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29 St. Catherine of Siena St. Catherine of Siena All Day Born: March 25, 1347 Died: April 29, 1380 Feast Day: April 29 Patron of: Italy When you know what God wants you to do, don’t let anything stand in your way. That certainly could have been an unspoken motto of Saint Catherine of Siena. The youngest of 25 children, Catherine announced at a young age her i , ...
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7 Tim Russert Tim Russert All Day Born: May 7, 1950 Died: June 13, 2008 Tim Russert, the longtime moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, was a role model for contemporary Catholics. It was the way he embraced his work as a calling no less serious or less Catholic than one to the priesthood or religious life. In a society where television journal , ...
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9 Daniel Berrigan Daniel Berrigan All Day Born: May 9, 1921 Died: April 30, 2016 On May 17, 1968, during the thick of the Vietnam War, nine Catholic activists went to the draft board’s offices in Catonsville, Maryland, poured homemade napalm over draft files, and set them alight. Among the nine was Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan. The Catonsville N , ...
10 St. Damien of Molokai St. Damien of Molokai All Day Born: January 3, 1840 Died: April 15, 1889 Feast Day: May 10 Patron of: People with leprosy Damien de Veuster may be Hawaii’s most famous celebrity after, of course, Magnum P.I. and (for you oldsters) Steve McGarret of Hawaii Five-O. And since those last two guys were only fictional, that leaves Damien.&nb , ...

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12 Brother Roger Brother Roger All Day Born: May 12, 1915 Died: August 16, 2005 Taizé was founded amid the profound divisions and discord of the Second World War by Roger Schütz—known to many as Brother Roger—to foster reconciliation and peace. From risky acts of mercy like welcoming refugees to the community amid the Nazi-supported Vichy regime , ...
13 Julian of Norwich Julian of Norwich All Day Born: c. 1343 CE Died: c. 1416 CE Feast day: May 13 Julian of Norwich may seem like an unusual choice to highlight in a magazine about social justice. A mystic who lived 600 years ago, she spent much of her life closed up in a few rooms. But for centuries this woman has been a beacon of freedom and consol , ... Our Lady of Fátima Our Lady of Fátima All Day Born: N/A Died: N/A Feast day: May 13 Patron saint of: Roman Catholic Diocese of Leiria-Fátima, East Timor Cova da Iria, the place where Mary appeared to Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco on the 13th of every month from May to October in 1917, is now the Chapel of Apparitions, an open chapel with a statue , ...
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19 Malcolm X Malcolm X All Day Born: May 19, 1925 Died: February 21, 1965 Every human story begins at a defined point over which we have no control and takes off on a journey that can land somewhere surprising and even remarkable. In between liftoff and landing, our journeys intersect points that may seem improbable from either end. The y , ...
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28 Walker Percy Walker Percy All Day Born: May 28, 1916 Died: May 10, 1990 Walker Percy and his characters do everything in their power to escape the crushing weight of everyday existence. My introduction to Percy was a battered volume entitled Love in the Ruins: The Adventures of a Bad Catholic at a Time Near the End of the World (Fa , ...
29 Pope St. Paul VI Pope St. Paul VI All Day Born: September 26, 1897 Died: August 6, 1978 Feast day: May 29 Patron saint of: Archdiocese of Milan, Paul VI Pontifical Institute, Second Vatican Council, Diocese of Brescia, Concesio, Magenta, Paderno Dugnano Elected in 1963 following the death of St. John XXIII, amid intense debates among bishops a , ...
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