Archive for May, 2009
Friday, May 29th, 2009
St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
(1779-1865) The legacy of Madeleine Sophie Barat can be found in the more than 100 schools operated by her Society of the Sacred Heart, institutions known for the quality of the education made available to the young. Sophie herself received an extensive education, thanks to her brother, Louis, 11 years older and her godfather at […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Saint Alexander of Alexandria
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Saint Theodosia
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Saint Maximinus of Trier
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Blessed Adhemar
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Commemoration of Jiri Tranovsky, hymn writer
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Feast of St Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi, virgin
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Catherine of Sienna, Reformer and Spiritual Teacher
Catherine Benincasa, born in 1347, was the youngest (one of my sources says the 23rd) of twenty-five children of a wealthy dyer of Sienna (or Siena). At the age of six, she had a vision of Christ in glory, surrounded by His saints. From that time on, she spent most of her time in prayer […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
On This Day
0757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II 1415 Council of Konstanz 1453 Constantinople, the capital of Eastern Christianity from A.D. 324, fell to the Turks. The city afterward became the capital of the Ottoman Empire and was renamed Istanbul. Its conquest marked […]