St Therese of Lisieux’s parents to be canonized in October
The parents of French saint Therese of Lisieux will be canonized on October 18 along with an Italian priest and a Spanish nun, the Vatican announced Saturday.
The parents of French saint Therese of Lisieux will be canonized on October 18 along with an Italian priest and a Spanish nun, the Vatican announced Saturday.
For most children, it’s all play this summer. But a 10-year-old girl chooses to use her school break to earn and help those who are less fortunate.
Twenty-one years ago, on June 12, 1993, Pope John Paul II ordained two Filipino priests, Fr. Stephen Simangan and Fr. Gregory Gaston, in Seville, Spain. The two priests consider their ordination by the pope himself the turning point of their lives.
We attended the Catholic Mass Media Awards in 1981 where my mom was to receive an award. It was a small private ceremony at Radio Veritas in Quezon City.
Pope John Paul II might have beatified more than a thousand martyrs and holy men and canonized almost 500 during his papacy but his canonization, along with that of Pope John XXIII on Sunday, will be only the first of a Pope in 60 years.
Although she must have been 20 years older than me, Dr. Carmen Enverga-Santos became a steadfast friend because of our common involvement in Zonta, an international organization dedicated to the advancement of the status of women.
Coming back from the canonization of Beato Pedro Calungsod on St. Peter’s Square in Rome, I recall my first canonization on Oct. 6, 2002, when Blessed Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei, was raised to sainthood. That was 10 years ago. It was as awesome as the canonization of Calungsod last Oct. 21 when 3,000 pilgrims from the Visayas came to give honor to one of their own.
A Mohawk woman will on Sunday become the first Native American to be canonized a Catholic saint, in a ceremony in the Vatican 300 years after her death, and 1,500 fellow Canadians will be there.
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