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St. Nonna—She Converted her Pagan Husband and raised three Children who became Saints
By Larry Peterson She was born in the year 305 AD in a place called Nazianus, Cappadocia, which today is present-day northern Turkey. At the time, the Roman Empire still ruled most of the world. St. Nonna was the daughter of Christians who were named Philotatos and Gorgonia. They raised their daughter in the ways… Read more
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A Beautiful Devotion—The Rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
By Larry Peterson The Souls in Purgatory hold a place of high esteem within the Catholic faith. These are our relatives and friends and fellow Catholics who have gone before us and prior to entering heaven must spend a period of purification in a place called Purgatory What follows will help us learn how to… Read more
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The Incredible Story of Four Nuns Trapped in the South Pacific during World War II. There only means of Escape—via Submarine
By Larry Peterson There is a touch of irony to this story. On July 8, 2018, Aleteia ran a story about Our Lady of Puy. This is the site of the Blessed Mother’s very first apparition after her Assumption into Heaven. The irony is in what follows. The Sisters of St. Joesph are a worldwide… Read more
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This nun had visions of heaven and the Holy Family
By Larry Peterson It was Good Friday in 1850 when Francoise Chambon reported her first vision of Jesus. She was with her godmother at Good Friday services when the vision occurred. She reported that she saw Jesus, on the cross, covered in blood and His body having many wounds. She was nine years old. Later… Read more
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Our Lady of Sion—aka The Queen of the Jews–The Unbreakable Bridge between Catholicism and Judaism
By Larry Peterson The roots of Our Lady of Sion go back to the fourth or fifth century. Sion (or Zion) is a place in the Diocese of Toul in France where Christianity in the future nation took root. Writings from a Christian named Nicetius were found there, and it is recorded that a church… Read more
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Blessed Elena Aiello; Mystic, Victim Soul, and Founder of a Religious Order; She bore the Stigmata every Good Friday for 38 years.
By Larry Peterson Elena Aiello was born in Cosenza, Italy, on April 10, 1895. She was the third of eight children born to Pasquale Aiello, a tailor by trade, and Tereseina Pagilla. Sadly and unexpectedly, Tereseina died at an early age, leaving her husband with eight children in his care. Pasquale was a man of… Read more
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