Desmond Tutu
Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nation Builder Desmond Tutu was born October 7, 1931, and died December 26, 2021. In 1984 Tutu received the Nobel...
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- May 8
- 2 min
William Porcher Dubose
William Porcher DuBose William Porcher DuBose was born into a wealthy Huguenot family in South Carolina in 1836. He was educated at the...
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- Apr 10
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Frances Joesph Gaudet
Frances Joseph Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer Frances was born in a log cabin, in Holmes Mississippi. While she was still young,...
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- Mar 27
- 2 min
Dorothy Day, Prophetic Witness 1897 - 1980
Dorothy Day, Prophetic Witness, 1897-1980 Born in Brooklyn, New York Dorothy Day worked as a journalist for radical newspapers in the...
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- Mar 14
- 2 min
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears In 1838 4,000 Cherokee died in their forced relocation from the land that the Cherokee called “The Trail of Tears, called...
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- Feb 27
- 2 min
Benedict of Nursia
Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, 480-547 Benedict was born in the town of Nursia, near Rome. At the age of 20 he left home and...
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- Feb 21
- 2 min
Chief Seattle
Chief Seattle 1786-1866 Seattle was born in a Suquamish village along the Puget Sound. As a child he witnessed the first white people in...
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- Feb 14
- 2 min
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton Contemplative and Writer, 1915-1968 Thomas Merton pursued the ideals of pleasure and freedom in early adulthood only to...
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- Feb 4
- 1 min
St. David of Wales
St. David of Wales, Bishop of Wales, 588 Saint David was a Welsh bishop during the sixth century. He was born around 462 t0 512. He is...
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- Feb 1
- 2 min
Abbots of Cluny
Holy Abbots of Cluny 10th/11th c. The monastery of Cluny was a center for the reform and the renewal of Western monasticism in the 10th...
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- Jan 25
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Bridget of Kildare, Abbess and Patroness of Ireland
Brigid of Kildare Abbess and Patroness of Ireland Brigid was most highly valued and venerated next to St. Patrick. She consecrated her...
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- Jan 17
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JOHN CASSSIAN
John Cassian, Abbot John Cassian struggled with the problems of living the Christian life in a time when the world seemed to be falling...
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- Jan 10
- 2 min
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis C S Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a British writer and lay theologian, who held academic...
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- Jan 4
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Margaret of Scotland
Margaret of Scotland Queen of Scotland Pious and energetic, Margaret did much to improve the religious lot of Scots in Scotland. She...
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- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Simeon Stylites
Simeon Stylites The son of a shepherd. Simeon was expelled because of his extreme asceticism, so he became a hermit. He achieved...
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- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
The Holy Innocents
The Holy Innocents After the Magi visited the Holy Family and departed, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream. The angel instructed him...
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- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
Nicholas of Myra
Nicholas of Myra Nicholas of Myra Nicholas suffered torture and imprisonment during the persecution under Emperor Diocletian. Nicholas is...
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- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
St. Mary the Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus
Mary has been venerated by the Christian church from the earliest days. The familiar Christmas story testifies to the conviction that...
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- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
St. Joseph, Father Guardian of the Infant Jesus
St. Joseph, Father Guardian of the Infant Jesus Joseph was a religious Jew, who belonged to the House of David and a carpenter by trade....
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
Feast of Christ the King Sunday
Feast of Christ the King Sunday Instituted in 1925 by Pope Paul IX as a precursor to the Advent Season of the Church. The key word in the...
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