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Born:c. 6 AD[1]
Died:c. 100 AD
Feast Day:27 December
Saint John the Beloved was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testement. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome. His brother was James, who was another of the Twelve Apostle.By the end of his life, both John became known for something other than  ambitious temperaments. James was the first apostle to be martyred and John will always be known and remembered as the only apostle who did not flee the scene of the crucifixion.
I learned what true friendship means,i will always surpport my friends and when something happens to them i would be there.
By:Shayna

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1384–1440

March 9—Optional Memorial
Liturgical Color: White (Purple if Lenten Weekday)
Patron Saint of motorists and widows

Just to be near her was thought a blessing

Today’s saint, born into a wealthy noble family in the Eternal City, was married to a man from a similarly privileged family when she was just thirteen. Saint Frances earnestly sought to do the will of God in serving her husband, her children, and her home while also attempting to live a high level of holiness modeled on the life of a nun. She had desired to enter religious life from a young age, but her father refused to break his promise to give Frances in marriage to a fellow nobleman. Frances struggled with an internal conflict between her married state and the religious state to which she had originally felt called. This was not a choice between a good and a bad option. It was a natural tension in the soul of a holy woman who saw two paths open before her, both of which led to God. After her husband died and her children were grown, Saint Frances did live the ordered life of a religious, albeit outside of a convent.

The divine pull that Saint Frances felt in the direction of two unique callings was not unusual. The Church has other female saints who were wives and mothers before they entered religious life. The spiritual theology of the Church in the twentieth century, ratified by the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, now offers a vision of holiness which resolves much of this earlier tension in trying to discern a vocation. The primary calling of all Christians is imparted through Baptism, fortified in Confirmation, and nourished in reception of Holy Communion. These Sacraments are sufficient armor to fit one for holiness in any and all circumstances. The married life and its natural domestic concerns is, then, as much a theater for holiness as a cloister.

The Church wants all Catholics to understand daily life as its own drama in fulfilling, or rejecting, God’s will. It is not that one is distracted with the details of work, family, domestic chores, and children while the real action takes place in the parish, the monastery, the retreat center or the convent. The real action is at home, in the domestic church. It is precisely at home where Christians spend most of their time, raise their children, engage with their spouses, and accomplish the multitude of tasks that make life happen. Home and work are not spheres of life. They are life. And it would be absurd to argue that the will of God lies outside of life itself. To say that holiness is for everyone is to say that all of creation is a forum to pursue it, and that no vocation limits the opportunity to accomplish God’s will.

Saint Frances of Rome was a model wife and mother for forty years, often in violent and difficult circumstances provoked by skirmishes related to the Western Schism, the era of more than one pope which divided Rome’s elites into warring factions. Frances’ husband loved and revered her, her servants admired her, and her children adored her. In addition to performing her domestic duties so faithfully, Frances also fasted, prayed, had a vibrant mystical spirituality, and was generous with the poor. Her charity toward the destitute was not the modern charity of making charitable donations. She did the work, not someone else. She herself made personal contact with the homeless, the hungry, and beggars. Her sterling example of piety and service led her to found a group of like-minded women who lived in the world but who bound themselves to a life of prayer and service. The group was later recognized as an order in the Church under the title the Oblates of Saint Frances of Rome. So in addition to fulfilling her own duties, Frances also helped similarly high-placed women to avoid lives of frivolity.

Saint Frances of Rome was generous in all things, saw her guardian angel at her side for many years, ate little more than dry bread, and had a provable gift of healing. As her reputation for holiness spread in her later years, to be in her mere presence was considered a blessing by the people of Rome. As wife, mother, and later Oblate, she stretched herself to the limit in seeking out and doing God’s will, precisely as that will was transmitted to her by the Church she loved with such fervor.

Saint Frances of Rome, through your intercession, aid all wives and mothers to live lives of generous service to their families. Help them to serve the domestic Church by creating, and fortifying, that cradle of holiness and culture the Church so needs to flourish.

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Patron: young girls, chastity, 🤬 survivors, and Children of Mary
Canonized by: Pope John Paul II
St Agnes was a very pretty girl and many people wanted her to marry her. However, she refused all of them as she had made a promise to God to never stain her purity. When she refused the governor’s son, then accused her of being Christian and was condemned to death.

I can donate to charitable organisations for the protection of girls and learn from St Agnes.

Genevieve koh

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St Joseph (Patron saint of the Universal Church, families, fathers, expectant mothers, travelers, immigrants, house sellers and buyers, craftsmen, engineers and working people.)

Feast day : March 19

Dates : unknown

Joseph was a descendant of the house of King David. After marrying Mary, he found her already pregnant and, “being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace” (Matthew 1:19), decided to divorce her quietly, but an angel told him that the child was the Son of God and was conceived by the Holy Spirit. Obeying the angel, Joseph took Mary as his wife. After Jesus’ birth at Bethlehem in Judaea, where the Holy Family received the Magi, an angel warned Joseph and Mary about the impending violence against the child by King Herod the Great of Judaea, whereupon they fled to Egypt. There the angel again appeared to Joseph, informing him of Herod’s death and instructing him to return to the Holy Land.

