2+ week, 2+ day ago   (147+ words) Angelus News Saint of the day: Nicholas of Tolentino St. Nicholas of Tolentino was born in 1246 in Italy. At 18, he became an Augustinian friar, inspired by the preachings of an Augustinian hermit. He was ordained as a priest seven years…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (194+ words) St. Peter Claver was born into a farming family in Catalonia, Spain, in 1581. He studied at the University of Barcelona, and joined the Jesuits when he was 20. While studying philosophy in Tarragona, Peter became friends with an older Jesuit lay…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (132+ words) Angelus News Saint of the day: Lawrence Justinian St. Lawrence wanted to be a saint from the time he was a child, and when he was 19 years old, he received a vision that left a void in his heart that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (172+ words) Angelus News Saint of the day: Augustine St. Augustine is the son of St. Monica, celebrated on August 27. He was born in Tagaste, Africa, in 354, and for much of his youth and early adulthood, he lived in sin and revelry,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (952+ words) The Community of Jesus (CoJ) was founded in 1958 by laywomen Cay Andersen and Judy Sorensen in Orleans, Massachusetts. It was originally formed as a prayer and Bible study group and was formally incorporated as a community under Massachusetts state law…...