St. Pio of Pietrelcina (25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968) was a Capuchin priest from Italy and is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to the priesthood. On September 20, 1918, while praying in the Friary Chapel in San Giovanni Rotondo, Padre Pio received […]
An Account of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On September 8th, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The birth of Mary is celebrated nine months after the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception which falls on December 8th. The Blessed Virgin Mary was born to Saints Anne and Joachim. She was immaculately conceived in the womb of […]
The Cure of Ars (Saint John Vianney)
Saint John Vianney was a French Parish Priest who lived from 1786-1859. He became notable for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish in Ars, a small town in France. He is the Patron Saint of Parish Priests. During the last ten years of his life, he spent 16 to 18 hours a day […]
Prayer to St. Bernadette
St. Bernadette Sobirous was born in Lourdes, France in 1844. The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette for the first time on 11th February, 1858. Our Blessed Mother appeared a total of 18 times to Bernadette. During one of the apparitions, Our Lady asked Bernadette to dig the ground and a spring was found there. […]
Miraculous Invocation to St. Therese
Therese Martin was born to Blessed Louis Martin and Blessed Zelie Guerin in 1873. At the age of 15, she entered the Carmelite convent at Lisieux, France and took the religious name of Sr. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy face. She lived a hidden life of prayer and died in 1897 at […]
Prayer for the Canonization of Blessed Francisco and Jacintha Marto
The most Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Lucia Santos, Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto six times during her apparitions in Fatima, Portugal and urged the children to do penance for the remission of sins and for the conversion of sinners. From then on, the children had only one aspiration: to pray and suffer according to […]
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