St. Mary of Mount Carmel / Blessed Sacrament Parish
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Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 1885-1887) St. Charles and many other martyrs for the faith died between Nov. 15, 1885 and Jan. 27, 1887, in Namugongo, Uganda. St. Charles and his companions were beatified in 1920 and canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. In 1879, Catholicism began spreading in Uganda when […]
Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 4th Century) In 304 AD, a great persecution of Christians was ordered by Emperor Diocletian, the last great culling of Christ’s followers before Constantine’s Edict of Milan, granting legal status to Christians throughout the Roman Empire. The second of the four edicts by which Diocletian planned […]
Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (Died 165 AD) Justin converted to Christianity about the year 130 and he received baptism at Ephesus. Sometime after this Justin found himself in Rome, where he opened a philosophical school and tirelessly proclaimed Christ to pagan scholars. He wrote and spoke of the God he had […]
Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1st century) Petronilla’s life story is not well documented. She is said to have been a daughter of the apostle St. Peter. We know that Peter was married before his vocation to the apostleship from the Gospel. It seems not certain however, whether St. Petronilla was any […]
Last Updated on August 28, 2020 by Editor Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost. The wonderful gift given to Mary and the Apostles after Jesus’ resurrection was the Spirit of Peace. God’s peace is also our gift — renewing our lives and bringing new energy to our world.During this time of pandemic and […]
Last Updated on August 28, 2020 by Editor “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. But you know him, because he remains with you, and will be in […]
Last Updated on October 17, 2021 by Editor The month of June is dedicated in the Catholic calendar to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, whose celebrated on the Friday of the third week after Pentecost (June 19, 2020) . The Sacred Heart image often depicted in art and sculpture as a wounded heart, sometimes encircled […]
Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1412-1431) Joan of Arc was born to pious parents of the French peasant class in the obscure village of Domremy, near the province of Lorraine. At an early age, she was said to have heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine and St. Margaret. When she […]
Last Updated on April 29, 2022 by Editor (1779-1865) Today’s saint received an extensive education, thanks to her brother Louis. He was 11 years older and her godfather at baptism. A seminarian, Louis decided that his younger sister would likewise learn Latin, Greek, history, physics and mathematics. Her education was without interruption and with a […]
Last Updated on May 28, 2020 by Editor Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father, Formed in the womb of the Virgin Mother by the Holy Spirit, United substantially to the Word of God … Inspire our care for each other. Fill our children and youth with understanding, Pregnant mothers with hope and vision, […]