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Year 2022

DateLife ofSubject
December 7 2022 Blessed Laura Vicuña Holiness of children - Chile - Argentina - First Communion - Offering as victim
November 2 2022 Ernest Psichari Grandson of Renan - Army - Conversion - Spiritual fervor - World War I
September 29 2022 Blessed Hyacinth Cormier Dominican - Fidelity to the Rule - Master General
August 24 2022 Venerable Satoko Kitahara Japan - Ant City - Care of the poorest
July 22 2022 St. Emilie de Vialar Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition - Education of girls, care of the sick, charitable works - Poverty
June 16 2022 St. Joseph Pignatelli Jesuit - Suppression of the Society of Jesus - Restorer of the Society of Jesus
May 10 2022 Venerable Marie Magdeleine de la Croix Reunion Island - Service of the poorest - Daughters of Mary - St. Joseph
April 6 2022 Blessed Benedict Daswa South Africa - Family man - School principal - Fidelity to the Christian faith - Superstition, witchcraft - Martyrdom
March 2 2022 Blessed Eugene Bossilkov Bulgaria - Passionist - Bishop - Unity of the Church - Faithfulness to the Pope - Martyrdom
January 25 2022 St. Joseph Vaz Apostle of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - Oratory of St. Philip de Neri


Year 2021

DateLife ofSubject
December 24 2021 Blessed Ivan Merz Layman - Celibate - Academics - Liturgy - Social doctrine of the Church - “The Croatian Union of the Eagles”
November 16 2021 Venerable François Libermann Conversion from Judaism - Society of the Holy Heart of Mary - Evangelisation in Africa - Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritan)
October 15 2021 Blessed Marie-Thérèse Soubiran Sisters of Marie - Auxiliatrice - Spiritual night - Leaving the Institute - Humility
September 8 2021 Saints Louis Versiglia et Calistus Caravario Salesian missionaries in China - Martyrdom
August 4 2021 Saint Elizabeth Seton Conversion - Sister of Charity of Saint Joseph
June 29 2021 Saint Marguerite Bays Celibacy - Humility, poverty, prayer - Stigmata
May 26 2021 Blessed Carlo Acutis Ardent spiritual life - Computer skills - Zeal for the Eucharist and its miracles - Died a teenager
April 21 2021 Saint Athanasius Divinity of Christ - Many exiles for the faith
March 19 2021 Saint
Joseph-Benedict Cottolengo
Care of the sick - The "Piccola casa" ofTurin
February 10 2021 Saint Gemma Galgani Mystical life in humility - Suffering - Stigmata
January 6 2021 Saint Jerome Father of the Church - Bible translation - Holy Scripture


Year 2020

DateLife ofSubject
December 3 2020 Father Giacomo da Balduina Capuchin - Parkinson’ s disease - Confessional
October 28 2020 Saint Benedict Menni Brothers and sisters of Saint John of God - Care of mentally handicapped - Humiliations - Last ends
September 21 2020 Saint Charles Borromeo Pastoral zeal - Council of Trent
August 20 2020 Father Patrick Peyton Rosary - Rosary crusades - Family rosary - Use of radio and television
July 16 2020 Don Francesco da Cruz Priesthood - Priestly zeal
June 11 2020 Blessed Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann Medical Doctor and Ophthalmologist - Doctor of the poor - Humility - Zeal
May 1 2020 Saint Colette of Corbie Secluded life - Reform of the Order of Saint Clare during the Great Western Schism
April 1 2020 Blessed Elia of Saint Clement Carmel - Life for God
February 26 2020 Saint José Sánchez del Rio Cristeros
January 21 2020 Pierre de Kériolet Life of debauchery - Exorcisms - Conversion - Zeal for God - Saint Anne d’Auray


