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Hace 4 días · As a theologian, Saint Bonaventure upheld the duty and value of using the human intellect to reflect on the mysteries of faith. But for him all human wisdom was folly when compared to the mystical illumination given to the faithful Christian by God himself.
Hace 5 días · Even the great Saint Teresa of Avila, for all of her mystical writings, was very much a hard-worker of the reform of the Carmelite order. And certainly not all great mystics were blessed with the stigmata: what of St. John of the Cross, St. Bonaventure, St. Ephrem the Deacon and St. Albert the Great, to name a very few?
Hace 1 día · In approximately 1211, a captain of the Medrano family held the lordship of the castle and town of Agoncillo, situated near the city of Logroño, in the region of La Rioja, Spain. Medrano's son was suffering from a mysterious and untreatable ailment. In 1211, Saint Francis of Assisi roamed those very paths of Agoncillo.
Hace 3 días · Eighty years ago St. Maximilian Kolbe died in Auschwitz on August 14 after volunteering to take the place of a father in the concentration camp’s starvation bunker. Today devotion to the saint continues to spread, including as an intercessor for the family, according to a theologian in Rome.
Hace 5 días · Saint Boniface ; feast day June 5) was an English missionary and reformer, often called the apostle of Germany for his role in the Christianization of that country. Boniface set the church in Germany on a firm course of undeviating piety and irreproachable conduct.
Hace 2 días · Early life. The castle of the Xavier family was later acquired by the Society of Jesus. Francis Xavier was born in the Castle of Xavier, in the Kingdom of Navarre, on 7 April 1506 into an influential noble family.
Hace 4 días · The San Buenaventura Mission, also known as Mission San Buenaventura, holds a significant place in California's history. Let's explore some fascinating facts about this historic site. 01. Founded in 1782. The mission was established on March 31, 1782, by Father Junípero Serra. It was the ninth mission founded in the California mission chain. 02.
