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Saints Luigi Versiglia and Callistus Caravario were two Italian Salesian missionary priests in China who were killed on February 25th, 1930 while traveling on a ship that was overtaken by pirates. Saint Luigi was born in 1873 and was 12 … Continue reading →

Today would have been the 76th birthday of my dad, who passed away in September of 2014, after a great deal of suffering from cancer and all that comes with it. We will be heading to the Basilica to celebrate … Continue reading →

As Catholics we believe that it is our responsibility to instill the Faith of the Holy Mother Church when raising our children. We have them baptized as infants and we take them to Mass, where they are in the very … Continue reading →

Today in the Holy Mother Church, as we celebrate this great Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, we not only honor Peter, the first Pope,but also the unbroken line of the Papacy.  We honor The Magisterium of the Church, … Continue reading →

As we venture through our calendar of days, we find some days are celebrated as Holy days or feast days throughout the entire body of the Holy Mother Church. And then, there are those dates not considered holy by others … Continue reading →

Reading 1  Genesis 6 :5-8, 7 :1-5,10 When the LORD saw how great was man’s wickedness on earth, and how no desire that his heart conceived was ever anything but evil, he regretted that he had made man on the … Continue reading →

Blessed Catherine Emmerich was born September 8th, 1774 in West Germany. She was born to a small farming family. Her parents were poor but very devout and pious. As a child she spent much of her time working as a … Continue reading →