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Saint
of the Day - AmericanCatholic.org
- Catholic saints are holy people
and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the
Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her
unique gifts. God calls each one of us to be a saint. Learn about
the Saint we honor today and subscribe to recieve free Saint of
the Day Newsletter from St. Anthony Press. Click the button on
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June:
Overview of the Month, Intentions, Feasts, Focus of the Liturgy
The month of June finds us in Ordinary Time with vestment color of green.
Just click on the link to the left and check it out!
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Check
out American Catholic's Saints' Calendar for the Month of
June - AmericanCatholic.org
This
calendar includes saints on the General Roman Calendar as
well as other holy people for each day of the year. Some feast
dates on the AmericanCatholic.org calendar fall on days other
than the official feast day.
Click
on the link above or the image to the left for more information.
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June
3 - Charles Lwanga and Companions - AmericanCatholic.org
One of 22 Ugandan martyrs,
Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth and Catholic action in most of tropical
Africa. He protected his fellow pages (aged 13 to 30) from the homosexual demands
of the Bagandan ruler, Mwanga, and encouraged and instructed them in the Catholic
faith during their imprisonment for refusing the ruler’s demands. |
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June
13 - St. Anthony of Padua - AmericanCatholic.org
The
gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule
of Anthony’s life. Over and over again God called him to something
new in his plan. Every time Anthony responded with renewed zeal
and self-sacrificing to serve his Lord Jesus more completely.His
journey as the servant of God began as a very young man when he
decided to join the Augustinians, giving up a future of wealth
and power to be a servant of God. Later, when the bodies of the
first Franciscan martyrs went through the Portuguese city where
he was stationed, he was again filled with an intense longing
to be one of those closest to Jesus himself: those who die for
the Good News. |
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June
24 - Birth of John the Baptist - AmericanCatholic.org
Jesus called John the greatest
of all those who had preceded him: “I tell you, among those born of women, no
one is greater than John....” But John would have agreed completely with what
Jesus added: “[Y]et the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he” (Luke
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June
29 - Sts. Peter and Paul - AmericanCatholic.org
Peter: St. Mark ends the first half of his Gospel with a triumphant
climax. He has recorded doubt, misunderstanding and the opposition
of many to Jesus. Now Peter makes his great confession of faith:
"You are the Messiah" (Mark 8:29b). It was one of the many glorious
moments in Peter's life, beginning with the day he was called
from his nets along the Sea of Galilee to become a fisher of men
for Jesus.
Paul: If Billy Graham suddenly began preaching that the
United States should adopt Marxism and not rely on the Constitution,
the angry reaction would help us understand Paul's life when he
started preaching that Christ alone can save us. He had been the
most Pharisaic of Pharisees, the most legalistic of Mosaic lawyers.
Now he suddenly appears to other Jews as a heretical welcomer
of Gentiles, a traitor and apostate. |
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June
30 - First Martyrs of the Church of Rome -
AmericanCatholic.org
There were Christians in Rome
within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they were not the
converts of the “Apostle of the Gentiles” (Romans 15:20). Paul had not yet visited
them at the time he wrote his great letter in a.d. 57-58. |
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Learn
More About Mary Our Mother - AmericanCatholic.org
Read what the Bible says about the Blessed Virgin
Mary, what the Catholic Church believes about Mary, and how to
honor her. Click on the button on the left or the link above to
learn more about Mary Our Mother. |
