Seven Founders of the Servite Order
Rather than just talk about the problems of the day, the Seven Founders of the Servite Order did something about it─they consciously left all and formed a new religious congregation to address the issues. They put their money where their ...
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Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
Saint Gilbert of Sempringham could have been a wealthy priest, but chose to live far more simply. He founded a religious congregation the Gilbertines, who followed his example of living poorly and caring for those who want. Saint Gilbert live ...
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Saint Claude de la Colombière
Saint Claude de la Colombière met Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and eventually became her confessor. Together they advanced devotion to the Sacred Heart at a time when God’s mercy needed emphasis. God raises the right people at the right time ...
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Saints Cyril and Methodius
Often missionaries face the difficulties of language and culture. Saints Cyril and Methodius were no exceptions. But they faced the difficulties by writing the foreign language in a new alphabet and translating the liturgy for the local people.
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Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph
Simple, humble persons can sometimes be powerful in their effect on and work with the people of God. Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph was such a man. Giles Mary was loved on the streets of Naples for his goodness ...
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Saint Apollonia
Saint Apollonia is the patron saint of dentists because her teeth were knocked out by an angry mob. Hardly the way we would wish a dentist to extract our teeth, but Saint Apollonia certainly evidenced great courage in her defiance ...
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