Saint Peter Julian Eymard and the Eucharistic crusade
The article recalls Blessed Peter Julian Eymard founder of the Fathers and Sister Servants of the Most Blessed Sacrament, who championed frequent Holy Communion and evangelized Paris slums. It notes his birth on February 4 1811 in La Mure d Isere, his early deprivation of frequent Communion, and his mission to console the poor through Eucharistic worship. Since his death in 1868 his order has spread to 26 countries with shrines and missions worldwide urging all to approach Jesus present in the Eucharist.
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Paris
Peter Julian Eymard
Fathers
Eymard
France
Belgium
Father Eymard
Pius X
la Mure d
Isere
Alps
Peter Julian
Jesus
Christ
China
Father Eyward
Holy Father
Africa
Pope to canonize three saints in St Peter's Basilica
Today in St Peter's Basilica Pope John will canonize three new saints, affirming their virtue and intercession. All three died in the last century, were born within a 15 year span, and lived within about 250 miles of one another.
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St. Peter’s Basilica
John
A Servite Saint Anthony Mary Pucci of Viareggio
St Anthony Mary Pucci born in Tuscany on April 16 1819 entered the Servite Order at 18 taking the name Anthony Mary He was ordained in 1843 and served as priest and pastor of Viareggio He built community devotion through prayer charity and action earning respect during the 1854 55 cholera crisis He died January 12 1892 at age 73.
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Anthony Pucci
Tuscany
Eustace Pucci
Anthony Mary
Monte Senario
Lucca
St. Andrew
Viareggio
St. Anthony
Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso lives a vow of duty
A Genoese Capuchin, known as Brother Francis Mary, devoted his life to serving the sick and poor during Genoa’s 19th century droughts and a 1866 cholera epidemic. Born December 27, 1804 in Camporosso as John Croese, he joined the Conventuals then the Capuchins, taught by Mary devotion, and died September 17 after offering his life to end the plague.
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John Croese
St. Francis Mary
Comporosso
John
Mary
Francis Mary
Anselmo
Maria Croese
Camporosso
Riviera
Italy
Brother Anthony
God
Brother Francis Mary
Questor
Genoa
St. Francis
America
Francis
Jesus
Christ
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Eugene A. LA Verdiere
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Mondertuk
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St. Francis Mary of
Fraterlinus Bertram, O.F.M
Padre Santo
St. Francis of Assisi
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Paradise
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