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Entries for September 2018
The Altar Society is again asking for cash donations to continue providing welcome bags throughout the year, and gift cards at Christmas, to the women, children, and men sheltered by Bradley Angle. This is unique and ongoing project started in October 2009. To date, 486 welcome bags have been delivered as result of your contributions and the work of Altar Society volunteers.
Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive behaviors that can include physical, psychological, sexual, economic, and emotional abuse, perpetrated by one person against an intimate partner to establis...
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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz is the first Filipino saint. Also known as San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, he died a martyr in Nagasaki, Japan, on Sept. 29, 1637, at the age of 34.
Accused of murdering a Spaniard in 1636, Ruiz boarded a ship carrying a group of missionaries to Formosa (Taiwan) and Japan. Ruiz accompanied his missionary companions to Nagasaki, where Christians were being persecuted due to Japan's wariness of foreign colonialism.
According to accounts, the Japanese promised Ruiz that they would free him if he would denounce Christianity. He refused and was tortured,...
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Prayer to Mary in time of distress
Mother of Sorrows
Solace of shock, pray for us
Healer of grief, pray for us.
Absorber of tears, pray for us
Protector of children, pray for us
Calmer of fear, pray for us
Healer of hurt, pray for us
Inspirer of courage, pray for us
Strengthener of faith, pray for us
Peace of the terrified, pray for us
Home of the lost, pray for us
Song of the brave, pray for us
Rest for the tired, pray for us
Forgiver of our enemies, pray for us
Guardian of our enemies’ children, pray for us
Way to the future, pray for us
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