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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
VIDEO St. Maria Goretti arrives at St. John Cantius in Chicago
As you know, the body of St. Mary Goretti is on “pilgrimage” around these USA. More HERE She arrived in Chicago at St. John Cantius. She will be coming to Madison, WI. Here is the arrival of St. Mary in … Read More →
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Tagged St. John Cantius, St. Mary Goretti
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11 Oct: St. John XXIII
Today is the feast of the Pope who issued the Apostolic Constitution Veterum Sapientia. Today is the feast of the Pope who didn’t like it when people clapped in church. Today is the feast of the Pope who issued the Roman … Read More →
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Tagged Missale Romanum of St. John XXIII, moon, St. John XXIII
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9 October: St. Abraham, patriarch
Before I forget, as I did yesterday, 9 October was the feast of St. Abraham, partriarch of the Old Testment. Here is the entry in the newest edition of the Martyrologium Romanum with a translation: 3. Commemoratio sancti Abrahae, patriarchae … Read More →
St. Mary Goretti USA Pilgrimage – NEWS
TWO developments… below. But first… You may have heard that the relics of St. Mary Goretti are on “pilgrimage”, as it were, in these USA. HERE Pilgrimage of Mercy: the Tour of the Major Relics of St. Maria Goretti From … Read More →
How St. Augustine came to be in Hippo
St. Augustine was born and raised in the North African backwater of Thagaste, in what is today northern Algeria. He studied in Carthage. He worked and was baptized in Milan. He returned to Thagaste. How did he wind up in … Read More →
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Tagged Hippo, negotium, otium, St. Augustine of Hippo
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QUAERITUR: What’s the best translation of St. Augustine’s “The Confessions”?
From a reader: Thank you for the recommendation on the biography [of St. Augustine by Hollingworth]; I have purchased it at Amazon through your site. Can you recommend a good translation of the “Confessions” and/or “The City of God”? Kindle … Read More →
The Bones of St. Augustine
Yesterday, I posted about the bones of St. Monnica, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo. Today we move to the mortal remains of her sainted son. Augustine died on 28 August 430. Sometime before the early 8th century, Augustine’s … Read More →
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Tagged St. Augustine of Hippo
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St. Monnica avoided alcoholism
From Serge Lancel’s Augustine, one of the best biographies I know of the great Bishop of Hippo (p. 8 ff – emphases mine): Before devoting himself entirely to Mother Church, as he approached the age of forty, Augustine had had a … Read More →
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Tagged alcoholism, St. Augustine, St. Monica, St. Monnica
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St. Monnica: “put my body anywhere”
Here is an oldie post, appropriate for the day: Today in newer, Ordinary Form calendar of the Holy Roman Church is the feast of St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo. In the traditional calendar her feast was … Read More →
My View For Awhile: Mazzucchelli Edition
A priest friend and I are headed to SW Wisconsin to visit churches built by the Dominican missionary Ven Samuel Mazzucchelli. We will aim at Dubuque to see the Cathedral. The founder, Bp Loras was a friend of St John … Read More →
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Tagged Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli
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