Sunday, June 22, 2025

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

Our Lady of the Snows Read more

Our Lady of the Snows

Our Lady of the Snows is one of the oldest devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It commemorates a miraculous event that happened during the reign of Pope Liberius. A wealthy, childless Roman couple prayed to know how their fortune should be used for God. Our Lady answered them in a dream and asked that a church be built in her honor. She also appeared in a dream to the Holy Father with the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 179
St. Onofrio of Panaia Read more

St. Onofrio of Panaia

Saint Onofrio of Panaia, also known as Onofrio Catanzaro, Onofrio the Hermit, or Onofre, was a revered Catholic saint who lived a life dedicated to prayer, solitude, and spiritual discipline. He is particularly venerated in Calabria, Italy, where he spent most of his life as a hermit in the forests of Panaia. Onofrio was born in the town of Catanzaro in Calabria, around the end of the 10th...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 226
Saint Waltheof of Melrose Read more

Saint Waltheof of Melrose

Waltheof (c. 1095 – 1159) was a 12th-century English abbot and saint. He was the son of Simon I of St Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton and Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon, thus stepson to David I of Scotland, and the grandson of Waltheof, Earl of Northampton. Whether as a result of being a younger son in the world of Norman...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 202
Our Lady of the Angels Read more

Our Lady of the Angels

The image of Our Lady of the Angels is only about three inches high, and is carved in a simple fashion on dark stone. She has a round, sweet face, slanted eyes and a delicate mouth. Her coloring is leaden, with scattered golden sparkles. She carries the Christ Child on her left arm. Only the faces of Mary and the Child are visible; the rest is covered by a cloak that is gathered in pleats. The...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 162
The Martyrs of Nowogrodek Read more

The Martyrs of Nowogrodek

A group of eleven Holy Family of Nazareth nuns who were murdered by the Nazi Gestapo in exchange for 120 condemned citizens of Nowogrodek, Belarus who were scheduled for revenge killings. They are – • Adela Mardosewicz • Anna Kukolowicz • Eleonora Aniela Józwik • Eugenia Mackiewicz • Helena Cierpka • Jadwiga Karolina Zak • Józefa...
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