Sunday, September 20 · Ordinary Time · 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Blessed Marie Therese of Saint Joseph
Blessed Marie Therese of Saint Joseph, also known as Anna Maria Tauscher van den Bosch, Maria Theresia of Saint Joseph, and Mary Teresa of Saint Joseph, was born on 19 June 1855 in Sandow, Mark Brandenburg, East Prussia (modern Poland).
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Saint Glycerius of Milan
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Saint Eustachius
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Saint Dionysius of Phrygia
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Saint Jose Maria de Yermo y Parres
From a young age, he showed exceptional intellectual abilities and was an excellent student.
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Saint Paul Chong Hasang
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Blessed Candida of Como
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Blessed Adelpreto of Arco
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Blessed Teresa Cejudo Redondo de Caballero
Born on October 15, 1890, in Pozoblanco, Córdoba, she dedicated her life to serving God and others.
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Saint Eustace
SaintSaint Jeancharles Cornay
He dedicated his life to the priesthood and became a member of the Paris Society of Foreign Missions.
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Francis of Assisi
From the ambitions of a merchant’s son to a brotherhood shaped by poverty, prayer, and the Gospel.
Clare of Assisi
A founder and writer who defended a community’s freedom to live the Gospel in poverty.
Teresa of Calcutta
A teacher who founded the Missionaries of Charity and brought the needs of abandoned people before the world.
Josephine Bakhita
A Sudanese survivor of slavery who chose religious life and became a witness to freedom, hope, and forgiveness.
Charbel Makhlouf
The Maronite monk of Annaya whose hidden life of prayer became the centre of a worldwide devotion.
Thérèse of Lisieux
A young Carmelite whose little way of trust and daily love grew from family loss, convent life, and a severe trial of faith.
Augustine of Hippo
A North African teacher, convert, and bishop whose searching account of the self became inseparable from the responsibilities and conflicts of his Church.
Thomas Aquinas
A Dominican friar whose teaching joined patient argument, biblical study, and prayer in a sustained search for truth.
Teresa of Ávila
A Carmelite writer and founder who made friendship with Christ the center of a demanding life of prayer, community, and reform.
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