise de Sionnaz, belonged to old Savoyard aristocratic families. The future saint was the eldest of six brothers. This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

James Likoudis, Blessed Cesar de Bus: Patron for Modern Catechists

Fr. Cesar de Bus was one of the glories of the Catholic Counter-Reformation who proved to be one of the greatest catechists in the history of the Church. Born in Cavillon, France, on February 3, 1544, the seventh of thirteen children, he was to die in the odor of sanctity in Avignon, on Easter, April 15, 1607. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Saturninus, Saint

St. Saturninus was, says Tillemont, one of the most illustrious martyrs France has given to the Church. We possess only his Acts, which are very old, since they were utilized by St. Gregory of Tours. He was the first bishop of Toulouse, whither he went during the consulate of Decius and Gratus (250). This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Scapular

The scapular (from Lat., 'scapula', shoulder) forms a part, and now the most important part, of the habit of the monastic orders. Other orders and numerous religious congregations (both male and female) have also adopted the scapular from the monastic orders. This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Saint and Apostle Simon

Taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia 1913 edition. This file is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire work on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Sixtus I, Saint and Pope

Pope St. Sixtus I (in the oldest documents, Xystus is the spelling used for the first three popes of that name), succeeded St. Alexander and was followed by St. Tolesphorus. According to the 'Liberian Catalogue' of popes, he ruled the Church during the reign of Adrian 'a conulatu Nigri et Aproniani usque Vero III et Ambibulo', that is, from 117 to 126. This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

(Also known as Catherine Tegakwitha/Takwita.) Known as the 'Lily of the Mohawks', and the 'Genevieve of New France' an Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe, born according to some authorities at the Turtle Castle of Ossernenon, according to others at the village of Gandaouge, in 1656; died at Caughnawaga, Canada, 17 April, 1680. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Teresa of Jesus (Teresa of Avila)

Saint Teresa of Jesus, SAINT (TERESA SANCHEZ CEPEDA DAVILA Y AHUMADA), b. at Avila, Old Castile, 28 March, 1515; d. at Alba de Tormes, 4 Oct., 1582. Taken from the 'Catholic Encyclopedia' 1913 edition. This file is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire work on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The tomb of the Blessed Virgin is venerated in the Valley of Cedron, near Jerusalem.Modern writers hold, however, that Mary died and was buried at Ephesus. This article is part of the Catholic Encyclopedia Project, an effort aimed at placing the entire Catholic Encyclopedia on the World Wide Web. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Gerard, Bishop of Toul

Born at Cologne, 935; died at Toul, 23 April, 994. Belonging to a wealthy and noble family, he received an excellent education in the school for clerics at Cologne, and throughout his youth was a model of obedience and piety. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Vianney

Cure of Ars, born at Dardilly, near Lyons, France, on 8 May, 1786; died at Ars, 4 August, 1869; son of Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Thomas of Villanova

Educator, philanthropist, born at Fuentellana, Spain, 1488; died at Valencia, 8 September, 1555. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Francis Xavier

Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, 7 April, 1506; died on the Island of Sancian near the coast of China, 2 December, 1552. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Ceada, or Chad, Bishop and Confessor

March 2 -- St. Chad and his brother St. Cedd were among the earliest native bishops of the English Church. They were both monks of the Celtic type, probably disciples of St. Aidan. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Charles Borromeo, Archbishop, Cardinal

Celebration of Feast Day is November 4. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Christopher

Martyr, third century. Celebration of Feast Day is July 25. CHRISTOPHER MARTYR [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Clara, Virgin, Foundress of the Poor Clares

Celebration of Feast Day is August 12. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Enzo Lodi, St. Anthony Mary Claret

Feastday October 24.The founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Goodier, Blessed Claude de la Colombiere

This account of the life of Blessed Claude is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER COLOMBIERE SPIRITUALITY PRAYER JESUIT [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Berchmans Bittle, O.F.M.Cap., St. Peter Claver

Feastday September 9 (b. 1580 - d. 1654) Born in Spain, the son of a farmer, Peter Claver entered the Society of Jesus and was ordained in 1615 in Cartagena, South America. Patron of all missionary work among black people. Taken from "A Saint A Day" by Berchmans Bittle, O.F.M.Cap. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Clement, Pope, Martyr

November 23 -- A Roman by birth, of Jewish extraction, converted to the faith by St. Peter or by St. Paul-who called him his "fellow-laborer". [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. John Climacus, Abbot

March 30 -- A learned abbot and great spiritual director he was a monk of Mount Sinai. Because of his notable work The Ladder (Klimax) to Paradise, which described the thirty degrees to religious perfection, his artistic attribute is a ladder. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. Daniel F. McSeffery, St. Margaret: Mother and Martyr

Fr. Daniel F.McSheffery writes about the heroic life of St. Margaret of Clitherow, 'The Pearl of York,' who was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Taken from the April 1994 issue of 'The Homiletic & Pastoral Review,' 86 Riverside Dr., New York, N.Y. 10024, 212-799-2600, $24.00 per year. MCSEFFERY SAINT MARGARET CLITHEROW ENGLAND MARYTR MOTHER [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Clotildis or Clotilda, Queen of France

June 3 -- Born at Lyons, daughter of Chilperic, king of Burgundy, she married Clovis, king of the Salian Franks, and was the means of leading her husband to embrace Christianity. She had much to suffer on account of the quarrels between her three sons. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, B. Colette, Virgin and Abbess

March 6 -- Born in Picardy of humble parents, St. Colette reformed the Poor Clares: one branch of the order is still known as the Colettines. She travelled all over France and Flanders founding or reforming convents, and is said to have met St. Joan of Arc at Moulins in 1429. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, St. Colette - Poor Clare Reformer (Colettines)

Nicolette (Colette) of Corbie was born in 1381, daughter of a carpenter. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Colman, Bishop of Dromore, C.

June 7 -- He was the first bishop of Dromore, in county Down, and founded a monastery there. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, Blessed Claude de la Colombiere

February 15 -- Claude de la Colombiere is best known for his association with St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and the devotion of the Sacred Heart. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Columba, Abbot, Confessor

Celebration of Feast Day is June 6. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Columban

November 23 -- This great missionary abbot founded monastic centers in France, Switzerland, and Italy that became centers of evangelization and learning for the whole area. He was a monk of the monastery of Bangor in north Ireland, founded by St. Comgall, one of the notable monastic founders of Ireland. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Stefania Falasca, Infinite Love for Jesus Christ

This is the story of Daniel Comboni, the apostle of Africa. Taken from the February 1996 issue of "30Days." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, The Conversion of St. Paul

January 25 -- St. Paul's conversion was one of the most earth-shaking events of the early Church. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, St. Joseph of Copertino

A short biographical sketch of St. Joseph of Copertino. Taken from 'The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary' edited by John Coulson, published by Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1960. JOSEPH COPERTINO SAINT LEVITATION [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Catherine de Ricci, V., O.S.D.

February 13 -- Of a distinguished Florentine family, she became prioress of St. Vincent's convent at Prato, and outstanding among mystics for the intensity of her ecstasies. In addition to receiving the stigmata, she is said to have been given a ring by Christ to mark her spiritual espousal. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Ann Ball, The Cross Down Under

A short life of Blessed Mary of the Cross MacKillop (1842-1909), Australia's first native to be beatified. Finding ignorance even in the Church leadership, Mother Mary MacKillop persevered, all the way to beatification [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Catherine of Sienna, Virgin

April 30 -- One of the most remarkable figures of the 14th century. She took part in the politics of both Church and State and was a beacon of light in a very difficult time. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Jubilee Medal of St. Benedict

The power of St. Benedict is revealed in this small object that has been fostered by his spiritual sons many years. Marvelous is the aid which the St. Benedict Medal affords to its devout wearers in the manifold necessities of soul and body. On this account the Medal is well known and widely used throughout the Christian world; everywhere it is regarded as a highly favored object of devotion. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Dom Ernest Graf, The Cure of Ars (St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney)

Published by the Incorporated Catholic Truth Society, London, 1952. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Cuthbert, Confessor, Bishop of Lindisfarne

March 20 -- Honored by the people of northern England, he was an example of holiness and a contemplative. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

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Rev. Alban Butler, Saint Cyril, Confessor, Archbishop of Jerusalem

March 18 -- Towards the close of his life, when orthodoxy had become the imperial creed, he took part in the council of Constantinople, which re-imposed the Homoousios and defined clearly the godhead of the Holy Spirit, which he had himself emphasised in his Catecheses. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Damasus, Pope, Confessor

December 11 -- (A.D. 384) Said to have been a Spaniard, notable for his devotion to the Roman martyrs and the inscriptions he composed in their praise. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Blessed Father Damien - Servant of Humanity

The life of the Belgium priest, Fr. Damien De Veuster, who contracted leprosy serving the lepers on Molokai, HI. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in June of 1995. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. David, Archbishop, Patron of Wales

March 1 -- Patron saint of Wales. The son of a princely family, he lived in the sixth century, the golden age of Welsh monasticism. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Don Bosco's Story

A short biography of St. John Bosco. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Antonio Gaspari, Medjugorje Deception or Miracle?

