Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Posted: Jan 19 2006 at 7:02am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
I use My Catholic.com for my home page. This is the saint of the day:

St. Joseph Pelczar
Joseph, a doctor of theology and a canon lawyer, was Dean of Theology at the University of Krakow in 1882. He started hundreds of libraries and wrote over a thousand books. Later, as a bishop, he built churches, nurseries, kitchens, homeless shelters, and schools.

Doesn't he sound like a great guy! Also a good tie-in for you Polish ladies out there...... He's a JP2 beatification/canonization.

Here are some more links if you're interested:
Catholic Forum's Patron Saint index
Vatican's writeup
Catholic-Hierarchy.org's page

Blessings all!

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Posted: Jan 19 2006 at 7:33am | IP Logged Quote Michaela
I'm signed up with americancatholic.org. They send me daily emails for a Saint of the Day and a bible verse study.

This morning, I rec'd:

St Fabian (c. 250)

Fabian was a Roman layman who came into the city from his farm one day as clergy and people were preparing to elect a new pope. Eusebius, a Church historian, says a dove flew in and settled on the head of Fabian. This sign united the votes of clergy and laity and he was chosen unanimously.

He led the Church for 14 years and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of Decius in a.d. 250. St. Cyprian wrote to his successor that Fabian was an “incomparable” man whose glory in death matched the holiness and purity of his life.

In the catacombs of St. Callistus, the stone that covered Fabian’s grave may still be seen, broken into four pieces, bearing the Greek words, “Fabian, bishop, martyr.”

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We can go confidently into the future and accept the change that growth demands only if we have firm roots in the past, in a living tradition. A few pieces of stone in Rome are a reminder to us that we are bearers of 20 centuries of a living tradition of faith and courage in living the life of Christ and showing it to the world. We have brothers and sisters who have “gone before us marked with the sign of faith,” as the First Eucharistic Prayer puts it, to light the way for us.

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“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church” (Tertullian).


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