Year 2019

DateLife ofSubject
December 18 2019 Blessed Eugénie Joubert Spiritual childhood - Humility
November 11 2019 Saints Perpetua and Felicity Martyrs of the 3rd Century - Firmness in Faith - Witness to the Truth
October 9 2019 Elisabetta Canori-Mora Marriage - Family - Adultery
September 5 2019 Venerable Bruno Lantéri Fight against Jansenism and Regalism - Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius - Oblates of Virgin Mary
July 31 2019 Saint Nunzio Sulprizio Adolescent worker - Great suffering - Intense spiritual life
June 28 2019 Blessed Joseph Mayr-Nusser South Tyrol, Germany and Italy during the 2nd World War - Refusal to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler - Martyrdom
May 22 2019 Gabrielle Bossis Parish Theatre - Intimacy with Jesus - "Him and me"
April 17 2019 Father Baley Priestly zeal - French Revolution - Jean - Marie Vianney
March 13 2019 Blessed Lorenzo Salvi Passionist - Devotion to the Child Jesus
February 5 2019 Lisa Guidotti Missionary Medical Doctor - Rhodesia
January 1 2019 Blessed Bartolo Longo Rosary - Eschatology - Demonology - Satanism - Spiritualism - Esotericism - Occult


Year 2018

DateLife ofSubject
November 30 2018 Cardinal Louis Luçon Priestly zeal - First World War - Reims tragedy
October 22 2018 Bishop Alexander Taché Missions - Canadian North
September 21 2018 Mgr Buguet  Purgatory - Immortal soul - Atonement
August 15 2018 Saint Luigi Orione Priesthood - Apostolate among children in need - Religious and charity works
July 11 2018 Saint John of Britto- sj Missionary - Mission in India
June 8 2018 Saint Vincent Ferrer Popular preaching - Divine judgment - Great Western Schism
May 2 2018 Blessed Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac Women’s union through the oblation to the Sacred - Heart - Oblates of the Heart of Jesus - Baptism
March 25 2018 Saint Emilie de Rodat Education - Sisters of the Holy - Family - Spiritual darkness
February 22 2018 Fr. Sevin, sj Scouts - Scouting - Congregation of Holy - Cross
January 17 2018 Sister Lucia Apparitions of Fatima - Sin - Conversion - Penance - Atonement - Immaculate Heart of Mary - Dorothean sister - Carmel


Year 2017

DateLife ofSubject
December 13 2017 Saint François de Montmorency-Laval Role of laity - Mission to Canada - Episcopate
November 9 2017 St. Alphonsa Muttathupadathu Gift to Christ - Poor Clare - Suffering
October 4 2017 Saint Eugene de Mazenod Sacerdotal zeal - Oblates of Mary Immaculate - Bishop of Marseille - Freedom of education
August 29 2017 Blessed Joseph Benedict Dusmet Monastic life - Abbot - Bishop - Cardinal - Poverty
July 25 2017 Venerable Anne-Madeleine Rémuzat Visitation of Marseille - Worship of the Sacred Hear
June 23 2017 Saint Peter Chanel Sacerdotal zeal - Society of Mary - Missions - Martyrdom
May 20 2017 Saint Josep Manyanet Holy Family of Nazareth - Confirmation - Family - Education
April 9 2017 Love of Christ- Carmel- Trinity Dwelling in the soul - New Name
March 8 2017 Saint Thomas Aquinas Dominicans - Theology - Search for God
February 2 2017 Blessed Mario Borzaga Missionary in Laos - Hidden fruitfulness - Martyrdom


Year 2016

DateLife ofSubject
December 28 2016 Saint Peter Favre Kindness - Spiritual Exercises - Society of Jesus - Discernment of spirits
November 25 2016 Venerable Juliette and Tancredi Barolo Apostolate of the laity
October 23 2016 Blessed Frederic Janssoone Franciscan - Holy Land - Stations of the Cross - Our Lady of the Cape Shrine in Canada
September 14 2016 Zita of Habsburg Politics - Autro - Hungarian empire - First World War
August 10 2016 Saint George Preca Catechesis - Apostolate of the laity - Four last things - Society of Christian doctrine
July 11 2016 Saint Anthony of Padua Franciscan - Preaching - Education - Prayer - Catharism
June 3 2016 Venerable Marcello Candia Passion for the poor - Mission to Brazil
May 1 2016 Archbishop Fulton Scheen Teaching - Preaching and care of souls - Defense of the faith - Eucharistic adoration - Auxiliary Bishop of New York - Bishop of Rochester
March 27 2016 Eucharistic Miracles Buenos Aires - Lanciano - Sokolka - Science and faith - Eucharistic devotion
February 22 2016 Saint Giuseppe Moscati Physician
January 17 2016 Saint Joaquima de Vedruna Mother - Widow, foundress - Works of mercy - Congregation of Carmelite Sisters of Charity - Vedruna


