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Saint Teresa of Calcutta
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Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Saint Teresa of Calcutta was born in Albania, but is known for her work in India. A member of the Sisters of Loreto, she felt a call to live among the poor. While working with the poorest of the poor in India, she founded the Missionaries of Charity who continue her work.

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September 5
Sketch of Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph

Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph

February 13
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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Engraving of Saint Apollonia

Saint Apollonia

February 12
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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Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes

February 11
Devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes runs deep in the hearts of the faithful as a sign of God’s care and healing. The mediation of Mary, his mother, is a real consolation to those who suffer any ill.
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Painting of Saint Scholastica

Saint Scholastica

February 10
Family ties and religious obligations may affect one another, but they are not necessarily opposed. Saint Scholastica’s relationship with her brother Saint Benedict, is a good example.
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Statue of Saint Jerome Emiliani

Saint Jerome Emiliani

February 9
An orphan at the age of 15, Saint Jerome Emiliani ran away from home and ran into some trouble. He ended up in prison where he had time to think. After a conversion, Saint Jerome studied for the priesthood and, ...
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Stained Glass window of Saint Josephine Bakhita

Saint Josephine Bakhita

February 8
Kidnapped at the age of nine and being too terrified to remember her name, Saint Josephine Bakhita acquired the name “Bakhit” which means “fortunate one.”
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Statue of Saint Colette

Saint Colette

February 7
Saint Colette is known as a reformer of the Order of Saint Clare. Known as the Colettine Poor Clares, these nuns follow a more primitive rule of Saint Clare and are known for their austerity.
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