December 1 - Charles Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand, was born in Strasbourg on September 15, 1858. Second son of Élisabeth Beaudet de Morlet and Édouard de Foucauld de Pontbriand, forest inspector. His eldest son died at the age of one month.
30 November - André is born in Bethsaida, Galilee, on the shores of Lake Tiberias. With his brother Simon, he was a fisherman. Seeking God, he had first been a disciple of the preacher John the Baptist, who had certainly baptised him.
29 November - The Saturnin here was the son of a Greek king. The accounts of his life are divergent. Some say that he was one of the seventy-two disciples of the Lord and that he lived with Him, saw his resurrection and ascension to heaven. Other sources clearly indicate that he lived in the third century.
28th November - Saint James of La Marche was born in Monteprandone in the March of Ancona in Italy in 1391. When he thought about choosing his path, he considered becoming a Carthusian, but because of his relationship with the Franciscans, he decided to join the Order of Friars Minor of the Observance.
27 November - Saint Séverin de Paris is a hermit who lived in Paris in the 6th century. Attracted to the contemplative life, he spent a large part of his life locked up in a cell on the banks of the Seine, praying and meditating.
26 November - Jean Berchmans is born on 13 March 1599 into a prominent bourgeois family from Diest. He is by nature joyful and aspires from his adolescence to become a priest. He studied at the Jesuit College in Mechelen.
25 November - Catherine is said to have been born in 294 to a noble family in Alexandria, Egypt, and to have died there in 307. She quickly acquires knowledge that places her among the greatest poets and philosophers of the time.
24 November - Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, born in 1795 and died in Hanoi on 21 December 1839, was a Vietnamese Catholic priest who was executed by decapitation during the reign of Minh Mạng. André Dũng-Lạc is one of the 117 martyrs of Vietnam.
23 November - Saint Clement was born in Rome, he lived in the first century. Rich, educated and zealous in his search for the truth, it was in Christianity that he found satisfaction to soothe his mind and soul.
22 November - Born into a noble Roman family, she dedicated her life to God at a very young age and took a vow of virginity. When she reached marriageable age, her parents chose her as their husband, Valerian, a pagan. After several days of prayer and fasting, arrives the wedding night: she reveals her secret to Valerian, and asks him to respect her virginity, as well as to convert.
November 21 - The four Gospels of the Bible say nothing about the life of the Virgin Mary, but the apocryphal book called Protegospel of James fills this gap. Protévangile means "First Gospel".
November 20 - Edmond was born 841 in Norbury. He is the son of Æthelweard, in Kent, a descendant of the Saxon kings of East Anglia. At the age of fourteen, he was chosen by King Æthelstan to succeed him as head of the kingdom, because this king was going to live as a hermit in the Holy Land, to end his life in prayer and repentance.
At the end of its second General Assembly, held from 15 to 18 October 2024, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace sent a message to government officials at all levels, as well as to all Malagasy and all people of goodwill.
Read more ...Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.
Read more ...The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.
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