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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of December WELCOME! SAINT SABAS, ABBOT Saint Sabas, one of the most renowned patriarchs of the monks of Palestine, was born at Mutalasca, in Cappadocia, not far from Caesarea, the capital, in 439.  The name of his father was John, and that of his mother, Sophia: both were pious, and of illustrious families. The father was an officer in the army, and being obliged to go to Alexandria in Egypt, took his wife with him, and recommended his son Sabas, with the care of his estate, to Hermias, the brother of his wife.  HE WENT TO ANOTHER UNCLE This uncle’s wife used the child so harshly that, three years after, he went to an uncle called Gregory, brother to his father, hoping there to live in peace. Gregory having the care of the child, demanded also the administration of his estate, whence great law suits and animosities arose between the two uncles.  Sabas, who was of a mild disposition, took great offence ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 5th of December   Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that bless...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of December WELCOME! BLESSED PHILIP RINALDI, PRIEST AND RELIGIOUS Bl. Philip (Filippo) Rinaldi was born in mid-1856 in Lu Monferrato as the eighth child to the farmers Cristobolo Rinaldi and Antonia Brezza. He knew St John Bosco since 1861.  Rinaldi started his educational studies at Mirabello Monferrato in which the Salesians of Don Bosco oversaw his education; the assistance for him there was Paolo Albera but Rinaldi later returned to his home despite St John Bosco making an effort to convince him to reconsider his decision.  He continued his life as a farmer but received some letters from Bosco and some books from Albera regarding religious vocations and the process of discernment. In 1874 his parents welcomed St John Bosco who decided to visit Rinaldi but he proved to be most persistent in his decision not to continue his religious studies.  ST JOHN BOSCO VISITED HIM St John Bosco's insistence at le...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of December   WELCOME! BLESSED NIELS STEENSEN, BISHOP Blessed Niels Steensen (Nicolaus Stenonius, Nicolaus Steno) was born in Copenhagen on New Year's Day 1638 (Julian calendar), the son of a Lutheran goldsmith who worked regularly for King Christian IV of Denmark. He became ill at age three, suffering from an unknown disease, and grew up in isolation during his childhood. In 1654-1655, 240 pupils of his school died due to the plague. Steno entered the University of Copenhagen to pursue medical studies. After completing his university education, he set out to travel through Europe. In the Netherlands, France, Italy and Germany he came into contact with prominent physicians and scientists. These influences led him to use his own powers of observation to make important scientific discoveries. At the time Descartes was publishing on the working of the brain, Steno doubted Descartes's explanation of the origin of te...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday   Advent Saint of the Day Saint feast day December 5 Saint Crispina, Martyr Saint Anastasius, Martyr Blessed Bartholomew Fanti   Saint Bassus, Bishop and Martyr Saint Cyrinus, Bishop and Martyr Saint Dalmatius, Bishop and Martyr Saint Dioliulcius, Martyr Blessed Evrardus Saint Gerald, Archbishop of Braga Blessed Hartwig, Bishop   Saint John Almond, Priest and Martyr John Gradenicus, Religious Saint John, Wonder-Worker, Bishop of Polybotum Saint Meallon Saint Nicetius, Bishop of Trier Blessed Niels Steensen, Bishop   Saint Pelinus, Bishop of Brindisi, Martyr Blessed Philip Rinaldi   Saint Sabas, Abbot   Saints Fulgentius, Amantius, and Companions, Martyrs Saint Julius and Companions, Martyrs -0512-

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of December WELCOME! ST CRISPINA OF TAGORA, MARTYR St Augustine informs us, that Saint Crispina, this glorious martyr, was a lady of high birth, very rich, and engaged in the marriage state; that she had several children; and that though of a delicate and tender constitution, she was endued with a masculine courage, preferred heaven to earth, and God to the world, and rejoiced to see herself taken and called to confess Jesus Christ on a scaffold, and in the sight of the whole world.  SHE WAS APPREHENDED FOR BEING A CHRISTIAN She was a native of Thagara [Tagora], in the Proconsular Africa, and was apprehended for professing the faith of Christ, and conducted to Thebeste, before Anulinus the proconsul of Africa. This magistrate exhorted her to sacrifice to the gods, as the edicts of the emperors commanded. The martyr answered:  "I have never sacrificed, nor do sacrifice to any other than to one God, and to our...