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A Cold Front in May? If so, blame the Ice Saints.
By Larry Peterson The following three saints are known as the Ice Saints. Their names are St. Mamertus, St. Pancras, and St. Servatius. Mamertus was the bishop who introduced us to the days of prayer and fasting known as Rogation Days. He died in 475 A.D. Pancras is a much-loved boy saint (especially in Europe)…
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Saint Marie of the Incarnation—the “Mother of the Catholic Church in Canada”
By Larry Peterson Marie Guyart was born on October 28, 1599, in Tours, France. By the time Marie was fourteen, she had already asked her parents if she could enter the convent. In her book, The Jesuit Relation, written in 1654, she wrote that she had experienced a visit from Jesus when she was seven…
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From Jehovah’s Witness to Catholic Priest an Interview with Father Daniel Bowen, O. de M.the man who made that Journey
By Larry Peterson Father Daniel Bowen, O. de M., distinctly remembers how every Sunday when he was growing up his mom would take him and his two brothers to Kingdom Hall. Their mom was a Jehovah’s Witness, and this was their church. It was as far removed from the Catholic church as one could imagine.…
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Sister Mary Ephrem—God’s ‘Little White Dove’ and the apparitions of Our Lady of America
By Larry Peterson Mildred Marie Neuzil was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on August 2, 1916. A few days later Mildred was baptized in Most Holy Trinity Church on Montrose St. in Brooklyn’s, Williamsburg section. Shortly after that, Mildred’s mom and dad moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Mildred’s dad, a home builder, had heard there was more…
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St. Agnes of Montepulciano—St. Catherine of Siena called her, “Our Mother, the Glorious Agnes
By Larry Peterson The Dominican Order has five women who are canonized saints. The two best known are St. Catherine of Siena, the stigmatist and a Doctor of the Church, and St. Rose of Lima, the first woman canonized a saint from the Americas. The other three are St. Margaret of Hungary who became Empress…
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St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier; She founded an order to help orphaned, abandoned, and wayward young girls. Today her vision is spread around the entire world.
By Larry Peterson As the blood-soaked French Revolution was coming to an end, a baby girl was born on an island off the coast of France. Her parents had been exiled to the place by French Revolutionaries. It probably saved their lives. The date was July 31, 1796. The baby was christened Rose Virginie Pelletier.…
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When Jesus Rose from the Dead where was the Blessed Mother? Ask Pope St. John Paul II
By Larry Peterson When Easter morning arrived, someone was missing. That someone is the very lynchpin of the Salvation story. That someone is the Blessed Virgin, Mary. She is nowhere to be seen or heard. Where was she? We will hear from the gospel of John 20:1-9 how —“Mary of Magdala came to the tomb…
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St. Conrad of Parzham: He served Our Lady for over 40 years as a porter: His permanent “pension” was Sainthood
By Larry Peterson He was born on a farm in a town called Parzham in the Kingdom of Bavaria. The date was December 22, 1818. His parents, George and Gertrude Birndorfer, were devout Catholics, and they named their new baby Johann Evangelist. Johann was the second youngest of twelve children, five of whom had died…
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Blessed Wladyslaw Findysz—He died “In Odium Fidei”; the first person martyred under Communist rule in Poland
By Larry Peterson Wladyslaw Findysz was born on December 13, 1907, in Krosno, which is located in southwestern Poland. His mom and dad, devout Catholics, followed the tradition and had their new baby boy baptized the very next day at their parish church, Holy Trinity. Wladyslaw was sent to an elementary school run by the…
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“Do not worry. All they can do is kill us, nothing more”
By Larry Peterson It was April 14, 1905, when Angela Ginard Marti knelt at the altar rail. Dressed all in white with hands palm to palm, she raised her head and extended her tongue to receive her First Holy Communion. It was a transformational moment for the youngster. As she brought Jesus into her heart,…
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