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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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FRESH Exemplars: St. Leo the Great

Posted on November 10, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 10 Happy Memorial of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church! What does it mean to be great? St. Leo, whom the Church celebrates today, was the first Pope to receive the attribution of “the Great.” When we think of what i...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Charles Borromeo

Posted on November 9, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 4 Happy Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo! “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God” (Mt. 5:8). This passage from the Beatitudes read this past weekend for the Solemnity of All Saints can in a very real way said to des...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. Martin de Porres

Posted on November 9, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

November 3 Happy Memorial of St. Martin de Porres! Today we celebrate the memorial of St. Martin de Porres, illegitimate child of an African slave and Spanish knight and Dominican lay-brother. St. Martin was not able to enter a religious o...
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FRESH Exemplar: St. John Paul II: Fear Not!

Posted on November 9, 2020October 22, 2022 by Tony Crescio

October 22 Happy Memorial of St. John Paul II!Fear not! So goes one of the most often repeated commands of the Bible, a message St. John Paul II made central to his pontificate. It is a message we need to hear constantly, perhaps most especia...
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