An update on the claims of disagreements over and status of the alleged apparitions of Our Lady at Medjugorje, as of late 1996. MARY BLESSED VIRGIN [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

St. Alban Butler, The Dedication of the Church of Our Saviour

November 9 -- Commonly called St. John Lateran This basilica was completed under Pope Sylvester and Siricius in the fourth century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John Coulson, St. John Baptist de la Salle

April 7 -- 1651-1719 The founder of the Christian Brothers, this saint is the patron of teachers, his great achievement having been to provide a system of education for the common people at a time when the poor were grossly neglected. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Vincentians

Includes Letter to Pope Alexander VII. Celebration of Feast Day is July 19. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is January 29. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Desiderius, Bishop of Langres Martyr

May 23 -- Said to have been a native of Genoa who eventually preached in and became bishop of Langres in France. He was killed at the time of a barbarian invasion while pleading for his people. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Desiderius, Bishop of Vienne, Martyr

May 23 -- He denounced Queen Brunhildis and many attempts were made to discredit him. He was eventually killed by hired assassins. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Seven Dolors of The Blessed Virgin Mary

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NA, Saint Dominic, Founder of the Friars Preachers, Confessor

Celebration of Feast Day is August 4. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St Dominic of Silos

December 20 -- St. Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers, was named after this Benedictine abbot, who lived a century before him. For refusing to give up monastic property, this prior of San Millan de la Cogolla was exiled by Gracia III, king of Navarre. Welcomed by Ferdinand I of old Castile, St. Dominic was given the decayed monastery of St. Sebastian of Silos and turned it into one of the greatest in Spain. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, Blessed Katharine Drexel

March 3 -- Foundress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People, whose members would work for the betterment of those they were called to serve. From age 33 until her death in 1955, she dedicated her life and a fortune of 20 million dollars to this work. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne

November 18 -- Rose Philippine Duchesne came to the wilds of North America when anything west of Pittsburgh was considered uncharted wilderness. She came up the Mississippi to Missouri and established a school at St. Charles as early as 1818, while St. Elizabeth Seton was doing her work in the eastern United States. She is the foundress of the American branch of the Society of the Sacred Heart. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Eadbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, C

May 6 -- A monk of Lindisfarne who succeeded St. Cuthbert as abbot-bishop of the island. He was remarkable for his knowledge of Holy Scripture. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist

Scriptural Saint. Celebration of Feast Day is November 5. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Maria J. Cirurgiao and Michael D. Hull, Elizabeth of Portugal: 'For, In Her Is A Spirit Intelligent, Holy, Unique'

Short biography of Princess Elizabeth (Isabel) of Aragon, who became the queen of King Dinis of Portugal, and ultimately was raised to the honors of the altar as St. Elizabeth of Portugal. She was born in Saragossa, Spain, around 1271. The daughter of King Pedro III of Aragon and Queen Constanza, she was named for her great-aunt St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Taken from the July 4, 1996 issue of "The Wanderer." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

December 4 -- This first American-born saint accomplished more in twelve years than most people do in a whole lifetime. From 1809 to 1821, the year she died, she laid the foundation for the Catholic parochial system in the United States, founded her Sisters of Charity, and ran her school and lived with her community at her headquarters in Emmitsburg, Maryland. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

St. Enda, St. Enda

March 21 -- A warrior, he was persuaded to live peaceably by his sister, Fanchea, a nun; he was ordained in Rome, built churches at Drogheda, and establihsed the famous monastery at Killeany on Aran which really started organized monasticism in Ireland. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Epiphanius, Archbishop of Salamis, Confessor

May 12 -- After a visit to Egypt, he became abbot of a monastery he built at Eleutheropolis, and in 367 was chosen bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. He had a hasty temper and seems to have taken sides rather too easily, so that his later years were marred by some regrettable incidents. St. Jerome referred to him as a last relice of ancient piety. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Francis Talbot, The Escape of St. Jogues

The exciting story of Fr. Issac Joques' escape from the Mohawk Indians after being held captive for 13 months. He was constantly threatened with death and suffered from innumerable tortures. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Euphrasia, Virgin

March 13 -- Related to Theodosius who protected her when her father Antigonus died, at seven years old she entered an Egyptian convent. Here her lifelong asceticism and humility inspired great devotion: she would often pass a week without eating, and once remained standing in the same place for thirty days until she collapsed. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Fabian, Pope, M.

January 20 -- He succeeded St. Antherus as pope in about 236 and reigned for about fourteen years. He was martyred in the persecution of Decius. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John Farrow, The Story of Thomas More

The biography of a great Christian who refused to betray his conscience even at the cost of his life. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Brother John Raymond of the Monks of Adoration, Fatima

Brother John tells the story of the apparitions of the Blessed Mother at Fatima in 1917. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Francis of Sales, Bishop and Confessor

January 24 -- Born at Savoy in 1567. After being ordained a priest he labored diligently for the restoration of Catholicism in his country. Chosen bishop of Geneva, he showed himself as a true pastor toward his clerics and the faithful, strengthening their faith by his writings, works and example. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor

April 5 -- Vincent Ferrer was a man caught in the crossfire between pope and antipope, who took the wrong side in the battle but stayed on the right side of God, and became a saint. He was born in Valencia, Spain, entered the Dominican Order, became a brilliant philosopher and then the most outstanding preacher in Europe. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Bill Dodds, Angels: Fiction and Fact

They are not like elves, we don't know how many there are, and not all of them are nice. This article was taken from the March-April 1996 issue of 'Catholic Heritage'. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Fidelis, of Sigmarengen, Martyr

April 24 -- A Swabian from Hohenzollern and protomartyr of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide, Mark Rey started his career as a lawyer. Disgusted with the tricks of the legal profession, he joined the Capuchins, taking the name of Fidelis. Appointed leader of the first attempt since the Reformation to re-convert the Zwinglians of the Grisons, after considerable success he was murdered by a gang of armed men on the road. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

George Pollard, The Revelation of the Immaculate Heart at Fatima in 1917

This file contains a short account of the messages given by Our Lady of Fatima including Her request for the First Saturday devotions. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Flavian, Martyr, Archbishop of Constantinople

February 18 -- He became patriarch of Constaninople in 447 under Pope Leo I. As a result of the unending contrivances of the chamberlain to Theodosius II, Chrysaphius, he was so brutally beaten up for condemning Eutyches--the Monophysite heretic--at the 'Robber Synod' that he died from his injuries. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Daniel J. Foley, Flowers for the Fairest

The Pilot, May 19 & 26, 1956 This file taken from Mary's Gardens Home Page tells you how to start a small Mary garden. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John S. Stokes Jr., Flower Theology

Over forty years of research undertaken by the religious project, Mary's Gardens, has documented hundreds of flowers symbolically associated wlth Mary's life, mysteries, excellences and divine prerogatives - as recorded by botanists, folklorists and lexicographers. This flower symbolism serves as a mirror of the popular faith which originated it in the countrysides of medieval Christendom. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Robert J. Fox, The Spirituality of Francisco Marto

Fr. Fox tells the story of Francisco Marto, one of the children who Mary appeared to at Fatima. This article appeared in the July-August 1996 issue of "Soul" magazine. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Jean Francois Six, Legacy of a Spiritual Master Who Loved the Desert

December 1996, Charles de Foucauld's followers gathered for the 80th anniversary of his death, this article, taken from L'Osservatore Romano, gives the history and spirituality of Charles de Foucauld. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Sr. Madeleine Grace CVI, Columban_A True Celtic Pilgrim

Sister considers the importance of the French monastery, Luxeuil, and the role St. Columban played in its development. This article was taken from the Fall 1991 issue of "Faith & Reason". [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Francis Caracciolo, Confessor

June 4 -- A scion of the noble Neaploitan family of Caracciolo, he was born in the Abruzzi and during his early years was afflicted with a disease akin to leprosy, of which he was cured on deciding to become a priest. He did so, and in 1588 founded with John Augustine Adorno the order of Minor Clerks Regular, with perpetual adoration of the Holy Eucharist as one of its main duties. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Francis of Assisi, Founder of the Friars Minor, Confessor

Celebration of Feast Day is October 4. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Francis di Girolamo, C.

