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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Today is the Feast of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, also known as the Ugandan Martyrs. We commemorate these 22 Ugandan martyrs who were ordered to be put to death by their King Mwanga on June 3, 1886, for reproaching the King for his cruelty and immorality.
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Today is the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. What does it mean for Mary to be Mother of the Church? For the Apostles and us today?
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Holy lives of inspiration | Why pray?
The life of Saint Rita of Cassia, whom we remember today, is a wonderful story of faithfulness, redemption, reconciliation, and, especially, prayer. Born about 650 years ago in Italy to a wealthy family, she wanted to become a nun from her childhood, but instead she was given in marriage at a young age to a rich but immoral man. And that was just the beginning!
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Holy lives of inspiration | Why pray?
Seventy-five years ago yesterday, 36-year-old Father Patrick Peyton arrived in New York City to rehearse for a radio program to be aired the next day on 300 Mutual Network affiliate radio stations. As Father Peyton and his assistant, Father Woods, inspected the stage, Father Woods said, “It looks rather bare.”
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Once, a young man who was teaching English as a second language in Japan, got to experience a dream-come-true during a flight stopover in Los Angeles: dinner at the home of his all-time greatest Hollywood hero.
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St. Catherine of Siena was a truly extraordinary human being; a mystic of the highest level while at the same time, one of the most influential persons in Europe of her day.
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