Year 2015

DateLife ofSubject
December 12 2015 Blessed Artemide Zatti Salesian Brother; Patagonia; care for the sick
November 8 2015 Saint Bonaventure Franciscan; primacy of love
October 2 2015 Gilbert Keith Chesterton Conversion; original sin; Christian author
August 28 2015 Blessed José Gabriel Brochero Argentina; fervent parish priest; Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius
July 25 2015 Saint John Eudes Contemplative prayer; popular missions; Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; Eudists
June 21 2015 Blessed Eurosia Fabris Barban Marriage; natural methods of birth control; Rosary; fraternal correction
May 13 2015 Saint Gertrude Intimacy with Jesus; Sacred Heart
April 12 2015 Mother Adele Garnier Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Montmartre; national vow; offering as a victim; prayer of reparation; common priesthood of the faithful; Tyburn
March 1 2015 Our Lady of Holy Hope The “little prayer”; conversion; gift of fear
January 31 2015 Blessed William Joseph Chaminade Society of Mary, Marianists; Christian education


Year 2014

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 2014 Saint Bridget Revelations - Brigittines
November 21 2014 Saint John of Avila Contemplative prayer - Preaching - Catechesis - Reform of the clergy
October 18 2014 Saint Joan of Arc God’s intervention in history - Love for the Church
September 12 2014 Blessed Noel Pinot Good shepherd - Civil constitution of the clergy (1790) - Martyrdom
August 6 2014 Blessed Victoire Rasoamanarivo Madagascar - Fidelity - Role of the lay faithful
July 6 2014 Blessed Isidore Bakanja Conversion - Catechism - Secular Priests of Christian Doctrine
May 29 2014 Blessed Cesar de Bus Conversion - Catechism - Secular Priests of Christian Doctrine
April 25 2014 Saint Edmond Campion Anglican convert - Catholic faith - Controversy with Protestants - Martyrdom
March 21 2014 Blessed Mary Theresa and Saint Ursula Ledochowska Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver - Missions - Gray Ursulines - Education
February 11 2014 Martyrs of Otranto Martyrs faithful to Christ in the face of Muslims


Year 2013

DateLife ofSubject
December 6 2013 Blessed Daniel Brottier Military chaplain - Great war - Spiritan - Cathedral of Dakar - Orphans Apprentices of Auteuil
November 1 2013 Blessed Hildegard Burjan Conversion - Politics - Social charity
September 29 2013 Blessed Joseph Samsó Priesthood - Sunday rest - Spiritual exercises - Eucharist - Martyrdom
August 24 2013 Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne Jewish family - Miraculous medal - Miraculous conversion - Israel and the Church
July 22 2013 Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud Sacred Heart of Jesus - Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart
June 13 2013 Father Desgenettes Notre - Dame - Des - Victoires - Immaculate Heart of Mary
May 13 2013 Father William Doyle, sj Priestly Ministry - Exercises of saint Ignatius - Military chaplain war 1914 - 1918
April 8 2013 Father Joseph Kentenich Schoenstatt movement - Secular institutes - Marian devotion
March 1 2013 St. Francis de Sales Goodness - Sweetness - Apostolate with the Calvinists - Spiritual life of the laity - Order of the Visitation - Treatise on the Love of God
January 25 2013 St. Catherine of Siena Love and reform of the Church