May 11 -- Born near Taranto, he became a Jesuit at Naples, where his preaching was famous. Among his penitents was Mary Alvira Cassier who had murdered her father and, disguised as a man, had served in the Spanish Army. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Second Letter of St. Francis of Assisi, to the Faithful

Those who do penance and those who do not do penance. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Frances, Widow, Foundress of the Collatines

March 9 -- Married at thirteen, this noble Roman lady devoted much time to works of piety and charity, while remaining a model housewife. She founded the Oblates of Tor de' Specchi, and is said to have been guided for the last twenty-three years of her life by an archangel visible only to herself. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John Coulson, Francis of Sales

1567-1622 Francis Bonaventure was born on August 21st, 1567, at the castle of Sales in Savoy; his father was lord of Nouvelles, he is the author of "Introduction to the Devout Life." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

St. Francis, The Testament of St. Francis

ST FRANCIS [MARY, Type=3 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Francis of Paula, Confessor, Founder of the Order of Minims

April 2 -- An unlettered Italian from Paola in Calabria, Francis began to live as a hermit at the age of fifteen. Joined by disciples, he founded the Minim Friars (i.e. minimi, least in God's household). He spent the last part of his life in France, whither he had been summoned by the dying Louis XI, who had heard of his miraculous powers. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Abbot Gueranger, St. Ignatius

Taken from "The Liturgical Year" published by Marian House, Powers Lake, North Dakota 58773. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Gabriel Possenti

February 27 -- The son of a lawyer, he was educated in Spoleto. Four years before his death he entered the Passionist Order at Morrovalle. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Gabriel, Archangel. Scriptural Saint

Celebration of Feast Day is March 24. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

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NA, Saint Jerome, Confessor, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is September 30. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Benedict Jospeh Labre, Confessor

April 16 -- A social misfit who finally found his niche in heaven by not having one on earth. He sought solitude on the road as a pilgrim. He slept under a hedge, in a barn; rarely would he enter a house, never would he accept more than sufficient for his immediate needs. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin

Scriptural Saint. Celebration of Feast Day is August 6. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Joan of Arc, Virgin

Celebration of Feast Day is May 8. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Etienne Robo, The Holiness of St. JOAN OF ARC

Published by the Incorporated Catholic Truth Society, London. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Joan of Arc, Virgin

May 30 -- Called the Maid of Orleans, when she was seventeen she heard supernatural voices commanding her to take up arms and lead the French army against the English invaders of France. She was captured by the Burgundians and handed over to the English. She was tried by an ecclesiastical court and condemned to be burnt alive at the stake as a heretic. She is the patroness of France. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Isaac Jogues, Martyr

Celebration of Feast Day is September 26. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. John the Almsgiver

January 23 -- Born of a wealthy family of Cyrus, married, and raised a large family. After the death of all his children, he devoted his wealth to helping the poor and was noted for his personal holiness. He was chosen as patriarch of Alexandria during the difficult days of the Monophysite controversy. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint John the Baptist, The Precursor

Scriptural Saint. Celebration of Feast Day is June 24. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. John of Beverley, B. C.

May 7 -- He was an early English bishop, a contemporary of St. Bede's, and a monk of St. Hilda's great monastery at Whitby. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint John Bosco, Founder of the Salesian Society

Celebration of Feast Day is August 13. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Enzo Lodi, St. John of Capistrano

Feastday October 23 (1386-1456) [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. John of the Cross, Confessor

December 14 -- A fellow-worker with St. Theresa in the reform of the Carmelite Order and one of the greatest writers on mystical theology in modern times. He died in 1591. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. John Damascene

December 4 -- Doctor of the Church, born in Damascus, Syria of a Christian family in the latter part of the seventh century. He wrote many doctrinal works, particularly against iconoclasts. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

December 27 -- St. John was the brother of James the Greater and the son of the fisherman Zebedee from Bethsaida in Galilee. Their mother was Salome. They were fishing partners with Peter and Andrew and John was alos an early disciple of Jesus', after being a disciple of John the Baptist's. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, St. John of God

March 8 -- Confessor, Founder of the Order of Charity (A.D. 1550) [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. John Joseph of the Cross

March 5 -- Born near Naples of prosperous parents, Carlo Gaetano Calosirto joined the Franciscans of the Alcantarine reform at the age of sixteen, taking the name of John Joseph of the Cross. He led an extremely ascetic life, was three times superior of the monastery of the Piedimonte di Alife and finally provincial of the Italian Alcantarines. He is said to have worked many miracles during his lifetime. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. John Nepomucen, M.

May 16 -- He was vicar-general to the archbishop of Prague at the accession of King Wenceslaus IV. By the order of Wenceslaus St. John was thrown into the river Moldau and drowned. A tradition, still widely credited in Central Europe, attributes his martyrdom to his refusal to reveal to the king what he had heard from the queen in sacramental confession. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. John the Silent, B.C.

May 13 -- At the age of eighteen, he built and ruled over a monastery being chosen bishop of Colonia in Armenia ten years later. After nine years, he left for Jerusalem and applied to be admitted to the monastery of St. Sabas, where he performed the most menial tasks cheerfully and silently. His identity was only discovered after several years, was allowed to go on living in retirement and died at the age of 104. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Joseph Pignatelli

November 29 -- Joseph Pignatelli, born in Saragossa, Spain, in 1737, was a Jesuit at the time of the suppression of the order by Pope Clement XIV, and it was he who helped keep the spirit of the Jesuits alive during the long period of its suppression. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Goodier, St. Joseph of Cupertino: the Dunce

This account of the life of St. Joseph of Cupertino is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER SPIRITUALITY PRAYER CUPERTINO JOSEPH [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Joseph, Foster Father of the Lord

Scriptural Saint. Celebration of Feast Day is March 19. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Josephat

November 12 --Born in the Ukraine of Orthodox parents about the year 1580. Embracing the Catholic faith, he became a Basilian monk, as Bishop of Polock, he worked faithfully for the unity of the Church, killed by heretics in 1623. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Jude, Apostle

Scriptural Saint. Celebration of Feast Day is October 28. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Julius, M.

May 28 -- A veteran legionary, he was martyred with three other soldiers at Durostorum in Bulgaria. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Justin the Philosopher, M.

