Giuseppe (Joseph) Cafasso was born on January 15, 1811, in Castelnuovo d’Asti, Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia. He was the third of four children in his peasant family. He was born …
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On this Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read Jesus’ powerful story of the Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18: 9-14): “He then addressed this parable to those who …
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Gertrude Lemmens was born on July14, 1914 in Venray, Netherlands into a Catholic family. When she was a young woman, she got engaged to a university professor. One day, however, …
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Today is the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, and because it is the second-to-the-last Sunday in October, it is also known as World Mission Sunday. Pope Pius XI instituted World …
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Wilhelm “Willi” Graf was born on January 2, 1918, in Kuchenheim, Euskirchen, Germany. In 1922, when Willi was 4, the family moved to Saarbrücken. There, his father ran a wine …
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On this Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we read the story of how Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one returned to give thanks (Luke 17: 11-19). We read: “And …
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Eileen Egan was born sometime in 1912 in Wales to Irish parents. In 1926, the family moved to New York City. After graduating from Cathedral High School in Manhattan, she …
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Here in southern Honduras, we have two growing seasons each year for crops such as corn and beans. In the photo above, we see Isaí Pérez Rodas and Wilmer Hernández …
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On this Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Respect Life Sunday, we encounter an interesting passage in the Gospel of St. Luke. The apostles had just asked Jesus to increase their …
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Today is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, a thirteenth deacon saint who found his way to God through nursing lepers. The parish in which I serve, San Francisco …
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