January 2022

Saint Berard and Companions

Saint Berard and Companions

January 16

Saint Francis considered Saints Berard and his companions as true Friars Minor because they were willing to lay their lives on the line for the faith. Such heroic virtue inspired Saint Anthony to join the Franciscans.

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Newborn abandonment case prompts emphasis on ‘safe haven’ efforts

January 15, 2022
In 20 years of community organizing, resulting in more than 300 cases of newborns saved from infant abandonment, Floridian Nick Silverio has never actually witnessed a criminal child abandonment in progress.
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Saint Devasahayam Pillai

Saint Devasahayam Pillai

January 15
Born into an affluent Hindu family in 1712, Devasahayam Pillai converted to Christianity and was martyred for his chosen faith in 1752. At his 2012 beatification Pillai became the first Indian layman not connected to any religious institute to be ...
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The Security to Be Insecure

January 14, 2022
A person with a great soul can move others toward the future with compassion and confidence—not judgment, paranoia, or accusation.
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A Loaves and Fishes Kind of Faith

January 14, 2022
Did you ever forget to bring your lunch from home when you were in school? Or did you ever have to share your lunch with someone who forgot their own?
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Pope pops by his favorite record store to say ‘hello’

January 14, 2022
Pope Francis took an evening ride in a white Fiat 500 to visit a record store he used to go to when in Rome as a cardinal.
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