Tag Archives: St. Agnes

ACTION ITEM! Video about the revival of a inner city parish by using actual Catholicism.

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I want about 15 minutes of your time.
If you are a bishop or a priest or a seminarian, please give your special attention.
Below is an excerpt from a documentary to be shown soon on EWTN (30 April 6:30 EDT) about … Continue reading →

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Agnes: “Shining with the fire of divine love”

Posted on 21 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Let us invoke St. Agnes, virgin and martyr.
O glorious Agnes, chosen by God, though weak,
to make His own might manifest in your martyrdom,
together with the Apostles
intercede before the throne of our Our Father in heaven
and beg strength for the bishops … Continue reading →

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Agnes… lambs… Popes…. nuns… pallia

Posted on 21 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Holy Father blessed lambs today, the feast of St. Agnes, as usual. The lambs are associated with Agnes, because of the Latin similarity of their names, Agnes and agnus.  Get it?
Those sisters in the background are Benedictine nuns … Continue reading →

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21 January: St. Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr

Posted on 21 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is something I have posted in the past… about St. Agnes of Rome.  Newcomers to WDTPRS may not have seen it.
Behold the skull of Agnes.

The dies natalis ("birthday into heaven") of Agnes was recorded in the register of the … Continue reading →

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