June 1 -- Born in Palestine of pagan parents. He was converted to Christ when about thirty years of age by reading the Scriptures and witnessing the heroism of the martyrs. His Apologies for the Christian Religion and his Dialogue with the Jew Tryphon are among the most instructive second-century writings which we possess. He was beheaded in Rome with other Christians. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John Coulson, John of Kanty

December 23 -- 1390-1473 John Kanty was born near Auschwitz, Poland, and studied at the University of Cracow. He was ordained a priest and became a professor of theology at the university. He was known for his generosity to the poor and to poor students in particular. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Fr. William Most

Pope Deepens Conciliar Theology Fr. Most analyzes the contribution Pope John Paul II has made in a deliberate effort to deepen the theology of the Blessed Virgin Mary expressed at the Second Vatican Council. This is an up-to-date exposition of the best and deepest achievements of Mariology. MOST MARY JOHN PAUL II VATICAN II THEOLOGY VIRGIN MARIOLOGY [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Story of Knock

The Apparition at Knock, 21st August, 1879. This article was written in 1950 for 'Knock Shrine Annual' by the late V. Rev. Fr. James, O.F.M. Cap., M.A., Ph.D., D. Litt., Agrege, Louvain, Professor of Philosophy in University College, Cork. Printed in the Republic of Ireland by FNT-MAYO NEWS. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr.John A. Hardon, S.J., Maximillian Kolbe, Apostle of Mary

Taken from the Great Catholic Books Newsletter, Volume II, Number 3 [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest Hero of a Death Camp

By Mary Craig. Published by The Catholic Truth Society-London. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, SS. Kyneburge, Kyneswide, and Tibba

March 6 -- Kyneburge, Kyneswide were sisters and Tibba was their kinswoman. They showed great compassion on the poor and embraced the religious state. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Founder, Confessor

Celebration of Feast Day is May 15. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Bl. Titus Brandsma, The Last Days of Titus -- Letters Written in Prison

These letters were written from a Nazi concentration camp to Fr. Titus's friends and confreres from January to July of 1942. They illustrate his remarkable gentleness and sanctity. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Kim A. Lawton, Mary's Last Earthly Home?

A look at the house in western Turkey (Meryemana Kultur Parki) where many people believe Mary spent her last days on earth. This article appeared in the December 8, 1996 issue of "Our Sunday Visitor." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Christian de Cherge, Last Testament

On May 24,1996, a group of Islamic terrorists announced that they had "slit the throats" of seven French Trappist monks whom they had kidnapped from the monastery of Tibherine in Algeria and held as hostages for two months. Prior to the kidnapping, the superior of the monastery, Father Christian de Cherge, had left with his family this testament "to be opened in the event of my death." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury

February 3 -- He went to England with St. Augustine of Canterbury, whom he succeeded as archbishop. He was so discouraged by the depraved behavior of King Ethelbald that he decided to retrun to France, but was rebuked and flogged by St. Peter in a dream. By remaining at his post, he succeeded in converting the king. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Michael J. Matt, Our Lady of Laus

The Sanctuary in the Alps The story of the apparitions of Notre Dame Du Laus in France in 1647. This article is taken from the September 15th, 1995 Issue of THE REMNANT. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Leo the Great

Celebration of Feast Day is April 11. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Leonard, Hermit, Confessor

November 6 -- A French nobleman of great reputation in the court of Clovis, converted to the faith by St. Remigius, he lived only on wild herbs and fruit, and is invoked in favor of prisoners.. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Jacobus de Voragine, James the Apostle

Taken from 'The Golden Legend' [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, B. Lidwina, Commonly Called Lydwid, V.

April 14 -- Although she has never been formally canonized, she is regarded as being in a special sense the patroness of all those unknown people who lead a life of intense and prolonged suffering. Unable to eat solid food, she existed for nineteen years on little else than the Eucharist. B. LIDWINA, COMMONLY CALLED LYDWID, V., [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rt. Rev. Mgr Vernon Johnson, St. Teresa Of Lisieux

Published by the Catholic Truth Society, London 1952. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Legion of Mary

This is the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, with well over 3 million active members in almost every country of the world. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Blessed Louis Versiglia And Callistus Carabario

Fathers Versiglia and Carabario were Salesian missionaries to China in the 1920's. They were murdered trying to protect some young women in their charge from marauders. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Louis, Confessor, King of France

Celebration of Feast Day is August 25. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Stephen Breen, Lourdes and St. Bernadette

The story of the apparitions at Lourdes, France. Taken from "Recent Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary" by Stephen Breen. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr

Feast Day - December 13. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Ludger, Bishop of Munster, Apostle of Saxony

March 26 -- A Frisian, he was educated at Utrecht and then under Alcuin at York. He was given spiritual charge over five Frisian provinces by Charlemagne. As bishop of Munster he evangelized Heligoland and Westphalia, and founded many religious buildings. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Mother Angelica, Sons of Light

Some people deny the existence of angels. Read Mother Angelica's short meditation on the angels for a greater insight into our invisible companions. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

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Mother Angelica, The Promised Woman

A meditation by Mother Angelica on Mary's role in our redemption. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Mother Anglica, Ad Lib With the Lord

Short prayers by Mother Anglica covering such topics as: humility, hope, detachment, longing, desire, love, faith, patience, courage, self-knowledge and more., [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St Macarius of Wurzburg

December 19 -- Abbot of Wurzburg, a man of deep learning and a calligrapher of great skill. Left behind the largest collection of Irish manuscripts in existence. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Macrina the Elder

January 14 -- This lady was the grandmother of saints, the most notable being the brothers Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. It was Macrina and her husband who founded the faith of the family and passed it on as a splendid treasure to her children and grandchildren. That faith was born of suffering and persecution. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, SS. Marcellinus and Peter, MM.

June 2 -- Marcellinus was a priest and Peter probably an exorcist, both belonging to the Roman clergy. These two martyrs were greatly venerated by the Romans. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Marcellinus, Pope and Martyr

April 26 -- He succeeded St. Caius in the bishopric of Rome, in 296, about the time that Dioclesian set himself up for a deity, and impiously claimed divine honors. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Marcellus the Centurion

October 30 -- Martyr (A.D. 298) Marcellus, a Christian centurion or captain in the legion of Trajan, then posted in Spain, not to defile himself with taking part in sacrificing to Roman gods, cast away his military belt at the head of his company, declaring aloud that he was a soldier of Jesus Christ, the eternal King. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Salvatore Zavarella, Martyrs Leave China Heritage of Faith

Story of the persecuted Christians in China numbering in the thousands who gave their lives for the Church in the massacres of 1900. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Margaret Clitherow

March 25 -- English housewife who became the first woman to die under the religious suppression of Queen Elizabeth. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Terrye Newkirk, OCDS, The Mantle of Elijah: The Martyrs of Compiegne as Prophets of Modern Times

In mid-July, 1794, in the closing days of Robespierre's Directoire, sixteen Carmelite nuns were guillotined at the BarriSre de Vincennes in Paris, convicted of crimes against the state. They were beautified by Pius X in May, 1906. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. William Most, Consecration to or through Our Lady

Fr. Most's analysis of the the question surrounding whether a Marian consecration should be made TO or THROUGH Our Lady. MOST MARY CONSECRATION OUR LADY [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin

Celebration of Feast Day is October 17. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, The Blessed Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Martyr

May 28 -- A niece of Edward IV and Richard III, she married Sir Reginald Pole, to whom she bore five children. Left a widow she was created countess of Salisbury. When her son Cardinal Pole opposed the royal supremacy and refused to return to England, Henry lodged her in the Tower of London for two years and she was finally beheaded on Tower Hill at the age seventy. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Bryan J. Walsh, Marian Apparitions in the Americas

CRNET member Bryan J. Walsh gives us the benefit of his research in this file on Marian apparitions. He provides a list of alleged apparitions that have occurred in the Americas since 1920 until the present. He also suggests a list of guidelines to help in discerning the validity of an apparition. WALSH MARY APPARITION MARIAN [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Steven, Blessed Marianus Scotus, Abbot

February 9 -- Marianus Scotus was one of those rare Irish monks who migrated to the continent and influenced the spread of a Christian culture throughout Europe. He was a scribe and calligrapher of great skill. He became a monk at a very early age. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Dom Columba Marmion, The Mysteries of the Childhood and Hidden Life of Christ

SUMMARY-The Divine Word takes a Human Nature in order to unite Himself to it personally. - I. How, in the mystery of the Annunciation to the Virgin, the exchange between the Divinity and Humanity is concluded; the Divine Maternity.-II. Mary's Purification and the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. - III. Jesus lost at the age of twelve. - IV. The Hidden Life at Nazareth.-V. Inward dispositions of the Blessed Virgin during the years of the Hidden Life. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop, Confessor

Celebration of Feast Day is November 11. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Martina, V.M.

