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Saints: Ancient & Modern

Saints, are looked upon as protectors, family members, and living examples of how an ordinary life can experience an extraordinary transformation. Since no one is born a saint, these holy people have made terrible mistakes with which we can all identify. There are murderers, gamblers, and alcoholics among their numbers. They have suffered unimaginable cruelties and conquered every problem in the…

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Our Lady of Perpetual HelpFeast Day: June 27Patronage: AllKeywords: refuge, protection, motherly comfort, iconQuote: “Why don’t you just ask?”Symbols: lance, sponge, cross, nails, unfastened sandal An icon is a visual prayer and this image of Mary comforting her young son in a moment of fear,  brings consolation to anyone who meditates on it. On either side of Mary are the two Archangels,…

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Our Lady of Cobre

Our Lady of Cobre is considered the mother of Cuban people regardless of their race, political allegiance, or ideology. She is so entrenched in the Cuban national identity that she is virtually the only unifying force between those in exile and those who remained on the island. Though Cuba has been officially declared an atheist country by its government, it allowed four Catholic masses to be…

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Visions of Mary

Home altar in Havana,Cuba Photographs by Lisa Silvestri Altar in family mausoleum in Havana, CubaPhotograph by Lisa Silvestri Religious Statues from the flea market in Mexico City, Mexico. The “Sweetheart Statue” was brought to the Ursaline Convent in New Orleans in 1785. visions of Mary Our Lady of Guadalupe A traveler visiting Mexico or the American Southwest meets Our Lady of Guadalupe…

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Visions of Mary

Barbara and I wanted Visions of Mary to be a book about how the Virgin Mary affects people in their everyday lives. In the United States and countries around the world, images of Mary are displayed among family photographs. For this reason, we chose not to use the great art works and paintings that have been created in her honor. Rather, we sought photographs of “everyday Marys.”. The…

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Visions of Mary: Our Lady of Fatima

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Visions of Mary

Barbara and I wanted Visions of Mary to be a book about how the Virgin Mary affects people in their everyday lives. In the United States and countries around the world, images of Mary are displayed among family photographs. For this reason, we chose not to use the great art works and paintings that have been created in her honor. Rather, we sought photographs of “everyday Marys.”. The…

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Holy Thursday

“So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.” —John 13:14-15 The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH./Public Domain Preparation As you begin this time of quiet prayer, I invite…

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Jesus In The City: Three Good Fridays

by Larry RacioppoA book proposal which would include approximately 100 photographs taken from 1974 through 2015, my personal notes, and an essay by a contemporary scholar.  Larry Racioppo was born and raised in South Brooklyn and has photographed New York City since 1971. He was a VISTA Volunteer and a participating artist in the Cultural Council Foundation’s CETA Artist Project. A Guggenheim…

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Forgotten Souls in Purgatory

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Lent 2026

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Lent 2026

By Robert Ballecer, SJ More than just a remembrance, Lent challenges us to recall the sacrifice of Christ, then respond to that sacrifice by increasing our faith: truly seeing those around us, taking in the world beyond the bubbles of our daily lives, becoming more open to the movement of the Holy Spirit and listening to its call. Lent finds us where we are and, if we are willing to let it,…

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Saint Anthony of Padua

1195—1231 Saint Anthony is the Patron Saint of Debt, Lost Articles, Poverty, Portugal His Feast Day is June 13. 1195 – 1231 “Saint Anthony, please come around, there’s something lost that must be found.” Doctor of the Church Feast Day: June 13 Patron of: Lisbon, Portugal, Padua, amputees, barren women, domestic animals, draftees, oppressed people, orphans, paupers, the poor, pregnant…

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Basilique Du Sacre Coeur De Montmartre

DID YOU KNOW? Participate in a night of adoration The vocation of the Basilica is to offer continuous Eucharistic adoration, day and night. Every evening, after the doors close at 11 p.m., the prayer relay continues in the Basilica, led by those who have signed up for the night of adoration (and are staying at the Basilica’s guesthouse). Adoration at the Sacred Heart Welcome, everyone, to…

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FRA ANGELICO

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New York City–A overnight vigil at St. Joseph Church in Greenwich Village

Hello if you are in New York or visiting New York City please visit St.Joseph’s Church, 371 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014. [phone]November 1, 6:00pm8;00am pm All Saints DayExposition of the Blessed Sacrament in The Adoration ChapelIf You are interested in attending, please sign up for an adoration slot or call the rectory Thanks to the success of the previous overnight vigils in the…

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