Pope Francis recalls World Day of the Sick at Audience The Pope, during the General Audience Wednesday recalls the World Day of the Sick, calling for spiritual and physical closeness to all those who are ill. By Vatican News staff reporter 11 February marks the thirtieth World Day of the Sick which was instituted by…
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St. Blaise – Feb. 3rd
St. Blaise enjoyed widespread veneration in the Eastern and Western Churches due to many cures attributed to him. According to tradition, he was Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia and was martyred under Licinius. On this day the Church gives a “Blessing of the Throats” in honor of St. Blaise. From the eighth century he has…
February 3rd – Feast of St. Blaise
Saint Blaise was the bishop of Sebastea and a doctor. The first known record of the saint’s life comes from the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus, where he is recorded as helping with patients suffering from objects stuck in their throat. Many of the miraculous aspects of St. Blaise’s life are written of 400 years…
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK FROM ST. AUGUSTINE SPIRITUALITY CENTER Laredo, Texas January 28-February 3, 2024 Sister Rosemarie Goins, CSSF Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Deuteronomy 18:15-20.Psalm 95. Corinthians 7:32-35. Mark 1:21-28. Today’s readings talk about listening intently, especially to the voice of God. In our busy world God’s voice is often drown out by the…
News from our Sisters in Curitiba
Our students from Colégio Nossa Senhora da Assunção in Curitiba in the state of Paraná performed a Christmas cantata, singing Christmas carols. They sang from the windows of the school building and there was also a nativity scene. The occasion also commemorated the 800th anniversary of the Nativity scene conceived by St. Francis of Assisi….
Zapraszamy na wspólne poszukiwania
Zapraszamy na wspólne poszukiwania Papież Franciszek na rok przygotowania bezpośrednio do ŚDM w Lizbonie skierował do wszystkich młodych świata orędzie, w którym czytamy: Maryja otwiera dla wszystkich – a zwłaszcza dla was, ludzi młodych tak, jak ona – drogę bliskości i spotkania (…) Po zwiastowaniu Maryja mogłaby skupić się na samej sobie, na zmartwieniach i obawach, związanych…