She was a noble Roman virgin, who glorified God, suffering many torments and a cruel death for his faith, in the capital city of the world, in the third century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Joseph F. Mibelli, The Presence of Mary

To present a brief analysis of the participation and meaning of the Blessed Virgin Mary in our Christian life. This file is in WordPerfect 5.1 for MSDOS format. MIBELLI MARY SALVATION [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. William G. Most, The Interior Life of Our Lady

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NA, Mary In Scripture: Rediscovering the Bridge Between the Old and the New Testaments

From 'Back to Christian Basics' Subjects include: Luke 1-2: A Compendium of Marian Doctrine; Mary From Genesis to Revelation; The New Testament on Mary; The Seven Splendors of Mary. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, The Blessed Marie de l'Incarnation

April 18 -- She was known for her life of intense prayer, for deep mystical gifts, and for the kindest and gentlest of dispositions. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. John of Matha, Founder of the Order of the Trinitarians

February 8 -- Born at Faucon in France. He was trained as a young noble in horsemanship and the use of arms, decided to study for the priesthood, and was ordained in Paris. After some years in solitude, he conceived the idea of founding an order to ransom Christian captives from the Muslims. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Maud, or Mathildis, Queen of Germany

March 14 -- Wife of Henry 'the Fowler', son of the Saxon Duke Otto. After his death she suffered much from the dissensions of her sons Henry and Otto ('the Great'). She founded four religious houses. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, Saint Matthias, Apostle

May 14 -- He accompanied Christ from the time of his baptism by St. John the Baptist, and he was elected one of the twelve apostles in the place of Judas. According to the Greeks, he brought Christianity to Cappadocia and was crucified at Colchis. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Blessed Maria de Mattias

Maria de Mattias was born in Vallecorsa, Italy, February 4, 1805. Inspired by St. Gaspar del Bufalo and following his advice, she founded a congregation of women, the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, to adore the Lamb of God who gave his blood for all, and to collaborate in the redeeming work of Christ through loving service to the neediest. She was beatified by Pope Pius XII, October 1, 1950. Uploaded by Fr. Jeffrey Keyes, CPPS, Missionary of the Blood of Christ! MARIA [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, Saint Maximinus, Bishop of Triers, C

May 29 -- He was educated under St. Agrecius whom he succeeded as bishop of Trier. He was host to St. Athanasius of Alexandria and St. Paul of Constantinople when they were in exile, and it was he who called the synod at Cologne which condemned the Arian Euphratas. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, A Rule of Life for Those Consecrated to Mary

St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Margaret of Cortona, Penitent

February 22 -- Born of a poor peasant family, she was brought up by a stepmother who hated her. She grew into a gril of unusual beauty, and at seventeen she was seized and carried off by a young nobleman. Like St. Margaret Mary, she turned from a life of sin to become the friend of Christ. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Stephen Breen, St. Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal

The story of Our Lady's appearances to St. Catherine Laboure in Paris, France in 1830. BREEN CATHERINE LABOURE MIRACULOUS MEDAL MARY APPARITION FRANCE [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Miraculous Medal and the Militia Immaculatae

The 'Knights of the Immaculata.' [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Harold N.Moldenke, Flowers of the Madonna

Co-author of 'Plants of the Bible' Taken from 'Horticulture' December, 1953. Flowers associated with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, are deeply intertwined with ancient lore that can be traced back beyond the Christian era. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Daniel J. Foley, Editor of Horticulture, Mary Gardens

This article about medieval Mary gardens is taken from 'The Herbarist' 1933. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Fifth Marian Dogma

Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici is a lay organization seeking the papal definition of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces and Advocate of the people of God. This file explains what they are doing and contains a petition to Pope John Paul II define as Christian dogma the Church's constant teaching on Mary's co redemptive role with Christ the Redeemer of humanity. MARY COREDEMPTRIX MEDIATRIX ADVOCATE PETITION [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. John Trigilio, Marian Apparitions

Fr. Trigilio comments for CRNET on various Marian apparitions. TRIGILIO APPARITIONS MARIAN FATIMA BAYSIDE CONYERS [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Meletius, Patriarch of Antioch, C.

February 12 -- Born of a distinguished fmaily in Melitene, Lesser Armenia, his meekness made him greatly beloved, but he was constantly troubled by Arians, both when bishop of Sebaste and when archbishop of Antioch. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John Coulson, Angela Merici

January 27 -- Born in 1470 in Desenzano in the territory of Lombardy. She took the habit of the Third Order of St. Francis and called together girls whom she instructed in charitable works. In 1535, under the patronage of St. Ursula, she founded at Brescia a congregation of women who instructed poor girls in the Christian life. She died in 1540. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Michael, Archangel. Scriptural Saint

Celebration of Feast Day is September 29. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Ann Ball, Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, S.J.

1891-1927 Short life of Fr. Miguel Pro--executed in Mexico for the crime of being a Catholic priest. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Stefania Falasca, Miracles Do Happen

Miracles Do Happen On March 17, 1996 Pope John Paul II beautified Daniele Comboni, the apostle of Africa. This is the story of the young Brazilian who was suddenly cured on the point of death by the intercession of the newly Blessed Daniele. Taken from the February 1996 issue of "30Days." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Monica, Widow

Celebration of Feast Day is May 4. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Dr. Orestes A. Brownson, The Moral and Social Influence of Devotion to Mary

Dr. Brownson eloquently portrays the loveliness of the Virgin Mother and her most necessary and salutary influence upon Catholic life and society. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Manfred Hauke, Mother of God or Domesticated Goddess? Mary In Feminist Theology

An analysis of the role of Mary in Feminist theology, with special reference to Our Lady of Guadalupe. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Narcissus, Bishop of Jerusalem

October 29 -- St. Narcissus was born towards the close of the first century, and was almost fourscore years old when he was placed at the head of the church of Jerusalem, being the thirtieth bishop of that see. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Antonio Socci, Saint Philip Neri

He has been described as the saint of gladness. Born in Florence, he was very young when he came to Rome which was then a dissolute and impoverished city. He gathered around him a group of friends whose simple Christian life was a breath of fresh air in the Eternal City. This article was taken from the No. 5, 1995 issue of '30Days'. SOCCI NERI SAINT ROME [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

John Coulson, Nicholas of Flue

March 22nd -- Had Nicholas not been a saint, or had he eaten and drunk like other saints, Switzerland with all it has meant for peace and humanity would probably not exist today. For Nicholas's entire life was ordained in view of his vocation to save his country. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Nicholas of Myra, Bishop, Confessor

Feast Day is December 6. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The LIFE of The Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker NICHOLAS Archbishop Of Myra in Lycia

Life of St. Nicholas available from HOLY TRINITY Monastery, Jordanville, New York. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Norbert, C., Archbishop of Magdebourg, Founder of the Premonstratensian Order

June 6 -- Born of a princely family, he led a worldly life at the German court and even received holy orders as a means to worldly advancement. A narrow escape from death brought about his conversion. He was a zealous exponent of the doctrine of the Real Presence and fostered the cult of the Blessed Sacrament. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Germain

Bishop of Auxerre, born at Auxerre c. 380; died at Ravenna, 31 July, 448. He was the son of Rusticus and Germanilla, and his family was one of the noblest in Gaul in the latter portion of the fourth century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

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Symeon the Metaphrast , The Real St. Nicholas

Selections from the LIFE of NICHOLAS by Symeon the Metaphrast. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The History and Origin of the Marian Title 'Queen of Peace'

Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical letter (The Efficacy of the Most Holy Rosary) already in 1883 referred to the immemorial custom among the faithful of invoking the Blessed Virgin Mary in times of war and civil strife. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Richard, B.C.