Year 2012

DateLife ofSubject
December 18 2012 Lourdes Miracles Pierre de Rudder - Alexis Carrel - Lourdes medical bodies - Physical and spiritual healing
November 15 2012 Blessed Maria Anna Sala Education - Work - Simple life
October 15 2012 Blessed Chiara Luce Badano Cancer - Focolari
September 8 2012 Saint Philip Neri Oratorians - Oratory - Priestly charity
August 6 2012 Saint Margaret Clitherow Anglicanism - Conversion - Martyrdom
June 29 2012 Blessed Pedro Tarre Medical doctor - Virginity - Priesthood
May 27 2012 Rolando Rivi Seminarian - Martyr
April 21 2012 Blessed Abouna Yaacoub (Father Jacques) Lebanon - Care centers - Religious instruction
March 17 2012 Father René Giraudet Priesthood - Clandestine chaplaincy for French workers in Germany during World War II
February 10 2012 Venerable Jean-Joseph Lataste op Apostolate in women’s prisons - Rehabilitation - Dominican Sisters of Bethany
January 6 2012 Venerable Mary Potter Assisting the dying and patient - Death


Year 2011

DateLife ofSubject
December 3 2011 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Iroquois - Baptism - Sunday - Virginity
October 28 2011 Takashi Nagaï Conversion - Atomic bomb
September 23 2011 Venerable Leon Papin-Dupont Adoration - Holy Face of Jesus
August 20 2011 Blessed Restituta Kafka Martyrdom - Crucifix
July 16 2011 Saint Giovanni Battista de Rossi Priesthood - Spirituality and priestly apostolate
June 12 2011 Antoine Gaudí Art - Beauty - Architecture - Basilica of the Holy Family in Barcelona, Spain
May 6 2011 Saint Antoine-Marie Claret Priestly apostolate
April 3 2011 Blessed Marcel Callo Scouts - J.O.C. - STO - Death camps
February 22 2011 Elisabeth and Felix Leseur Interior life - Suffering - Conversion
January 21 2011 Venerable Benedetta Bianchi Porro Rare illness - Suffering


Year 2010

DateLife ofSubject
December 17 2010 Blessed Mary MacKillop Education - Australia - Sisters of Saint Joseph, «Josephites»
November 11 2010 Blessed Antoine Chevrier Prado - Poverty - Catechism
October 7 2010 Saint Charbel Maklouf Primacy of God - Hermit - Hermitic life
September 1 2010 Bishop Alain de Boismenu Mission - New Guinea
July 31 2010 Saint Damien of Veuster Congregation of the Sacred Hearts - Picpus - Lepers of Molokaï
June 24 2010 Blessed Jeanne-Émilie de Villeneuve («Blue Sisters of Castres») Congregation of the Immaculate Conception - Missions
May 23 2010 Blessed Giacomo Alberione Medias
April 17 2010 Venerable Alfred Pampalon Ordinary life - Drugs
March 10 2010 Saint Bernard Tolomei Olivetans - Monastic life
February 5 2010 Blessed Vilmos Apor Hungary - Defense of the dignity of woman
January 1 2010 Saint Leonard of Port-Maurice Popular Missions - Salvation - Hell - Sin - Mercy - The three Ave Marias - Way of the cross


Year 2009

DateLife ofSubject
November 27 2009 Solange Bazin de Jessey Mission - Religious life - Papua New Guinea
October 25 2009 Blessed Urban V Reform of the Church - Universities - Unity of Christians - Europe - Culture
September 17 2009 Blessed Ulrica Nisch Gifts of the Holy Spirit
August 15 2009 Saint Josephine Bakhita Slavery - Conscience - Hope
July 11 2009 Pierre-Adrien Toulorge French Revolution - Truth and lies - Martyrdom
June 7 2009 Bishop Pallu Salvation of souls - Foreign Missions
May 1 2009 Blessed Francisco Palau Love for the Church - Social teaching of the Church - Third Order Carmelites - Missionaries
March 25 2009 Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuan Vietnam - Persecution for faith - Hope - Prison
February 18 2009 Blessed Peter To Rot Catechesis - Faith - Marriage - Polygamy - Martyrdom
January 15 2009 Louis and Zélie Martin Family - Marriage - «beautiful love» - Vocation


