days in the linen room, cared for the elderly, set up the henhouse, presided over the creation of a stable, and efficiently managed the budget allocated by the superior for the food and health of the convent's [...] she saw the painted portrait of a priest at the entrance: it was the same priest she had seen in her dream! She was told that this man was Saint Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Daughters of Charity [...] years of investigation and observation, Father Aladel obtained from the Archbishop of Paris the permission to produce the medal (later known as "the miraculous medal") requested by the Virgin . The first

Blandina and the Martyrs of Lyon: the fortitude of faith (177 AD) In the summer of 177, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, a violent persecution against Christians swept through the city of Lyon. Among [...] explain the heroic resistance of Saint Blandina, nor the perseverance unto death of the 47 other Christians of Lyon. The answer is supernatural. Summary: Nothing suggested the hidden reserve of strength [...] in this frail female slave. The author of the Letter from the Christians of Lyon to the Church of Smyrna states: " In Blandina, Christ gave this teaching: what, in the eyes of men, is contemptible, vile

Antioch was the second known leader of the Church of Syria after the apostles. According to tradition, he succeeded Evodius, who presided over the Church of Antioch at the end of the apostolic era . Eventually [...] available to us attest that Ignatius was the head of the Church in Antioch at the beginning of the second century (testimonies of Polycarp of Smyrna, Irenaeus of Lyons, etc.). We have seven letters from [...] link in the chain of transmission that attests to the truth of Christianity. The Martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, 17th century, Galleria Borghese, Rome / CC0/wikimedia Reasons to believe: The historical

in complete trust to the mother of Christ. He is one of the great saints who clearly understood the place of Mary in the history of salvation following in the footsteps of Bernard of Clairvaux, John Eudes [...] organized the Militia Immaculatae (Army of the Immaculate One), to work for the conversion of sinners and enemies of the Catholic Church, specifically the Freemasons, through the intercession of the Virgin [...] December 8, 1927, he founded the monastery of Niepokalanov: the City of the Immaculate. On January 30, 1930, he made a pilgrimage to Lourdes, then to the chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Paris

Despite the austerity of the Carthusian way of life, the expansion of the order has been constant throughout the ages: this undeniably attests to the spiritual strength of the call to which the Carthusians [...] Bishop of Grenoble, was told in a dream of the arrival of Saint Bruno and his first six companions, just before the foundation of the first community in the Chartreuse mountain range of France. The meeting [...] to the city's poor and set off with two friends, Pierre and Lambert, for the Cistercian priory of Sèche-Fontaine, a dependency of the abbey of Molesme. There, he met Saint Robert, co-founder of the Cistercians

something uncommon at the time. He was an ardent defender of the sacraments , which the Council of Trent put back at the center of Christian life in 1542. He was a zealous servant of the Church, regarding [...] regard to the Council of Trent (1542), which undertook a reform movement he had anticipated. He was an ardent defender of the sacraments, which the Council put back at the center of Christian life. The spiritual [...] throughout the day. The Mystery of God is not revealed to our intelligence. We learn more of the wisdom of Sacred Scripture through prayer than through study. " Given the scope and success of this community

told). More information: The full transcript of Saint Joan of Arc’s 1431 trial and condemnation The 1455 trial of nullification Best movies on Joan of Arc: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), an excellent [...] a "symbol of the nation" and her canonization that same year, a hundred years ago. With the Acts of the Rouen Trial, the French not only have " the purest and most moving masterpiece in all of literature [...] and politics, told with the joyful and confident energy - even in suffering - and the splendid common sense of this young girl who is the most perfect embodiment of the soul of France. Olivier Bonnassies

mission to the poor and sick of the neighborhood . Over the course of the apparitions (19 in all), a genuine relationship developed between Mary and her protégée who, according to the accounts of the time, [...] roses, appeared under the title of " Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary ". She asked Marie-Louise to ask the clergy to build a chapel there . This request was fulfilled. The words of the apparition were fully [...] France 1859-1908 The incorrupt body of Marie-Louise Nerbollier, the visionary from Diémoz Marie-Louise Nerbollier was born into a very devout family of poor weavers in Lyon. From the age of 24, she received

around the world, many seeking physical healing. Representation of the vision scene in the Chapel of the Apparition at Knock Mhuire / © CC BY-SA 4.0 / KnockShrine Reasons to believe: The duration of the [...] resident of the village of Knock, was going home with the priest's housekeeper, Mary McLoughlin, 45. The weather was very wet and night was falling. When she reached the parish church of St John the Baptist [...] and the night was dark. Some people recognized the Virgin Mary, St Joseph and St John the Evangelist . But while the identity of the Mother of God was quickly confirmed, those of St Joseph and St John

information: A Short Account of the Life and Virtues of the Venerable and Religious Mother, Mary of the Holy Cross: Abbess of the English Poor Clares at Rouen : ... Sweet Odour of Sanctity, March 21, Anno [...] day Dying in the odour of sanctity The expression "to die in the odour of sanctity" is not a figure of speech. There are many documented examples of this occurrence throughout the course of history, beginning [...] time . The Church eventually canonised her, not because of this phenomenon, but because of the investigation into her life. She had developed three hearts, in the image of what the Fathers of the Church