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Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi

Posted on October 4, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy Feast of St. Francis of Assisi! “Let all of us, brothers, look to the Good Shepherd Who suffered the passion of the Cross to save his sheep. The sheep of the Lord followed him in tribulation and persecution, in insult and hunger, in inf...
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St. Thérèse of Lisieux: The Elevator of Divine Love

Posted on September 30, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Virgin and Doctor of the Church! Born in Alençon, France on January 2, 1873, Thérèse was the ninth child born to Louis and Zélie Martin (the only married couple to date canonized together), five of ...
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St. Jerome: The Slow Work of Sanctity

Posted on September 30, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Happy feast of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church! Friends, what comes to mind when we think of the saints? For starters, perhaps paintings, images in stained glass windows, and statuary. If we take an interest at all in these heroes of the fai...
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St. Catherine of Siena: A Life Lived In Excess

Posted on April 28, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

At the end of his Gospel, John the Evangelist writes: “But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (John 21:25). ...
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My Eucharistic Offering: Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman

Posted on April 6, 2021December 26, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

“I bring myself, my black self, all that I am, all that I have, all that I hope to become… as gift to the Church,” Sister Thea Bowman in her Address to the USCCB, June 1989. Her Early Years At Sister Thea’s funeral on April 3, 1990, the qu...
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Perpetua & Felicity: Striving for Eternal Happiness

Posted on March 7, 2021October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

The desire for happiness is a universal human experience. From of old philosophers have constructed their theories of what it means to live a good life based on this self-evident truth and have sought to articulate for the human family the path ...
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Polycarp: A Patron Saint for Lent

Posted on February 23, 2021February 18, 2023 by Tony Crescio

February 23rd Today the Church commemorates one of the most acclaimed figures of its early life, St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr. The greatness of Polycarp’s reputation is really astounding when one considers how little we know of his life. H...
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St. Antony of Egypt: A Signpost for Our Times

Posted on January 14, 2021January 15, 2022 by Tony Crescio

(Memorial of St. Antony of Egypt, January 17) We live in what seems increasingly with each passing day, precarious times. Lately, for the common individual, the one who has no societal clout, whose voice is just as likely to be silenced as to...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Albert the Great

Posted on November 14, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 15 Happy Memorial of St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor. The saint celebrated by the Church today is one of the most impressive figures in human history and thus the nickname, “the great,” is most appropriate. St. Albert of C...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Posted on November 12, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 13 Happy Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini The saint the Church celebrates today, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, is a reminder to Christians of a central reality of their lives, i.e., they are by their very nature, pilgrims. Acc...
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