Year 2008

DateLife ofSubject
December 8 2008 Venerable Georges Bellanger Mary - Sunday Mass - Military chaplancy
November 2 2008 Saint Alphonsus de Liguori Salvation - Prayer - Mary - Jesus
September 29 2008 Saint Thérèse Couderc Humility - Exercises of Saint Ignatius
August 24 2008 Blessed Franz Jägerstätter Objection of conscience
July 22 2008 Sr. Maria-Gabriella of Unity Unity of Christians
June 17 2008 Father Marie-Antoine de Lavaur Popular Missions - Onanism - Mary - Lourdes
May 13 2008 Henri Ghéon Conversion - Art - Theatre
April 8 2008 Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi Family - Marriage
March 3 2008 Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey Secularism - Sacred Heart - Enthronement in families
January 31 2008 Saint Marcellin Champagnat Marist Brothers - Education - Devotion to Mary


Year 2007

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 2007 Blessed Father Tansi Priestly life - Monastic life - Chastity before marriage - Obscurity of faith
November 21 2007 Franz Stock Prison chaplain - Assistance to death row prisoners - Barbed - Wire seminary
October 15 2007 Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val Modernism - Humility
September 12 2007 Jerome Lejeune Down's Syndrome - Life - Abortion
August 6 2007 Blessed Marie of Jesus Deluil-Martiny Reparation - Satisfaction - Victim - Spiritual help to priests
June 29 2007 Sister Marie of the Trinity The little way of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus - Lupus
May 27 2007 Bishop Boleslas Sloskans Providence - Eucharist - Prayer
April 25 2007 Saint Francis Xavier Mission - Salvation of souls
March 21 2007 Blessed Mary of the Passion (Helene de Chappotin) Franciscan Missionaries of Mary - Mission
February 11 2007 Bishop Clemens August Von Galen Euthanasia - Nazism - Courage of faith
January 6 2007 Uganda Martyrs Father Lourdel. Uganda - Martyrdom - Homosexuality - AIDS


Year 2006

DateLife ofSubject
December 8 2006 Miracle of Calanda - Miguel Juan Pellicer Miracle - Our Lady of the Pillar - «del Pilar» - Surnatural order
November 1 2006 Alfred Allen Curtis Conversion - Church of Christ - Eucharistic adoration - Union with Christ - Humility
September 23 2006 Saint Albert Hurtado Love - Social action - Eternity
August 20 2006 Our Lady of Fatima. Lucia- Jacinta- Francisco Conversion - Heaven - Sacrifices - Hell - Rosary - Immaculate Heart of Mary
July 16 2006 Blessed Sister Zdenka (Cecilia Schelling) Martyrdom - Communist prison - Truth
June 11 2006 Blessed Charles I of Austria Freemasonry - War and peace - Austro - Hungarian Empire
May 13 2006 Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey Slavery - Dignity of human person - Evangelizatio
April 9 2006 Blessed Bronislaw Markiewicz Catechesis - Exercises of Saint Ignatius - Humiliations - Michaëlites
March 1 2006 Blessed Ignatius Maloyan Armenians - Turkey - Faith - Martyrdom - Eucharist
January 25 2006 Blessed Charles de Foucauld Conversion - Eucharist - Christian life in Muslim country


Year 2005

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 2005 Baudouin I Spiritual life - Abortion - Conscience
November 18 2005 Alessandra di Rudini Mother Mary of Jesus. Skepticism - Faith and reason - Carmel du Reposoir
October 15 2005 Saint Françoise de Sales Aviat Secularism - Prayer - Education
September 8 2005 Blessed Marie-Joseph Cassant Prayer - Mental prayer - Frequent Confession - Eucharist - Trappist
July 31 2005 Blessed Maurice Tornay Sin - Mission - Tibet
June 29 2005 Blessed Mary-Theresa Scherer Secularism - Works of charity - Eucharist
May 24 2005 Saint Albert Chmielowski Spiritism - Art - The poor
April 21 2005 Father Marie-Eugene Mental prayer - Notre - Dame de Vie (Our Lady of Life) - Secular Institutes - Atheism - Evangelization
March 17 2005 La Salette - Darreberg Our Lady of La Salette - Sin - Second and Third Commandments - Rosary
February 9 2005 Blessed Michel Rua Don Bosco - Salesiens - Education
January 4 2005 Blessed Leonid Feodorov Russian Greek Catholics - Ecumenism - Bolshevik persecution


