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Twelve Things About Saint Thomas Aquinas That Every Catholic Should Know BIG C CATHOLICS - January 23, 2017 One of the most brilliant minds in the history of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 at the castle of Roccasecca, in the present day Lazio region of Italy, the youngest of nine children. Thomas' father was a man of means and nobility. Thomas's mother would try to prevent Thomas from joining the Dominican Order. His family expected him to enter the Benedictine Abbey where his uncle was the ...http://www.bigccatholics.com/2017/01/twelve-things-about-saint-thomas.html
St. Francis Xavier: True Jesuit Missionary A CATHOLIC LIFE - December 3, 2016 Greater Double (1954 Calendar): December 3 St. Francis Xavier is truly the modern apostle. He was born in Spainish Navarre in 1506 and in 1528, he met St. Ignatius of Loyola. He became one of the seven in 1534 who founded the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). In 1536, he left the University of Paris and joined St. Ignatius in Venice. He was ordained in 1537, and in 1540 after the Society was recognized by the Pope, he ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/myST/~3/U0sHVQ9SSNk/st-francis-xavier-true-jesuit-missionary.html
Advent's Saints Remind Us of Christ's Incarnation and His Second Coming in Glory BIG C CATHOLICS - November 28, 2016 ... saint of missionaries, and the dioceses of; Green Bay, Wisconsin, Joiliet, Illinois and the archdiocese of Indianapolis, as well as, Borneo, China, the East Indies, Goa, India, Navarre, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. The effects of St. Francis's evangelization has lasted for centuries. Ask for St. Francis Xavier's intercession if you desire your time spent during Advent to bear fruit long afterward. ST. JOHN DAMASCENE (DEC. 4) The one who seeks God ...http://www.bigccatholics.com/2016/11/advents-saints-remind-us-of-christs.html
Ignacio: A New Movie About My Favorite Saint! NUNBLOG - November 3, 2016 On All Saints' Day some of us were talking about our favorite saint movies. Since pious entertainment used to be the standard fare on "Visiting Sunday" for those postulants who did not have family in the area, those of us with a longer history in the convent became very familiar with a set of full-length movies from ages past: The Reluctant Saint (should have been "the flying saint": it was about Joseph of ...http://romans8v29.blogspot.com/2016/11/ignacio-new-movie-about-my-favorite.html
Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles and Martyrs CATHOLIC FIRE - October 28, 2016 ... apostles and martyrs. The name of St. Simon usually appears eleventh in the list of the apostles. The first cousin of Jesus, he was born at Cana and is surnamed "The Zealot." He preached in Egypt, Spain, and Libya, leaving behind him the fertile hills of Galilee, where he had been engaged in the healthful cultivation of the vineyards and olive gardens. He later rejoined his brother, Saint Jude, in Persia, ...http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2016/10/sts-simon-and-jude-apostles-and-martyrs.html