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"Don't cry for me. I am going to Jesus. At my funeral I don't want people to cry, but rather to sing with all their voices."
--Blessed Chiara Badano, a faith-filled Italian teen and member of @Focolare_org whose feast is today and who died of cancer on Oct. 7, 1990 at 18
SOD: Bl. Chiara Badano (1971-90)--Italian; involved at 9 with Catholic lay movement Focolare; enjoyed sports, hiking, dancing; deeply devoted to Christ; diagnosed with bone cancer at 16; showed great faith and hope in her dying at 18; beatified in 2010; faith.nd.edu/saint/blessed-c…
"Don't cry for me. I am going to Jesus. At my funeral I don't want people to cry, but rather to sing with all their voices."
--Blessed Chiara Badano, a faith-filled Italian teen and member of @Focolare_org whose feast is today and who died of cancer on Oct. 7, 1990 at 18
SOD: Bl. Chiara Badano (1971-90)--Italian; involved at 9 with Catholic lay movement Focolare; enjoyed sports, hiking, dancing; deeply devoted to Christ; diagnosed with bone cancer at 16; showed great faith and hope in her dying at 18; beatified in 2010; faith.nd.edu/saint/blessed-c…
Please keep in prayer @CardinalJWTobin, archbishop of Newark, NJ, and former shepherd of @archindy.
@NwkArchdiocese announced today that a kidney mass found in him will be removed surgically tomorrow and that his doctors are hopeful for his prognosis. rcan.org/cardinal-tobin-heal…
Please keep in prayer @CardinalJWTobin, archbishop of Newark, NJ, and former shepherd of @archindy.
@NwkArchdiocese announced today that a kidney mass found in him will be removed surgically tomorrow and that his doctors are hopeful for his prognosis. rcan.org/cardinal-tobin-heal…
This happened just two days after the cathedral, which is now adjacent to the St. Louis Arch, was dedicated to. @archindy
#OTD Servant of God Simon Brute was consecrated Bishop of Vincennes in the cathedral at St. Louis by Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget of Bardstown, assisted by Bishop Joseph Rosati of St. Louis and Bishop John Baptist Purcell of Cincinnati.
indianacatholic.mwweb.org/ic…
SOD: Bl. Charles of Austria (1887-1922)--Austrian; of the Habsburg royal family; husband, father of 8; man of deep faith; devoted to the Eucharist; became Austro-Hungarian emperor in 1916; promoted peace during WWI; died in exile on a Portuguese island; vatican.va/news_services/lit…
SOD: Bl. Charles of Austria (1887-1922)--Austrian; of the Habsburg royal family; husband, father of 8; man of deep faith; devoted to the Eucharist; became Austro-Hungarian emperor in 1916; promoted peace during WWI; died in exile on a Portuguese island; vatican.va/news_services/lit…
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👀 You asked. We prayed. God isn't finished yet.
The National Eucharistic Congress is returning to Indianapolis in 2029.
Let's do it again. 🙏
#ArchIndy #EucharisticRevival #NEC2029
The National Eucharistic Congress will return to Indianapolis in 2029. Coverage to come @criteriononline.
The Congress will return to the city that hosted the last gathering in 2024.
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"Build an oratory within yourself, and there have Jesus on the altar of your heart. Speak to him often while you are doing your work. Speak to him of his holy love, of his holy sufferings and of the sorrows of most holy Mary."
--St. Paul of the Cross, whose feast is today
SOD: St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)--Italian; a conversion experience at 19 led to his devotion to Christ's passion and death; at 26, founded the Passionist, known for preaching missions; ordained in 1727; noted preacher; had gifts of prophecy, healing; faith.nd.edu/saint/st-paul-o…
"Build an oratory within yourself, and there have Jesus on the altar of your heart. Speak to him often while you are doing your work. Speak to him of his holy love, of his holy sufferings and of the sorrows of most holy Mary."
--St. Paul of the Cross, whose feast is today
SOD: St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)--Italian; a conversion experience at 19 led to his devotion to Christ's passion and death; at 26, founded the Passionist, known for preaching missions; ordained in 1727; noted preacher; had gifts of prophecy, healing; faith.nd.edu/saint/st-paul-o…
SOD: North American Martyrs--6 French Jesuit priests and 2 brothers martyred between 1642-49 while serving as missionaries among Native Americans in Canada and the U.S. Most noted among them are St. Isaac Jogues and St. John de Brebeuf simplycatholic.com/who-are-t…
SOD: North American Martyrs--6 French Jesuit priests and 2 brothers martyred between 1642-49 while serving as missionaries among Native Americans in Canada and the U.S. Most noted among them are St. Isaac Jogues and St. John de Brebeuf simplycatholic.com/who-are-t…
"Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who has God finds he lacks nothing. God alone suffices."
--St. Teresa of Avila, who died on this day in 1582 and whose feast is today
SOD: St. Teresa of Avila (1515-82)--Spanish; became a Carmelite nun at 20; known for her deep mystical prayer; reformer; co-founder with St. John of the Cross of the Discalced Carmelites; writer on asceticism, the spiritual life; doctor of the Church faith.nd.edu/saint/st-teresa…