Year 2004

DateLife ofSubject
December 1 2004 Blessed Francisco Castelló Aleu Exercises of Saint Ignatius - Social reign of Christ
October 24 2004 Blessed Hermine of Jesus Unicity of Christ and His Church - Martyrdom - Mission in China
September 21 2004 Blessed Sister Rosalie Rendu Charity - Service to the poor
August 15 2004 Venerable Matt Talbot Alcoholism - Sin - Hell - Conversion
July 11 2004 Saint Daniel Comboni Mission - Africa - Soudan - Slavery
June 6 2004 Saint Peter Julian Eymard Eucharist
May 5 2004 Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini Education - Emigrants - Penance - Peace in families
April 4 2004 Saint Rita Forgiveness - Passion - Stigmata
February 24 2004 Blessed Virginia Centurione Rosary - Mariology - Service to neighbor
January 17 2004 Marcel Van Thérèse of the Child Jesus - Intimacy with God - Love - Suffering


Year 2003

DateLife ofSubject
December 12 2003 Our Lady of Guadalupe-Saint Juan Diego Aztecs - Miraculous Image
November 8 2003 Blessed Jan Beyzym Lepers - Serving one's neighbor
October 7 2003 Claire de Castelbajac Life of faith
September 1 2003 Eugenio Zolli Conversion - Jews - Pius XII
July 31 2003 Benoîte Rencurel Our Lady of Laus: Sin - Sacrament of Penance
June 27 2003 Saint Pedro de San José de Betancur Christmas - Poverty - Works of mercy
May 24 2003 Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Rosary
April 13 2003 John Henry Newman Anglicanism - Conversion - Catholic Church
March 9 2003 Saint Theophane Venard Mission - Martyr
February 2 2003 Blessed Anna Schäffer Suffering


Year 2002

DateLife ofSubject
December 28 2002 Saint Michel Garicoïts Hell - Zeal for the salvation of souls - Mercy - Apologetics
November 25 2002 Bl. Enrico Rebuschini Nervous depression - Suffering - Spiritual combat
October 23 2002 Dom Lou Filial piety - Politics - Christianity : strength of Europe - China
September 15 2002 Bl. Br. André Bessette Josephology - Ordinary life - Miracles
August 15 2002 Saint Maria Goretti Chastity - Modesty - Martyrdom - Forgiveness
July 11 2002 Saint Katharine Mary Drexel Riches - Poverty - Apostolate among Indians and Blacks - Judgment of God - Education
June 7 2002 Bl. Gianna Beretta-Molla Apostolate - Prayer - Education - Abortion
May 1 2002 St Francisco-Antonio Fasani Immaculate Conception - Sin - Mental prayer - Social justice - Poverty
March 21 2002 Bl. Dom Marmion Monastic life - Obedience - Spiritual life
January 13 2002 St Pius X Pope - Faith - Modernism - Eucharist - Separation of Church and State


Year 2001

DateLife ofSubject
December 12 2001 Blessed Karl Leisner Mariology - Priesthood - Dachau - Europe
November 3 2001 Mgr Ghika Conversion - Charity - Communist prison - Romania
September 30 2001 Saint Marguerite d'Youville Canada - Confidence - Providence - Evil
August 28 2001 Hermann Cohen Conversion - Eucharist - Carmel
July 23 2001 Blessed Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad Ecumenism - Mariology
June 22 2001 Venerable Pauline Jaricot Propagation of the faith - Social works
May 13 2001 Blessed Edward Poppe Priesthood - Eucharist - Mariology
April 8 2001 Saint Just de Bretenières Martyrdom - Joy - Zeal - Korea
March 3 2001 Blessed Teresa Bracco Martyrdom - Modesty
January 31 2001 Saint Faustina Kowalska Mercy


