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Painting of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
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Saint Gianna Beretta Molla

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla was a wife, mother, and pediatrician. During her last pregnancy Saint Gianna was found to have a noncancerous uterine fibroid. While she allowed the doctors to remove the tumor, she made sure that her pregnancy was protected. Saint Gianna Molla died of complications shortly after her daughter’s birth.

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April 19
Painting of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

August 15
The doctrine of the Assumption of Mary is recent: 1950. But the belief among the faithful that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven at the time of her death dates to the early Church.
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Stained glass window of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe

Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe

August 14
Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, a Conventual Franciscan, is best known for volunteering to take the place of a condemned prisoner in a death camp. But he also worked tirelessly for the spiritual welfare of people through his deep devotion to ...
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Blessed Michael J. McGivney

Blessed Michael J. McGivney

August 13
The son of Irish immigrants, Blessed Michael McGivney saw a need for Catholics to come together to assist widows and orphans who were often left destitute. That organization became the Knights of Columbus.
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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Stained Glass Window

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

August 12
Jane Frances de Chantal was a wife and the mother of six. When her husband was killed, Saint Jane Frances took a vow not to remarry and sought to join a religious community. She was dissuaded by her spiritual director, ...
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Painting of Saint Clare of Assisi

Saint Clare of Assisi

August 11
Saint Clare referred to herself as a little plant. In many ways, she was a strong oak. The first woman to write a Rule of Life for her sisters, she insisted on the privilege of poverty until her dying breath, ...
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Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence

August 10
Devotion to Saint Lawrence dates back to the earliest days of the Church. While we do not know many facts about him, his courageous witness to the faith is well known, as well as some interesting legends which may or ...
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