It was into this bankrupt France of Louis XV that Louis Joseph Francois was born at the town of Busigpy, in the neighbourhood of Cambrai in the north of France, on the 3rd Februaxy, 1751. … Read More
Blessed Louis Joseph Francois. Part 0: Introduction
The French Revolution was chiefly the result of social and economic conditions of the time. To appreciate its origin and progress it is necessary to review the developments that led to it over a long … Read More
Rosalie Rendu
Jeanne Rendu was born on September 9, 1786 in the village of Confort, a village in Savoy. From her childhood she was educated in the practice of Charity, so the attraction to the service of … Read More
Sr. Giuseppina Nicoli (1863-1924)
Giuseppina Nicoli was born at Casatisma, Pavia, Italy, on 18 November 1863, the fifth of 10 siblings. At the age of 20 she entered the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in Turin, … Read More
Sister Giuseppina Nicoli
Sister Giuseppina Nicoli set out for Cagliari on January 1, 1885 having just reached the age of 21. In the short course of one year, she had left her family, entered into Postulancy and then … Read More
Blessed Michael Ghebre: “The truth will make you free”
“Truth! What is that?” We are all very familiar with the context in which that question was asked in the New Testament. We are also aware of the fact that the questioner did not wait … Read More
Pierre-René Rogue
To his mother he was “Renotte”, to the townsfolk of Vannes he was “the wee priest”. He was only 4’ 11” in height, and at the time of his death at the age of thirty-eight … Read More
Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka
Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka (January 1, 1874 – May 30, 1904), born in Nowy Wiec (Koscierzyna county, Pomerania, Poland) then in the Kingdom of Prussien, was the third of 13 children of Marceli Wiecki, a … Read More
The sanctity of Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka
Despite the common conviction sanctity does not depend on extraordinary achievements or miracles. The great things God does within a human soul are simple. Sanctity simply means love. It should be a conscious way of … Read More
Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira
Lindalva Justo de Oliveira was born on 20 October 1953 at Sitio Malhada da Areia, in a very poor area of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Lindalva’s father, João Justo da Fé, a farmer, was … Read More