Search
The New French Saint
Page 5 from 20th May 1949St. Jeanne de Lcstonnac, who was canonised on Sunday last, was born at Bordeaux in 1556, daughter of Richard Lestonnac, a Calvinist. She is......
16th Century Princess To Be Saint
Page 6 from 12th November 1948CAS I EWANDOLFO. A special session of the Sacred Congregation of Rites was held on Tuesday, November 9, at the Papal summer villa at......
Saint Of The Week
Page 14 from 17th August 2007St Jeanne Delanoue (August 17) J eanne Delanoue (16661736) was not much more than a conventional Catholic as a girl. The older she became,......
Rome On Skates
Page 5 from 2nd June 1950Valerio Guerrieri, a 30-year-old workman of Milan, has kept his vow to make his Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on roller-skates. He skated from......
Two New Saints Named
Page 1 from 28th May 1948The canonisation of two new saints was authorised on Sunday last when the decrees into of the Sacred Congregation of Rites were read to the Pope.......
Holy Year Saints
Page 1 from 24th December 1948On Sunday last, in his private library, the Pope listened to the reading of decrees in the causes of two French saints who will be honoured during......
Remembering Mary's Month
Page 8 from 5th May 1950The colousful three-day gypsy festival at the little Mediterranean village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is the most spectacular of 23 major annual......
Pupils Join Nuncio For Thanksgiving
Page 3 from 23rd May 2003Mass in honour of the 400th anniversary of St Jeanne de Lestonnac, founder of the Company of Mary Our Lady. He was accompanied by Bishop Kieran......