May Day 7 Padre Pio came in a dream to Matteo Farina when he was only 9 years old and told him that he must help his friends. Padre Pio told him, “If you managed to understand that who is without sin is happy, then you have to teach it to the others, so thatContinue reading “Pandemic Counter-Attack: Contagion of Love”
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Anthony the Great: Patron of Social Distancing and Protection Against Plague
May Day 6 As we continue our 31 day month of May search for 31 ‘plague protectors’ we nominate Saint Anthony the Great (also called Anthony of the Desert) as the official patron against COVID 19. Turns out he’s a 2fer (two for the price of one) Saint. The Life of Anthony, as told toContinue reading “Anthony the Great: Patron of Social Distancing and Protection Against Plague”
Roch: Powerful Patron Against Plagues
Day 5 Saint Roch (pronounced Rock) was born with a distinctive red cross birthmark on his chest in 1295 at Montpellier, France. He was only 32 years old when he died in 1327. Born into a wealthy family, Saint Roch lost his parents at the age of 20. He divested himself of all their wealth, distributingContinue reading “Roch: Powerful Patron Against Plagues”
The Miracles in the Medal
May Day 4 In 1830 Our Lady appeared to a novice in the convent of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul on the Rue de Bac in Paris, France. The young nun was shown a vision of Mary enfolded in an oval frame with her arms outstretched, rays of light streaming fromContinue reading “The Miracles in the Medal”
In Thanksgiving for the End of the Plague. Day 3
Guido Reni was commissioned in 1631 by the city of Bologna, Italy to create an image of the Madonna and Child on a silk banner that would be processed annually from the public square to the Church of Saint Dominic in thanksgiving for the end of the plague that ravaged the city a year earlierContinue reading “In Thanksgiving for the End of the Plague. Day 3”
We Fly to Thy Patronage: May Challenge, Day 2
Pope Francis has called on the faithful to pray the Rosary daily during the month of May, traditionally celebrated by Catholics as ‘Mary’s Month’. As part of the May challenge, to display one of the new prayers with an image of the Madonna for each day of the month, we offer another image by CaravaggioContinue reading “We Fly to Thy Patronage: May Challenge, Day 2”
Dignity of work
1st May: Feast of St. Joseph the Worker / Labour Day There are many magnificent quotes about this great and most humble Saint. The one above seems … Dignity of work
Joseph: The Man God Called ‘PAPA’
Patron of the Universal Church. Patron of the Dying. Patron of Workers. Patron of Husbands. Patron of Families. Patron of Fathers. Patron of Unborn Children. Patron of the ProLife Movement. Patron of Carpenters. Patron of House Builders. Patron of Immigrants. Patron of Employment. Patron of Explorers. Patron of Exorcists. Patron of Virgins. Patron of theContinue reading “Joseph: The Man God Called ‘PAPA’”
Expect May Miracles
Pope Francis has sent out a call to the faithful to pray the daily Rosary during the month of May, traditionally the ‘Month of Mary’, and has gifted us with two new prayers to ask heaven’s intercession to bring about an end to the coronavirus pandemic. For the next 31 days, Catholic Power House willContinue reading “Expect May Miracles”
‘Saint’ John Paul I?: More to the Man Than The Manner of Death
It is worth noting that the second in command, who will act as Vice President of the new foundation, Dr. Stefania Falasca, wrote a book, Papa Luciani: Cronaca di una morte (Pope Luciani: Chronicle of a Death), published in 2017, that dismisses the conspiracy theories that surrounded the death of the 263rd successor to Saint Peter, providing evidence that he died of a heart attack.
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