Saint Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (1117-1170)
Patronage: Exeter College, Oxford; Portsmouth; Arbroath Abbey; secular clergy.Saint Thomas, son of an English nobleman, Gilbert Becket, was born on
Read morePatronage: Exeter College, Oxford; Portsmouth; Arbroath Abbey; secular clergy.Saint Thomas, son of an English nobleman, Gilbert Becket, was born on
Read moreThe Blessed Virgin Mary Promised to Saint Dominic and to all who follow that “Whatever you ask in the Rosary
Read moreScarcely had they finished these words, when a voice was heard to issue from the midst of the dense multitude;
Read moreThe following text is excerpted from The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich Towards the
Read moreThe wily king Herod, who was reigning in Judea at the time of the birth of Our Saviour, learned from
Read morePatronage: against burns, against epilepsy against foot problems, against hailstorms, against poisoning, burn victims, art dealers, authors, basketmaker, bookbinders, booksellers,
Read moreWhen Brother Conrad and the aforenamed Brother Peter, the two shining lights of the custody of Ancona, were living together
Read moreSaint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori told a story shared with him by a superior of the Jesuit order about a
Read moreSaint John has called himself “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” He had a meek and gentle heart and through his
Read moreSaint Charbel Makhlouf, the modest monk of Lebanon whose perfectly conserved mortal remains exude a miraculous sanguinolent liquid, has become
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