August 14.ST. MAXIMILLIAN KOLBE. O.F.M. CONV. Martyr, Apostle of Consecration to Mary.Patron Saint of Prisoners, of those struggling against Drug Addiction, Pro-Life Movement, and...
August feasts and saints
August 14. ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, MARTYR. Short bio and a letter. St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe (1894-1941) was born in Poland. He became a Franciscan...
August 12: ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL.Foundress of the Order of Visitation. Learn how to forgive.The Martyrdom of Love Today we celebrate the memorial...
![August 10: ST. LAWRENCE, DEACON, AND MARTYR. Patron Saint of Cooks, Chefs and Comedians. Short bio. 8 August 10: ST. LAWRENCE, DEACON, AND MARTYR. Patron Saint of Cooks, Chefs and Comedians. Short bio. 7](https://catholicsstrivingforholiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/august-10-st-lawrence-tn.jpg)
August 10: ST. LAWRENCE,DEACON, AND MARTYR.Patron Saint of Cooks, Chefs and Comedians. Short bio. A Roman deacon, St. Lawrence died four days after Pope...
August 10.St. LAWRENCE, Deacon, Martyr. Feast.Gospel, Commentary, Divine office 2nd reading, and prayer. OUTLINE GOSPEL: Jn 12:24–26 GOSPEL COMMENTARY (Commentary to the Gospel of...
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AUGUST 8: ST. DOMINIC,Founder of Order of Preachers.Spread the Devotion of the Holy Rosary. “St. Dominic Félix de Guzmán (1170–1221), also known as Dominic...
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August 22: WHY IS MARY CALLED QUEEN? The terms Queen and Lady with reference to the Virgin are not metaphors. By means of them,...
August 27: THE BEAUTIFUL CONVERSATION BETWEEN ST. AUGUSTINE AND HIS MOTHER, ST. MONICA, PRIOR TO HER DEATH. From the Confessions of St. Augustine, bishop...
AUG. 8: ST. DOMINIC SPOKE WITH GOD OR ABOUT GOD From various writings on the history of the Order of Preachers Dominic possessed such...
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PRAYER TO ST. MONICA,PATRON SAINT OF MOTHERS, ESP. OF THOSE WITH ALCOHOLIC, ABUSIVE AND UNFAITHFUL HUSBANDS, AND DIFFICULT CHILDREN. Exemplary Mother of the Great...
August 23: St. ROSE OF LIMA, Virgin.Short bio + Divine Office 2nd reading. Born in Lima, Peru, St. Rose (1586-1617) became the first saint...
August 22:OUR LADY, MOTHER AND QUEEN Queen of the world and of peace This celebration was instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1954. Mary...