Chandeliers

Feast: September 9

St. Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who became the patron saint of slaves, African missions and interracial justice. He spent his life serving African slaves …
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Rose Eluvathingal was born on 17 October 1877 to Anthony Eluvathingal Cherpukaran and Kunjethy Chalissery, in the village of Kattoor, in the diocese of Trichur, India. She was the eldest …
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Feast Day: July 21

Quote: ‘The word of the Lord is a light for the mind and a fire for the will, so that man may know and love God.’

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Feast: August 4

 John Marie Vianney, also known as the Cure of Ars, is the patron saint of parish priests. John was the fourth of six children to his devout …
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‘The name of Jesus is the glory of preachers, because the shining splendour of that name causes his word to be proclaimed and heard.’ – St. Bernardine of Siena

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Feast: 16 November

Giuseppe Moscati was born in Benevento, Italy on July 25, 1880, the seventh of nine children, born to devout Catholic parents. The family moved to Naples when …
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St. Gemma Galgani, who is popularly known as the Lily of Lucca, was a lay mystic often referred to as the ‘Daughter of Passion,’ for her intense replication of the …
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Basil, the son of notably devout parents, married Emmelia, whose father had died a martyr. Fleeing the persecution of Christians by the emperor Maximus, they hid for seven years in …
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History

 Korea at the end of the eighteenth century was a society based on Confucianism – with rigid hierarchical, class relationships. Scholars and nobility formed the educated minority while the …
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Gwladys was the daughter of King Brychan of Brecknock, a Christian. Gwynllyw Farfog (the bearded) a neighbouring chieftain, took her for his wife, some say by force. After the two …
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