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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 30th of July WELCOME! SAINT LEOPOLD MANDIC, CAPUCHIN AND CONFESSOR   Saint Leopold Mandic [born May 5, 1866, died July 30, 1942]…, a heroic servant of reconciliation and penance…, [was] born in Castelnovo near Cattaro. He left his family and homeland at the age of sixteen to enter the Capuchin seminary in Udine. His was a largely uneventful life: some changes from one convent to another, as is customary with the Capuchins, but nothing more. Then came his assignment to the convent in Padua, where he remained until his death. Well, precisely into this poverty of a life that was externally irrelevant, the Holy Spirit came and enkindled a new grandeur: a heroic fidelity to Christ, to the Franciscan ideal, and to priestly service towards his brothers and sisters. St Leoplold did not leave us any theological or literary works, he did not attract people with his culture, he did not found any social works. To all those who knew ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 15th of November   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 blessed the...