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April Saint of the Month
St. Catherine of Sienna
Saint of the Month:
St. Catherine of Siena was
born in 1347 during a difficult time in the Church. She received tremendous graces very early on
and she dedicated her life to God when she was seven years old. At the age of 16 she joined the Dominican order
and lived a life of hidden prayer during which she had many mystical
experiences and was shown visions of hell, purgatory, and heaven. The Lord called Catherine to a public life
and she was a major influence trying to renew the Church of the 14th
century. She was called upon by popes,
bishops, and political leaders to work towards peace. St. Catherine influenced Pope Gregory XI to
return to Rome from France
and to work toward reforming the clergy which brought much needed unity to the
Church, but this peace did not last and at the end of St. Catherine’s life she
again was trying to bring unity to the Church after a misunderstanding about
who the true pope was. St. Catherine
died at the age of 33 and was declared a Saint and later a Doctor of the Church
for her teachings and major contributions to the Church.
Virtue of the Month: Solidarity
or Unity : St. Catherine illustrates
solidarity both in material and spiritual levels. First in her love for the poor and destitute
she constantly worked to help those in need.
Second she defended the unity of the Church even to the point of giving
her life to stand up for the need for unity in the Church and its members.
Saints Revisited:
October (St. Francis of Assisi)
November (St. Francis Xavier Cabrini)
