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By Sr. Paulette Maes, SHM
Katharine Drexel was not expecting these words of Pope Leo XIII. She had approached him with a simple request: To send more help to the missions in the United States. Although unexpected, these words of the Holy Father changed her life forever.
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By Sr. Bernadette Clair, SHM
Nothing is impossible for God. Jesus, who changed water into wine, can change the desert of man’s heart into an oasis. There are people who, in the face of adverse situations, become evil. Others, on the other hand, become saints. The Lord never denies His grace, yet He always respects our freedom. Lojze Grozde is an example of someone who was able to rise above the difficulties that surrounded him. He always chose what was noble and good until his life culminated in martyrdom.
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By Sr. Maria Luisa Belmonte, SHM
Charles de Foucauld was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. During an ordinary public consistory on May 3, 2021, Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to his intercession and announced his upcoming canonization. The canonization will take place on May 15, 2022.
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Mary in the Writings of saint John Damascene
By Fr. Félix López, SHM
John was born around the year 680 in the city of Damascus (thus his surname), Syria into a family of Arabian origin, and was baptized as an infant. His father sought out a learned tutor to instruct him. Later, a monk by the name of Cosmas taught him grammar, logic, arithmetic, geometry, and theology.
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Elisabeth Leseur
By Sr. M. Carmen Checa, SHM
“For Her Husband’s Conversion”
Elisabeth Leseur’s cause for beatification began in 1934. She was a woman who had to endure many trials in her married life. Her way of living, as well as her prayers and sacrifices, ultimately led to the conversion of her husband, Felix Leseur, an adamant atheist who had so often opposed and ridiculed Elizabeth for her faith.
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Know Your Martyrs
Sr. Elvira Garro, SHM
Anna was born on July 14, 1928, in the village of Vysoká nad Uhom in east Slovakia, not far from the Ukrainian border. She was born into a deeply religious farming family.
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By Sr. Elvira Mª Garro, SHM/
Anacleto González Flores was born in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, near Guadajalara, Mexico, in 1888, into a very humble family. His apostolic soul was stirred after attending a mission preached by a priest in his hometown. From that moment on, Anacleto made the decision to receive Holy Communion daily and to teach catechism to other youth. In 1908 he joined the Conciliar Seminary of San Juan de Lagos, and later the Seminary of Guadalajara. He stood out in his studies so much that he was able to substitute the professor, which earned him the nickname “Professor Cleto.” However, upon discovering that his vocation was not to the priesthood, he left the seminary and entered law school (“Escuela Libre de Leyes”), where he obtained the highest qualifications.
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By Sr. Elvira Mª Garro, S.H.M.
Africa has given to the Church countless saints, martyrs, confessors, and virgins such as St. Augustine, St. Athanasius, St. Cyril, St. Cyprian, the martyrs St. Perpetua and St. Felicity, the Scillitan and Carthaginian martyrs, and martyrs from the Vandal persecution. Along with these, in the nineteenth century we have the Ugandan martyrs Charles Lwanga and his twelve companions. The photograph was taken in the Bukumbi Mission in Tanganyika (Mwanza), in September or October 1885. The 20 future martyrs went to welcome and congratulate the new Bishop of Uganda, Leon Livinhac.
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Marcel Van
Álvaro Cárdenas Delgado, a priest from the Diocese of Getafe, Spain, has been working for years on the Spanish translation of the Autobiography of Marcel Van, a Vietnamese religious, contemporary of Cardinal Van Thuan. The Spanish translation has recently been released. Here we offer a summary of Marcel Van’s life as presented in this book. His cause for beatification was opened in 1997 by Cardinal Van Thaun and is currently underway.
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By Sr. Elvira Garro, SHM
Karl Leisner was born in Rees, Germany on February 28, 1915 and educated in Kleve. From the time of his youth he kept his love for Christ ardently aflame with prayer, the reading of the Word of God, and daily Mass. “Christ, You are my passion,” was written in his diary. As a high school student he joined the Schoenstatt Movement and became an apostle of deep Marian devotion, the same devotion which inspired Fr. Kentenich and the Schoenstatt Movement.
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