Rachel Held Evans
As she was being admitted to the hospital for mysteriousailments, Rachel Held Evans posted a final Tweet to her170,000 followers, appealing to those who are “the prayingtype.” In typical fashion,…
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Ade Bethune
Ade Bethune was a nineteen-year-old art student in New York when friends told her about the Catholic worker, a new movement that sought to relate the Gospel to social issues.…
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Pope Francis
“I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked upon."Pope FrancisBishop of Rome (1936-2025) At the Conclave of 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the…
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Rachel Carson
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of…
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Mother Mary Demetrias Cunningham
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “God’s will is the holiest thing on earth.” Mother Mary Demetrias…
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Blessed Natalia Tulasiewicz
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “I have the courage to become a saint. Only holiness is…
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St. Oscar Romero
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “One who is committed to the poor must risk the same…
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St. Joseph
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. St. Joseph’s part in the nativity story is a familiar feature…
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Fannie Lou Hamer
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them…
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Janice McLaughlin
Robert Ellsberg's Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2 is now available from Liturgical Press. “. . . that people are more important than things; that…