Year 2000

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 2000 Blessed Francisco et Jacinta Marto Last ends - Pope - Penance - Reparation
November 21 2000 Adolphe Retté Conversion - Discernment of spirits
October 18 2000 Blessed Mother Maravillas of Jésus Contemplative life - Prayer - Purity of heart
September 14 2000 Saint Thomas More Martyrdom - Objection of conscience
August 15 2000 Blessed Maria Repetto (and Saint Joseph) Humility - Will of God - Prayer
July 6 2000 Blessed Jeanne Jugan Elderly persons - Euthanasia - Humility
May 31 2000 Saint Catherine Labouré Miraculous Medal - Immaculate Conception - Humility
April 24 2000 Blessed Padre Pio Stigmata - Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist - Suffering
March 19 2000 Louis et Zélie Martin Family - Marriage - Abortion - Spiritual retreats - Vocation
February 18 2000 Blessed Cyriac-Elias of the Holy Family Chavara Syro–Malabar liturgy - Monastic life - Schism - Unity - Forty - Hours devotion
January 21 2000 Saint Maria Goretti Chastity - Modesty - Martyrdom - Forgiveness - Commandments of God - Mortification


Year 1999

DateLife ofSubject
December 13 1999 Takashi Paul Nagaï atomic bomb – will of God – courage.
November 4 1999 Saint Margaret Mary Sacred Heart – Mercy – reparation – suffering – humility.
September 29 1999 Blessed Aloïs Stepinac forgiveness – unity – conscience – hope.
August 29 1999 Holy Year of Jubilee 2000 eschatology – sin – fear of God – contrition – sacrament of Penance – indulgences – communion of saints.
June 1 1999 Mgr Buguet purgatory - immortality of the soul - expiation.
May 13 1999 Blessed Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer Sanctification of work and of duties of state.
April 7 1999 Saint Claudine Thévenet forgiveness - evil.
March 1 1999 Blessed José Maria Rubio miracle - rosary - eucharist - Sacred Heart - eschatology.
January 31 1999 Saint Bernadette Lourdes - humility.


Year 1998

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 1998 Emmanuel Delaunet abortion - trisomy 21 - handicaps.
November 18 1998 Blessed Marie-Catherine Troiani presence of God - baptism.
October 15 1998 Saint Jean-Louis Bonnard truth - martyrdom - hope.
September 8 1998 Mother Teresa contraception - abortion - charity.
August 6 1998 Saint Teresa of the Andes poverty, chastity, obedience, monastic enclosure - happiness - suffering.
July 1 1998 Saint Léopold Mandic sacrament Penance - ecumenism - obedience.
June 5 1998 Blessed Frédéric Ozanam apologetics - drugs - abortion - charity.
May 6 1998 Léonie Martin miracle - Delizia Cirolli - difficult character.
April 8 1998 Saint Maximilian Kolbe will of God – freemasonry – mariology.
March 1 1998 Blessed Bartolo Longo Rosary – eschatology – demonology – satanism – spiritism – occult.
February 11 1998 Saint Siméon Berneux, martyr apologetics – mission.
January 15 1998 Blessed Pierre Giorgio Frassati loyalty – faith – joy – purity – social action.


Year 1997

DateLife ofSubject
December 18 1997 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus faith.
October 23 1997 Blessed Anwarite, martyr prayer – chastity – eternal salvation.
September 24 1997 Blessed Clement Marchisio Eucharist – Josephology – mariology.
August 28 1997 Blessed Anne-Marie Rivier mariology.
July 31 1997 Blessed Peter Donders love of God.
July 1 1997 Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora marriage – family – adultery.
April 7 1997 Saint Anthony the Great Angels – demons – discernment.
March 10 1997 Blessed Mary of Providence (Eugénie Smet) Purgatory – reincarnation – immortality of the soul.
February 12 1997 Saint John Vianney sin – confession – Eucharist.
January 15 1997 Blessed Eugénie Joubert spiritual childhood – humility.


Year 1996

DateLife ofSubject
December 18 1996 Mari Carmen modesty – TV.
November 21 1996 Jacques Lebreton the meaning of suffering.

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