April 3 -- He was a model bishop, austere in his personal life and exacting in the standard of conduct he expected from his clergy. He was one of the earliest English bishops to patronize the new order of Preachers, and his confessor was a Dominican who wrote his biography after his death in 1253. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Rita, Widow

Celebration of Feast Day is May 22. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Rita, Widow

MAY 22 -- Born near Spoleto, she married a rude ill-tempered husband who died a violent death. Her two sons, who had sworn vengeance against their father's muderers, died shortly afterwards filled with the spirit of forgiveness. Rita entered a convent of Augustinians at Cascia, where she sanctified herself under the strain of a chronic and very painful malady. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fulton Oursler, The Road to Damascus

The scene of St. Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus has been retold many times and is symbolical of the many conversions which have been effected by the grace of the Holy Spirit from that day until the present. The following excerpt adheres closely to the well-known account in the Book of Acts and is by a famous writer who himself entered the Church by the same road (1893- 1952) [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, Saint Robert, Abbot of Newminster, in England, of the Cistercian Order

June 7 -- A Yorkshire Benedictine of Whitby, he joined a band of monks who founded what was later known as Fountains Abbey. He is described as gentle in companionship, merciful in judgment. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, SS. Romanus and Lupicinus, Abbots

February 28 -- These two brothers lived as hermits in the Jura Mountains. They became joint abbots of the two monasteries founded there for their followers, ruling with compassion but great austerity. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Louis Bouyer, The Roman Socrates

A vignette of the life of St. Philip Neri. This article was taken from 'The Dawson Newsletter,' Spring 1995. BOUYER PHILIP NERI [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. William Most, Rosary Before the Blessed Sacrament

A question was posed on CRNET regarding whether or not it is permissible to say the rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament when it is exposed. This file contains Fr. Most's comments. MOST ROSARY EXPOSITION MARY BLESSED SACRAMENT [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin

Celebration of Feast Day is August 30. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, Blessed John Ruysbroeck

December 2 -- A Flemish mystical writer who greatly influenced mystical teaching in the late Middle Ages. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saints of the Roman Calendar

Including Feasts Proper to the English-Speaking World. A chronological list of all the feasts celebrated in the United States. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Dominic Savio

March 10 -- A boy-saint who died at the age of fifteen, was one of the great hopes of St. John Bosco for the future of his congregation, and was canonized in 1954. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. Christian P. Ceroke, The Scapular Devotion

The origen and history of the scapular and the Sabbatine Privilege by Fr. Christian P. Ceroke, O.Carm. Taken from 'Mariology,' by Fr. Juniper B. Carol, O.F.M. CEROKE CAROL SCAPULAR SABBATINE MARY CARMELITE MT CARMEL STOCK DEVOTION [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr, Patroness of Church Music

November 22 -- The name of St. Cecilia has always been most illustrious in the church, and ever since the primitive ages is mentioned with distinction in the canon of the mass, and in the sacramentaries and calendars of the church. Her spouse Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus, an officer, who were her companions in martyrdom, are also mentioned in the same authentic and venerable writings. St. Cecilia was a native of Rome, of a good family, and educated in the principles and perfect practice of the Christian religion. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Scholastica, Virgin

February 10 -- The twin sister of St. Benedict, she was born in Nursia, Italy about the year 480. She vowed herself to God and followed her brother to Monte Cassino. She died there around the year 547. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, The Life of Blessed John Duns Scotus

Defender of the Immaculate Conception [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Cardinal John H. Newman, Seat of Wisdom

Sedes Sapientiae Taken from the book 'The Mystical Rose' (Thoughts on the Blessed Virgin from the writings of Cardinal J. H. Newman) A short discourse on one of the titles of Our Lady in the Litany of Loreto. NEWMAN MARY WISDOM LORETO LITANY [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Sebastian, M

January 20 -- One of the great heroes of the early Church and has been venerated since his death during the Great Persecution of the Emperor Diocletian. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Henri Gheon, The Secret of Saint John Bosco

Life of St. John Bosco [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

St. Louis de Montfort, Secret of Mary

(18th century) St. Louis tells us that 'we must discover a simple means to obtain from God the grace needed to become holy.' His contention is 'that you must first discover Mary if you would obtain this grace from God.' DE MONTFORT MARY DEVOTION CONSECRATION [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Seraphina

March 12 -- Of wonderful patience and faith, her brief life was mainly spent on a board, paralyzed and terribly neglected, at St. Geminiano in Tuscany. When she died, white violets were found to be growing on the board on which she had lain. To this day the peasants of her village call the violets which bloom at the time of her feast Santa Fina's flowers. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, Blessed Severinus Boethius

Feastday October 22. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Steven Clifford, Blessed Thomas Sherwood

February 7 -- A layman martyred during the reign of Elizabeth I. He had planned to study for the priesthood but had not yet carried out his plan when he was arrested. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Sigismund

May 1 -- Although his father, Grundebald, the Vandal ruler of Burgundy, was an Arian, Sigismund was converted to Catholicism shortly before he came to the throne. In repentance for killing his son in a fit of rage, he refounded the abbey of St. Maurice at Agaunum. He prayed for punishment, and it came when he was captured and executed by King Clodomir. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Simon, Surnamed the Zealot, Apostle

October 28 -- ST SIMON is surnamed the Canaanean or Canaanite, and the Zealot, to distinguish him from St. Peter, and from St. Simeon, the brother of St. James the Less, and his successor in the see of Jerusalem. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Simon Stock, C.

May 16 -- Sixth general of the Carmelite order. As such he was instrumental in establishing houses at the principal university cities of Europe and in modifying the rule so that the Carmelites became an order of mendicant friars rather than of hermits. According to a Carmelite tradition Our Lady gave Simon the brown scapular with all the privileges attached to it. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Arnold Lunn , A Saint in the Slave Trade

St. Peter Claver, S.J. (1581-1654) was unable to abolish the slave trade, but he did what he could to mitigate its horrors. He landed in Cartagena in 1610 and for forty years strove to alleviate the lot of the slaves, with true apostolic fervor, declaring himself "the slave of the Negroes forever." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Henri Gheon, The Secret of the Little Flower

The life of St. Therese of Lisieux, taken from the "Secrets of the Saints". [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Goodier, Saints For Sinners

In 'Saints for Sinners,' Archbishop Goodier, in extrememly readable and inspiring style, has brought the lives of nine unusual saints into remarkably clear focus. Skillfully depicting each underlying personality, he has perceptively and dramatically portrayed the individual's ininquitous existence, eventual capitulation to God's grace, and ensuing ascent to sanctity. Published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER AUGUSTIN [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Enzo Lodi, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

January 1 -- In the encyclical (1974) Pope Paul VI states: "This celebration, assigned to January 1 in conformity with the ancient liturgy of the city of Rome, is meant to commemorate the part played by Mary in this mystery of salvation. It is meant also to exalt the singular dignity which this mystery brings to the 'holy Mother . . . through whom we were found worthy . . . to receive the Author of life.' [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, C.

March 11 -- Born in Damascus, he was called the Sophist for his aptitude in Greek philosophy. After a long pilgrimage with the hermit John Moschus, he was elected patriarch of Jerusalem and was particularly notable for his opposition to monothelism. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Henri Gheon, The Secret of Saint Margaret Mary

Life of St. Margaret Mary. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Agnes, V. M.

St. Agnes did a martyr at Rome. Pope Damasus adorned her tomb with sacred poetry, and many of the Fathers of the Church, following St. Ambrose, have honored her in their writings. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church

December 7 -- (A.D. 397) Bishop of Milan in the fourth century, he holds a very high place in the history of Latin literature, he was thirty-four years old when he was made a bishop, whereupon he broke all ties with the world and gave all he possessed to the poor. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Anselm, C., Archbishop of Canterbury

April 21 -- A monk, a scholar, and a most lovable bishop, he was archbishop of Canterbury during a very difficult period in English history. He was not English, however, having been born in Piedmont, Italy. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Antoninus, Archbishop of Florence, Confessor

May 10 -- A Florentine of thePierozzi family, he joined the Friars Preachers and while still very young was made prior of the Minerva at Rome. He was the people's prelate and the protector of the poor. He also distinguished himself as a writer on moral theology and international law. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Goodier, St. Augustine

This account of the life of St Augustine is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER SPIRITUALITY PRAYER AUGUSTINE MONICA SAINT [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, Saint Bede, Confessor, Father of the Church

May 25 -- He was born in the neighborhood of the Wearmouth monastery in 673. Trained by Saint Benedict Biscop he later entered the monastery. Ordained to the priesthood, he spent his ministry in teaching and writing. St. Bede wrote theological and historical works in the patristic tradition and explained Sacred Scriptures. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Goodier, St. Benedict Joseph Labre: the Beggar Saint

This account of the life of St. Benedict Joseph is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER SPIRITUALITY PRAYER LABRE SAINT BENEDICT JOSEPH [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Goodier, St. Camillus de Lellis: the Ex-Trooper

This account of the life of St. Camillus is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER SPIRITUALITY PRAYER CAMILLUS SAINT [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Cedd

Feastday October 26. Cedd belonged to a family of brothers, and all six of them were chosen by King Oswald of Northumbria to be trained by St. Aidan to be monks and missionaries. This was in 635, when Aidan came from the monastery of Iona in Scotland to become bishop of King Oswald's kingdom. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Columba, or Columkille, A.

