CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe; Saint of the Day for August 14” – Franciscan Media

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“… Father Kolbe’s death was not a sudden, last-minute act of heroism. His whole life had been a preparation. His holiness was a limitless, passionate desire to convert the whole world to God. And his beloved Immaculata was his inspiration. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans” – Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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“… Centuries later, what message can we gather today from the teaching and marvelous activity of this great missionary and martyr? For those who approach Boniface, an initial fact stands out: the centrality of the Word of God, lived and interpreted in the Faith of the Church, a word that he lived, preached and witnessed to until he gave the

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Feast of Saint Valentine” – FishEaters

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“St. Valentine (Valentino) was a Roman priest who performed #marriages in spite of Claudius II’s law against such (Claudius believed that marriage was distracting to his soldiers, so outlawed it to them for a time). Fr. Valentine was martyred in A.D. 270 on the Flammian way, and at the site of his martyrdom, Julius I built a popular basilica. Other

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