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December Saints
St Vicenta María López y Vicuña (1847-1890) Holy people are not so detached from the world as to be unable to appreciate the difficulties other folk face in their efforts to survive, to earn a living and at the same time to save their souls. Many now ranked among the canonised dedicated themselves to particular classes […]
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Blessed Liduina Meneguzzi (1901-1941) Elisa Angela Meneguzzie was born in 1901 in Giarre, Italy. From her humble farming family, she learned strong values of honesty and faith. As a child she also formed a deep spirit of prayer, and would walk two kilometres to attend daily Mass. She loved her catechism, was happy to […]
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Blessed Phillip Rinaldi (1856-1931) Phillip was born on 28 May 1856 at Lu Monferrato (Alessandria) and at twenty one years old he joined the Salesians of Don Bosco. As an ordained priest his first responsibility was the formation of aspirants and novices. In 1889 he was sent to Spain as Rector of the community at […]
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December Saints Blessed Marcantonio Durando (1801-1880) Marcantonio Durando was born in Mondovi, Italy, in 1801. He took after his pious mother, not his liberal, agnostic father. At age 15, he manifested a desire to go to China as a missionary and entered the Congregation of the Mission, making his perpetual vows in 1819 and being […]
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Saint Barbara (c. 235) Saint Barbara was brought up by a pagan father, Dioscorus, who kept her secluded in a lonely tower where this very gifted woman undertook to study religion and became a Christian. When she was of an age to marry, she refused every suitor’s demands. On finding all the pagan idols he […]
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