St Colette (March 6) believed the most direct path to heaven was that of suffering patiently endured
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Daily readings: March 6 – 12
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
The Patriarch who did not allow servants to wait on him
Friday, 25 February 2011
St Tarasius (February 18) was a humble and sensible man appointed as Patriarch of Constantinople to resolve the Iconoclast controversy
Daily readings: February 27 – March 5
Friday, 25 February 2011
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
St Polycarp, a martyr at the age of 86
Thursday, 17 February 2011
St Polycarp (February 23), instructed by the Apostles, served as Bishop of Smyrna for 50 years and died during persecution
Daily readings: February 20 – 26
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
The Jesuit who fostered devotion to the Sacred Heart
Friday, 11 February 2011
St Claude de La Colombière (February 15) had the misfortune of being in London at the time of the alleged Popish Plot
Daily readings: February 13 – 19
Friday, 11 February 2011
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
The Englishman whose order numbered 2,000 religious when he died at 106
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Gilbert of Sempringham (c 1083-1189) founded the only distinctively English medieval religious order
The missionary who said he would die for China ‘a thousand times over’
Thursday, 27 January 2011
St Joseph Freinademetz (January 28) fell in love with China despite working in dangerous and hostile conditions
The blind pro-life activist who puts Britain’s feminists to shame
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