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Padre Pio: "Tell the American people that for those who would like me to be...
Padre Pio and American Soliders, Leo Fanning, Joe Asterita, Mario AvignonePadre Pio showed himself to be very, very fond of Americans. While World War II was raging Pio passed on a message to all...
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Little Nellie craved a kiss from someone who had just received the Eucharist
In 1906 Ireland, a toddler nicknamed 'Little Nellie' was dying tragically of TB in a Catholic convent. But she had the spunk to suggest a barter to her statue of the Infant of Prague: "Jesus, if you...
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A marvelously meritorious documentary on Little Nellie...
...was produced by Radio Maryja. You may see it here. I had cause to revisit this slice of television which sings with the Cork accent because I am helping another journalist research cases of miracles...
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Author John Carmichael is on The Jim and Joy Show this week!
John Carmichael was in Alabama in recent days to be a guest on At Home with Jim and Joy. The first part of the show debuts today July 17th, and then will be aired again twice this Saturday. The second...
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"When I heard the Anima Christi, I was two feet off the floor"
John Carmichael looked his most professorial in his appearance on At Home with Jim and Joy. Part 1 of the show has been made available on You-Tube where John holds forth on his journey from worldliness...
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Padre Pio: "Marriage is Calvary"
The second part of John Carmichael's interview on At Home with Jim and Joy is available on YouTube. Joy Pinto, wife of Jim, is a spiritual daughter of Padre Pio, and with this in mind, John told Joy...
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A riveting talk on St Charbel which deserves a wider audience
Here I am with a relic of St Charbel (1828 - 1898) which is a priceless gift that was given by a generous son of St Charbel who does not want anything in return other than that the relic is venerated....
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The ideal gift for an entrepreneur...
...is Raymond Arroyo's biography of Mother Angelica: The Story of a Nun, Her Nerve and a Network of Miracles.Mother Angelica was an extraordinary entrepreneuse, to use the correct French for a female...
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Alice Thomas Ellis was Our Lady of Good Success's Historian and Britain's...
In early March of this year, I was about to leave the house for Mass and suddenly I was presented in my mind’s eye with a vision of my late friend Richard Collins standing next to the noted Catholic...
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You may hear Alice Thomas Ellis's interview...
...that she gave the BBC here. She appeared on Desert Island Discs in 1998. I was very curious to hear Alice Thomas Ellis's voice, but hard as I tried I could not find a television appearance that...
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I wrote a review of Frank Rega's Amazing Miracles of Padre Pio...
…on Amazon entitled Miracles, Seen and Unseen.Frank Rega's latest book has garnered rave reviews, one from Francis Phillips who hails it as, "a life-enhancing book" which she is recommending especially...
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I've gone back to Jack...
Although I was born and bred in Ireland, I was surprized to learn that the Jack O’Lantern was a tradition that started in the land of my birth and stretches back through the centuries. When I first...
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That the children may wear white on All Hallows Eve
Four years ago I wrote this post on an alternative way to celebrate All Hallows Eve, and in view of the fact that people still remind me of the central ideas, I post it for you in case it may give you...
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The Holy Soul who begged charity from a tender young girl on the Feast of All...
In Germany, some time in the course of the 1600s, there was a tender young girl of singular holiness. One day the pious girl suddenly saw before her an apparition of a woman of her acquaintance who...
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ST FRANCES OF ROME SAW THE THREE DISTINCT DIMENSIONS OF PURGATORY
While she was still alive St Frances of Rome was taken by a heavenly spirit to see Hell. After which, she was led through the 3 diverse dimensions of Purgatory. St Frances was a Roman matriarch who...
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A SHORT PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SOULS
You may consider offering this prayer devoutly for the relief of the Holy Souls. The prayer is strong in its succinctness and is an poignant appeal to Our Lord to release drops of His Precious Blood on...
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FATHER NIEREMBERG TOOK UNTO HIMSELF ALL THE PAINS OF PURGATORY MEANT FOR HIS...
Father Nieremberg had a gaunt face with hollow cheeks, a rawboned nose and somber eyes so heavy they looked like they would fall from his face. His emaciated face suggested a starving man, or even an...
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THE HOLY SOUL WHO ASKED ME FOR PRAYER
When I was a teenager in Cork City, one rainy winter's day I met an eccentric woman who confronted me as to whether or not I ever prayed for the souls in Purgatory. I was taken aback at the suddenness...
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A PRAYER FROM THE RACCOLTA FOR THE HOLY SOULS
V. O Lord, hear my prayerR. And let my cry come unto TheeO God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant unto the souls of Thy servants and handmaids the remission of all their sins, that...
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ON DEATH ROW ST PERPETUA SAW HER BROTHER IN PURGATORY
Carthage, the year 205. As a young woman of 22 years old, Perpetua was imprisoned for being a Christian. This was a crime punishable by death under the Emperor Septimius Severus. The only thing more...
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