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Saint of the Day – 14 August – St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr (1894-1941) Prisoner 16670 – “Martyr of Charity”, “Apostle of Consecration to Mary”. Raymond Kolb…

The story of Saint Philomena. Cleveland Catholics

Olga of Kyiv is today recognised as one of Eastern Orthodoxy’s greatest saints – and her bloodthirsty tale is one of defiance and vengeance, and worth remembering today.

Updated May 23, 2024: Pope Francis today announced Carlos Acutis will become the first millennial saint. He’s now called “God’s influencer” and the patron of the internet.

Saint of the Day – 27 December – St John the Apostle and Evangelist. Patronages – • against burns; burn victims• against epilepsy• against foot problems• against hailstorms• against po…

Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas: If you don't choose Christ's Church, you are blinder than the Pharisees or the French anti-clericals ever were!

On February 8, the Church commemorates the life of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Canossian Sister who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Sudan. Josephine Bakhita was born in 1869, in a small village in the Darfur region of Sudan. She was kidnapped while working in the fields with her family and subsequently sold into slavery. Her captors asked for her name but she was too terrified to remember so they named her “Bakhita,” which means “fortunate” in Arabic. Retrospectively, Bakhita was very…

Saint of the Day – 11 July – Saint Olga Queen of Kiev (c 890-969) Queen of the Ukraine – born c 890 at Pskov, Russia and died on 11 July 969 in Kiev, Ukraine of natural causes. …

St. Philomena, Virgin, Martyr and Wonderworker. St. Philomena has the distinction of being the only saint canonized SOLELY on the basis of the profound miracles attributed to her intercession.

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Today on Twitter, I saw a diamond in the rough. A fellow Catholic by the name of Jacob Bauer posted the following image, with the caption: “I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house…

Orthodox Icons of Jesus Christ show us different aspects of Jesus Christ. Some show the merciful face of the Father. It is part of Orthodox Tradition to pray in front of the Icon of Jesus Christ. In this collection of icons you will find traditional and quality images of our Lord and Savior. The Monastery has identified some of the more significant Orthodox icons of Christ.