June 8 -- The most famous of the saints of Scotland. He landed with twelve companions on the island of Iona where he established the greatest and most celebrated of his monasteries, which became the most potent factor in the conversion of Picts, Scots, and the Northern English. The description given of him by his biographer is famous: He had the face of an angel; he was of an excellent nature, polished in speech, holy in deed, great in counsel . . .loving unto all. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Edmund, King and Martyr

November 20 -- Martyred by the Danes in 870 he was the king of East Anglia, that part of England that juts out into the North Sea. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Edith Stein, Volume IV of the Collected Works of Bl. Edith Stein

The hidden life: hagiographic essays, meditations, spiritual texts, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Discalced Carmelite. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Stephen, Confessor, King of Hungary

Celebration of Feast Day is September 2. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Stephen, The First Martyr. Scriptural Saint

Celebration of Feast Day is December 26. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Stephen, the First Martyr

December 26 -- One of the deacons chosen by the Apostles to serve the needs of the Greek-speaking members of the first Christian community in Jerusalem. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Hedwig, Widow, Duchess of Poland

Also known as Hedwiges, or Avoice, born 1240, an Aunt of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia. The three states of life possible to a woman--virginity, wifehood, and widowhood--have her as model. After bearing six children and educating them in piety, she persuaded her husband to make a vow of continency; after his death she took the veil and lived a life of strictest mortification. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

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Alban Butler, St. Hilary, Archbishop of Arles, C

May 5 -- A relative of St. Honoratus, who succeeded him as bishop of Arles. As one of the first monk-bishops, he established monasteries and furthered the expansion of the monastic way of life. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Alban Goodier, St. John of God: the Waif

This account of the life of St. John is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER SPIRITUALITY PRAYER JOHN OF GOD SAINT [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Joseph

March 19 -- St. Joseph is the most popular of saints, the saint for all times and all peoples, the provider and the refuge, the patron of work and family, and the protector of the universal Church. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Jude Apostle

The apostle St. Jude is distinguished from the Iscariot by the surname of Thaddaus. St. Jude was brother to St. James the Less, as he styles himself in his epistle; likewise of St. Simeon of Jerusalem, and of one Joses,2 who are styled the brethren of our Lord, and were sons of Cleophas and Mary, sister to the Blessed Virgin. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Lucy, Virgin, Martyr

December 13 -- St. Lucy, martyred at Syracuse in 304. She was one of the brightest ornaments of the Church in Sicily: her feast was kept in England up to the time of the "Reformation" as a holy day of the second rank. She is often painted with the balls of her eyes in a dish; though there is no record of this, she is thought to have had her eyes plucked out and is invoked for blindness. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Luke the Evangelist

St. Luke was a native of Antioch, the metropolis of Syria, and acquired a stock of learning in his younger years, which we are told he improved by his travels in some parts of Greece and Egypt. St. Jerome assures us he was very eminent in his profession, and St. Paul, by calling him his most dear physician, seems to indicate that he had not laid it aside. Besides his abilities in physic, he is said to have been very skillful in painting. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Alban Goodier, St. Margaret of Cortona: the Second Magdalene

This account of the life of St. Margaret is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER SPIRITUALITY PRAYER MARGARET OF CORTONA SAINT [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

David McRoberts, St. Margaret Queen of Scotland

November 16 -- An excellent historical essay on the life of St. Margaret written by David McRoberts. Nine hundred years after Queen Margaret lived and ruled with her husband King Malcolm III the people of Scotland still revere her as their patron and admire her many qualities which had such a profound beneficial effect on the country of her adoption. Uploaded by Paul Hellyer. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Alban Butler, St. Mark, Evangelist, Patron Saint of Venice

April 25 -- St. Mark was the son of a Jerusalem Christian named Mary, whose home was a meeting place for Christians after the Ascension of Jesus. He is the author of the shortest of the New Testament Gospels and was an associate of both Peter and Paul. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Martin, Confessor, Bishop of Tours

November 11 -- (A.D. 397) Martin is called the glory of Gaul and the light of the Church in the fourth century. He was the first universally popular saint in Europe, and more churches are dedicated to him in Europe than to any other saint. He is one of the founders of monasticism in the West and influenced especially the development of the monastic way of life in Birtain and in Ireland. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Nicholas, Confessor, Archbishop of Myra

December 6 -- Archbishop of Myra in Asia in 342. He is known as " Thaumaturgas " or worker of miracles. He was imprisoned in the persecution under Diocletion and was also present at the Council of Nicaea in 325. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Odo of Cluny

November 18 -- Abbot of Cluny, given to prayer and piety from his childhood, he received the tonsure at nineteen. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, Saint Patrick, B. C - Apostle of Ireland

I was like a stone lying in the deep mire; and he that is mighty came, and in his mercy lifted me up, and verily raised me aloft and placed me on the top of the wall.--St. Patrick [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Alban Butler, St. Philip, Apostle

May 3 -- An early follower of St. John the Baptist and one of the first disciples called by Jesus. It was he who brought Nathaniel to Jesus, and he is mentioned in the account of the miracle of the loaves and fishes. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Sabas, Abbot

December 5 -- (A.D. 532) One of the great monastic founders, established several notable monasteries in Palestine. Abbot in Capadosia in the same age. He lived for ninety-four years and is commemorated on this date in both the Latin and Greek calendars. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Giovanni Ricciardi, St. Theresa of Lisieux

This biographical article was taken from the October 1995 issue of "30Days." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

D.J. Kennedy, Thomas Aquinas

Saint, philosopher, theologian, doctor of the Church (Angelicus Doctor), patron of Catholic universities, colleges, and schools. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Hail Mary

St. Thomas Aquinas' reflection on the Hail Mail. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Francis Xavier, Confessor, Apostle of the Indies

December 3 -- A.D. 1552 One of the companions of St. Ignatius and one of the greatest missionaries of all time. With a few loyal Christians he once marched up to a tribe of savage public robbers, holding only a crucifix, and bade them go back the way they came and they did. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Sigrid Undset, Christmas and Epiphany

Christmas was the greatest event in the life of Our Lady; it is the reason why she has been honored and will be honored by countless generations until the end of time. The well-known Norwegian novelist (1882-1949) touches upon some of the aspects of this profound theme in this selection. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Sylvester, Pope, Confessor

December 31 -- (A.D. 335) Appointed by God to govern His Church in the first years of her temporal prosperity and triumph over her enemies; he was ordained a priest by Pope Marcellinus. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

NA, Blessed Anne Marie Taigi

Born in Siena on May 29, 1769, housewife and mother of seven, died 1837. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Tarasius, Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

February 25 -- Elected patriarch of Constantinople while still a layman, he was zealous, charitable and ascetic; he refused to connive at the emperor's desire to divorce his wife in favor of one of the maids of honor. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

NA, St. Tarcisius

Taken from The One Year Book of Saints Rev. Clifford Stevens, published by Our Sunday Visitor Books, Huntington, IN 46750. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

NA, St. Tarcisius

Short life of this young martyr of the Eucharist who lived in the 3rd century. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

David Lewis, St. Teresa of Avila

A short biography of St. Teresa of Avila taken from a 1954 Catholic Truth Society pamplet. LEWIS TERESA AVILA SAINT DOCTOR [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Theodosius, the Cenobiarch

January 11 -- Born at Garissus in Cappadocia in 423, he became a hermit near Bethlehem. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Alban Butler, St. Theodotus, Vintner, and Seven Virgins, MM

