Showing posts with label patron saint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patron saint. Show all posts
Sunday, June 7, 2020

95th Anniversary of Venerable Matt Talbot's Death

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Today is the 95th anniversary of the death of Matt Talbot. Matt was on his way to Mass in St. Saviour’s on Trinity Sunday, June 7, 1925, wh...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

A Transformation Story

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In her 2016 memoir, “The Prayer Lines Behind the Bylines,” journalist Ann Hauprich shares some inspiring stories including that of Rev. ...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Praying for those addicted during Mass

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In this 2006 church bulletin article at http://www.stjamesthomas.org/bulletins/2006/110506.pdf ,  Fr. A. Richard Carton discusses why a ...
Monday, May 26, 2014

Venerable Matt Talbot - Patron of a Polish Foundation

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Venerable Matt Talbot is one of three patrons of the "Helpers of the Queen of the Rosary" (Fundacja “Pomocnicy Królowej...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Who are your Holy Traveling Companions?

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On this All Saints’ Day (officially the Solemnity of All Saints) we might consider an excerpt that Pope Benedict XVI presented in a...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Patrons St. Matthias and Ven. Matt Talbot

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Besides the well-known St. Monica, a much lesser-known saint who is periodically listed as a patron saint of alcoholics is St. Matthias...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Matt Talbot Day of Remembrance

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[ For Roman Catholic websites that post a brief biography of a saint or holy person for a particular day of the year, we may find Venera...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

A Reference to Being "Venerable"

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In Bill Donahue’s, The Secret World of Saints: Inside the Catholic Church and the Mysterious Process of Anointing the Hold Dead (2011) , B...
Monday, November 21, 2011

St. Francis of Assisi: Another Patron Saint of Alcoholics?

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[St. Francis of Assisi is perhaps most typically thought of as the patron saint of animals, ecology, and peace. But according to the recov...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

This Drug Addict is a Martyred Saint

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[Martyred St. Maximilian Kolbe is typically listed as the patron for drug addicts on multiple Catholic saint websites, not because he was ...
Monday, September 5, 2011

Matt Talbot, Patron of Labourers

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While there are many recognized saints who are listed with multiple and diverse patronages, like St. Monica and St. Joseph, there are...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

St. Monica and Ven. Matt Talbot

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Some Catholic saints are associated with particular life situations. Although Venerable Matt Talbot is considered “the patron saint of al...