As God Desires
Christopher Heffron
February 8, 2025
That total abandonment to God would be Josephine’s legacy—and it is one we can work toward as 21st-century Catholics.
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Advent with the Saints: Josephine Bakhita
Greg Friedman, OFM
December 17, 2024
The bitter history of slavery in the United States has been called by one historian “the original sin” of our country.
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Cry Freedom
Christopher Heffron
July 15, 2022
At a young age Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped from her Sudanese home, tortured, and forced into slavery. But on her deathbed she exhibited mercy and forgiveness to those who harmed her.
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Sisterhood of Saints: Josephine Bakhita
Melanie Rigney
February 8, 2022
St. Josephine Bakhita shows us that mercy and love can conquer the evils of our world.
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Saint Josephine Bakhita
Franciscan Media
February 8
Kidnapped at the age of nine and being too terrified to remember her name, Josephine acquired the name “Bakhit” which means “fortunate one.”
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Dear Reader: Saints Be Praised!
Christopher Heffron
October 25, 2021
This month, to commemorate the feast of All Saints, we are offering a lineup of articles that acknowledge and celebrate a handful of saints and blesseds.
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