St Andrew Avellino (November 10) adopted an ecclesiastical tonsure as a young man to escape the temptations from women
Spiritual Life
Saint Of The Week
The brother who ‘watched the door’ for 46 years
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
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St Alphonsus Rodriguez (October 30) began his life in prosperity – but then his world fell to pieces
St Cuthbert of Canterbury, reformer of the English Church
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
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In the eighth century St Cuthbert (October 26) held a synod to improve the moral condition of the English Church
‘I am God’s grain, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts’
Friday, 15 October 2010
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St Ignatius of Antioch (October 17) bears remarkable witness to the power of the faith in the early Church
St Paulinus, the ‘awe-inspiring’ priest who helped convert an English king
Friday, 8 October 2010
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St Paulinus of York (October 10) was sent to England by Pope Gregory in 1601
The French ecclesiastic who met a barbaric end
Thursday, 7 October 2010
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St Leger (October 2) was fatally drawn into the power struggles of Merovingian France
‘We have heard that the English wish to be converted’
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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St Homorius (September 30), the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, was a key figure in the establishment of Christianity in England
The saint who only slept three hours a night
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
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The Virgin Mary appeared in a dream and said just one word to Alphonsus de Orozco (1500-1591): “Write”
The pope who allowed backsliders back into the fold
Monday, 13 September 2010
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St Cornelius, pope from 251 to 253, was martyred by Emperor Gallus
St Omer, September 9, patron of the blind
Thursday, 2 September 2010
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A town named after St Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais, played a crucial role in educating English Catholics
Today’s Catholic must-reads: 22/05/13
By Luke Coppen