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AUGURI DI BUONA PASQUA / HAPPY EASTER / FELIZ PASCUA / JOYEUSES PAQUES

AUGURI DI BUONA PASQUA / HAPPY EASTER / FELIZ PASCUA / JOYEUSES PAQUES (PDF)...

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FORMATION: Care for sick and elderly brothers and sisters

From the Secretariat for Formation It is a great joy for us to share with you this material which invites local fraternities that have brothers and sisters who, due to advanced age or illness, find themselves more limited in their direct participation in meetings. Care for sick & elderly brothers & sisters (PDF)    ...

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José Anacleto González Flores

April: Blessed José Anacleto González Flores (1888 – 1927)

José Anacleto González Flores was born in Tepatitlán (Jalisco, Mexico) on July 13, 1888, in an environment of extreme poverty. In 1908, he entered the auxiliary seminary of San Juan de los Lagos; he quickly made great strides in the sciences. When he realized that his vocation was not the ministerial priesthood, he enrolled in...

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March: Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435 – 1472)

Amadeus IX of Savoy, remembered as “the Happy”, was born in Thonon (France) to Duke Louis of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan. As a child he was betrothed to Yolande of Valois, daughter of King Charles VII and sister of Louis XI. Their marriage in 1451 was both a political alliance and a personal bond...

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