May 18 -- Theodotus was an innkeeper of Ancyra who was beheaded there under Diocletian for rescuing the bodies of seven Christian girls drowned in a pond for refusing to be robed as pagan priestesses. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Fr. Michael D. Griffin, O.C.D., St. Joseph: A Theological Introduction

Fr. Griffin in this study of St. Joseph's position in salvation history covers: his place in Sacred Scripture; the writings of theologians and devotion to Saint Joseph as proposed by the Church. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

NA, Saint Therese of Lisieux, Virgin

Celebration of Feast Day is October 3. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

NA, Saint Thomas More, Martyr, Chancellor of England

Celebration of Feast Day is July 9. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

NA, Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr

Celebration of Feast Day is December 29. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Thorlak

December 24 -- Thorlak is a saint of Iceland, one of the few canonized saints of that remote island, he became bishop of Skalholt and set about to reform his diocese and improve ecclesiastical discipline. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Boniface Hanley, O.F.M., Titus Brandsma

The life of Blessed Titus Brandsma, a Carmelite priest who was martyred by the Nazis. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Berchmans Bittle, O.F.M.Cap., St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Confessor

Feastday September 10 B. 1245pD. 1305 Taken from "A Saint A Day" by Berchmans Bittle, O.F.M.Cap. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

NA, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Confessor, Doctor of the Church

Celebration of Feast Day is March 7. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

James Monti, Patron Saint of the Liturgy

On Oct. 12, 1986, Pope John Paul canonized one of the most influential figures in the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council-influential in that he laid the groundwork for the new missal and breviary nearly three centuries earlier. Joseph Mary Tomasi was one of an illustrious line of liturgical scholars that from the 16th century onward pioneered the study of early texts in this field-making it possible to identify and restore the most enduring [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

John Farrow, The Story of Thomas More

The biography of a great Christian who refused to betray his conscience even at the cost of his life. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Boniface Hanley, O.F.M., Pierre Toussaint

Pierre was born in Haiti and moved to New York where he served the poor and the sick without pay. Material is presently being gather with of the hope of presenting his cause for beatification. Taken from 'Ten Christians' by Boniface Hanley, O.F.M., published by Ave Maria Press. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Matthias Lu, Martyrs Serve the Cause of Truth in China

Essay on the history of martyrdom in the Church in China. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

St. Luois de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

(18th century) St. Louis teaches us that the better we know and love Mary, the more we will know and love Jesus. He explains, 'This devotion consists in giving ourselves entirely to our Lady, in order to belong entirely to Jesus through her.' DE MONTFORT DEVOTION MARY CONSECRATION PRACTICES [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Fr. John de Marchi, I.M.C., The True Story of Fatima

Fr. De Marchi lived in Fatima from 1943 to 1950 doing research for this book. It a full and documented background and much of this account is lovely and can be counted on to fulfill almost anyone's story-book expectations, as it tells of the shepherd children, Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco. But it is also a divinely serious narrative recalling the reality of heaven and hell. Uploaded by Timothy C Consodine. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Alphonsus Turibius, Confessor, Archbishop of Lima

March 23 -- He travelled throughout his diocese on foot, often unaccompanied, braving the equatorial climate, wild animals, tropical diseases and other dangers, in order to reform the clergy and preach the faith to the people scattered over the huge territory in his care. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Tutilo

March 28 -- Principal of the cloister school at the Saint-Gall monastery. Though greatly admired by all, particularly by King Charles the Fat, for his exceptional artistic talents, he shrank from all praise. Few of his works survive. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Alban Butler, SS. Tyrannio, Bishop of Tyre, Zenobius and Others, Martyrs in Phoenicia, Etc.

February 20 -- Eusebius, an eye-witness, relates how these Egyptian Christians in Palestine and Tyre were beheaded after wild beasts in the arena had miraculously left them unharmed. Their companions Tyrannio and Zenobius were martyred later under Maximinus. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Catherine of Vadstena

March 24 -- A daughter of St. Bridget of Sweden, she spent most of her life with her mother in Rome. After St. Bridget's death she retired to the convent of Vadstena in Sweden. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Jean-Marie Guenois, How the Vatican Sees Marian Apparitions

A good clear summary of the Church's attitude toward Marian apparitions in this interview with Fr. Jesus Castellano, consultant at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome. Taken from the September 8, 1996 issue of "Our Sunday Visitor." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Alban Butler, St. Vincent of Lerins, C.

May 24 -- A member of a noble family of Gaul who in early life followed a military career but later abandoned it to become a monk at Lerins, where he was ordained priest. He is best known as the writer of the Commonitorium, in which he deals with the doctrine of exterior development in dogma and formulates the principle that only such doctrines are to be considered true as have been held "always, everywhere and by all the faithful." [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Theodore Maynard, St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul (1580-1660) contributed greatly to the transformation of religious life in France in the Seventeenth Century, although he is perhaps best remembered today for the society which he founded, and in connection with charity. Some of his many activities are touched upon in this short extract. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Virgilius

November 27 -- (Also Virgil) An Irish monk, made Bishop of Salzburg, he rebuilt the Cathedral of Salzburg and is known as the Patron of the Slovenes. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]

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Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Volusian

January 18 -- Bishop of Tours, he was driven from his see by the Goths and was said to have been martyred. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. Stanley L. Jaki, Miracles & the Nobel Laureate

Fr. Jaki reviews the book, 'The Voyage to Lourdes,' by Alexis Carrel. Recommended by Fr. John Hardon in his 'Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan.' This article appeared in the November 1994 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' JAKI LOURDES MIRACLES CARREL REVIEW [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Waltrude, or Vautrude, Commonly Called Vaudru, Widow

April 9 -- The patroness of Mons in Belgium. She was outstanding in a very remarkable seventh-century family: her parents, her sister, her husband and their four children are all venerated as saints. After her husband had become a monk, she devoted herself to the care of the poor and sick, and later built a convent on the site of the present town of Mons. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Who Is St. Maximilian?

St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe (1894-1941) was born at Pabiance, in Russian Occupied Poland and died giving his life for another in Auschwitz. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Fr. William Most, Why Saints? Mary?

Fr. Most explains why God would want to bother with saints and with Our Lady when he is infinite and doesn't need anyone. He also touches on the reason for the Mass. SAINTS MARY INTERCESSION MEDIATION MASS [MARY, Type=3 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. William, Abbot of Eskille, Confessor

April 6 -- A Frenchman and canon regular of St. Genevieve, he was invited by the bishop of Roskilde in Denmark to come and improve monastic discipline. By founding the monastery of St. Thomas on Zealand and reforming other house, he succeeded in his task. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Alban Butler, St. Willibrord, Confessor, First Bishop of Utrecht

November 7 -- The missionary genius who opened the German missions and paved the way for the even greater work of St. Boniface. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Rev. Clifford Stevens, St. Winebald

December 18 -- A pilgrim from England, he decided to remain in Rome where later, after a visit to England he met St. Boniface. He accompanied him to Germany where he joined his brother, St. Willibald, and with his sister, St. Wallburga, founded a double monastery at Heidenheim in Wurtemberg, of which he became abbot. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Goodier, The 'Failure' of St. Francis Xavier

This account of the life of St. Francis is taken from the book 'SAINTS FOR SINNERS' published by Image Books in 1959 by special arrangement with Sheed & Ward, Inc. GOODIER SPIRITUALITY PRAYER XAVIER JESUIT IGNATIUS SAINT [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies and Japan

Celebration of Feast Day is December 3. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

NA, Saint Zachary, Father of John the Baptist

Scriptural Saint. Celebration of Feast Day is November 5. Taken from 'Lives of Saints', Published by John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Zeno, Bishop of Verona, Confessor

April 12 -- Appointed bishop of Verona in 362, he was strong in his opposition to the Arians, and in relieving the sufferings caused by the Gothic invasions. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]
 

Alban Butler, St. Zita, Virgin

April 27 -- A servant from the age of twelve, she led a remarkably humble and pious life in the face of many trials, remaining with the same family for forty-eight years until her death. She is regarded as the patroness of domestic workers. [MARY, Type=1 Code=EE]