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December Saints

Saint Maria de las Maravillas de Jesus (1891-1974) Maria de las Maravillas was born in Madrid, Spain, into a devout Catholic family. At the time, her father was Spanish Ambassador to the Holy See. Reading the writings of St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila engendered in her the desire to become a […]

July Saints

Saint Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502-1539) Co-founder of the Barnabites (the regular Order of St Paul), Anthony was born in Cremona, Italy, in 1502. He trained as a medical doctor, but in 1528 he was ordained a priest and co-founded the Barnabites, the religious congregation so called because it was headquartered in St Barnabas Monastery in […]