Category: Saints & Blesseds
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles – Pope Benedict XVI
50th anniversary celebration of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Canonization
 
		
			The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, MD, on Sept. 20-21, 2025, celebrated the 50th Anniversary of her 1975 Canonization of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, drawing over 3,000 visitors. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, often known as “Mother Seton” was Canonized on Sept. 14, 1975 by Saint Pope Paul VI. [Click here for his Homily]. The first American
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Blood of St. Januarius liquifies, offering ‘a voice that still preaches’
A “Living Spark”: St. Hildegard of Bingen – Sept. 17
St. Robert Bellarmine, SJ (1542-1621) – Sept. 17
St. Cornelius, Pope, Martyr, and St. Cyprian, Bishop, Martyr
CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint Augustine of Canterbury – May 27” – CNA
 
		
			“An Italian Benedictine monk who became the ‘Apostle of the English,’ Saint Augustine of Canterbury is honored by the Catholic Church on May 27. Under the direction of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, Augustine founded the famous See of Canterbury and preached the Catholic faith to the country’s Anglo-Saxon pagans during the late sixth and early seventh centuries. …”
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Apostolic Exhortation Redemptoris Custos of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II On the Person and Mission of Saint Joseph in the Life of Christ and of the Church” – Saint John Paul II/ VaticanVa
 
		
			“… 1. ‘Joseph did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife’ (cf. Mt 1 :24). Inspired by the Gospel, the Fathers of the Church from the earliest centuries stressed that just as St. Joseph took loving care of Mary and gladly dedicated himself to Jesus Christ’s upbringing,(1) he likewise watches over and protects Christ’s Mystical
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