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Understanding Sanctity with Dorothy Day

Posted on November 7, 2021November 7, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

November 8th, 2022 marks the 126th birthday of Servant of God, Dorothy Day. The title “servant of God” is given to those whose cause for canonization has officially been opened, but who have not yet made it through the process for canonization. ...
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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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Sowing in Tears

Posted on January 11, 2021November 28, 2023 by Vanessa Crescio

Imprisoned for the first time in her young life (of the at least dozen times from 1917-1955), Dorothy Day lay in her cell shivering from the cold and starving. She had joined a group of suffragists in D.C. to protest the brutal treatment of impr...
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Solemnity of All Saints: Striving for Happiness

Posted on October 30, 2020October 31, 2021 by Tony Crescio

Solemnity of All Saints: November 1 My Dear Friends in Christ, Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints. In doing so, the Church, together with Christ, wishes to remind us of the goal toward which we strive as Christians as ...
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Co-Responsible for the Mission of the Church

Posted on October 13, 2020October 31, 2021 by Vanessa Crescio

This month, Pope Francis invites us to pray with him that the laity, particularly women, embrace our baptismal responsibility for the mission of the Church. Notice please he does not ask us to “collaborate” with the hierarchy, which is not to di...
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