Reflection : We can mimic St Joseph's life by being obedient and listen to our parents :))

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Feast day: April 29
Dates: 1337 - 1380
Canonized in: 1461

Saint Catherine of Siena was known as the Ambassador of God and at an early age wanted to devote herself to God, against the will of her parents. She joined the "mantellate," a group of pious women, primarily widows, informally devoted to Dominican spirituality. One day when she was praying in the Dominican Church, a beggar came up to her and asked her to do an act of charity. She wanted to help him, but she had no money or food with her, so she gave him the silver cross which was attached to the rosary she was carrying. That night, she saw Jesus in a dream, who told her that since she had given Him the silver crucifix (indirectly), it would be presented for her greater joy on Judgement Day. She had lived a life of sacrifice, suffering and merits, and died at the young age of 33.

As Saint Catherine loved God so much that she wanted to be and live like him,
I can follow her example in my daily life by showing love to God by not complaining or lamenting when I feel uncomfortable or face challenges.

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St. Luke
Feast Day: 18 October

Luke first joined Paul's company at Troas at about the year 51 and accompanied him into Macedonia. Luke then switches back to the third person. When Paul left Philippi, Luke stayed behind to encourage the Church there. Seven years passed before Paul returned to the area on his third missionary journey. In Acts 20:5, the switch to "we" tells us that Luke has left Philippi to rejoin Paul in Troas in 58 where they first met up. They traveled together through Miletus, Tyre, Caesarea, to Jerusalem.

Luke is the loyal comrade who stays with Paul when he is imprisoned in Rome about the year 61: After everyone else deserts Paul in his final imprisonment and sufferings, it is Luke who remains with Paul to the end: "Only Luke is with me" (2 Timothy 4:11).

In our daily life, we should persevere through obstacles we will face in our life.

-Rachel Teo

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Dates:1603-1663
Feast:18 september
Patron saint for studying

St. Joseph of Cupertino was plagued by these obstacles his entire life, and is now the patron saint of exams. Because of his gift of levitation, he is also the patron saint of pilots, paratroopers and air travelers.He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous levitation and intense ecstatic visions that left him gaping.

Saint joseph of cupertino persevered even though he struggled with his seminary classes, he had deep love for jesus

- Matthew

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St Nichola’ reputation evolved among the pious, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving. One example of his generous it’s was when he rescued three girls from being forced into prostitution by dropping a sack of gold coins through the window of their house each night for three nights so their father could pay a dowry for each of them. I can apply this to my daily life to be more generous to people around me who need help.

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St. Nicholas, also known as "Nikolaos of Myra," was a fourth-century saint and Greek bishop. He suffered imprisonment of the faith and made a glorious confession in the persecution raised by Diocletian. St. Nicholas died in Myra and was buried in his cathedral. Three purses, representing pictures, came to be mistaken for the heads of three children and so they gave rise to the absurd story of the children resuscitated by St. Nicholas who had been killed by an innkeeper and pickled in a brine tub. He is said to have given the heresiarch Arius a "slap in the face" during the Council of Nicaea, but this tradition is disputed. St. Nicholas of Myra appeared in a dream to Emperor Constatine and freed three innocent men from prison. He also freed imperial officers who had been condemned to death by the jealousy of the prefect Ablavius. St. Nicholas died and was buried in Myra; a basilica was built in his honor at Constantinople. The relics of St. Nicholas were brought to Italy from Myra in 1087. The image of St. Nicholas is, more often than any other, found on Byzantine seals. The legend of the "three children" is credited to his patronage of children and various observances connected therewith; such were the boy bishop and especially in Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

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I feel like he helped the child willingly, which inspires me to help others expecting no reward, which was what he did.
He is the patron saint of travelers
His Feast day is 24 July

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Mother Teresa helped the poorest of the poor, the needy and the helpless.
Her feast day is on the 5th of September.
She is the patron saint of The World Youth Day Missionaries of Charity Archdiocese of Calcutta.

She teaches us to help people, and how we can live a holy life.

Rochelle

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Feast day: September 27
Patron: of charities; horses; hospitals; leprosy; lost articles; Madagascar; prisoners; Richmond, Virginia; spiritual help; Saint Vincent de Paul Societies; Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory; Vincentian Service Corps; volunteers

we should learn from St. Vincent de Paul and help the less fortunate

eunice

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St. Bernadette
Feastday: April 16
Patron: of illness, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty, shepherds, shepherdesses, and Lourdes, France
Birth: January 7, 1844
Death: April 16, 1879
Beatified: 1925
Canonized: by Pope Pius XI on December 1933
She showed her commitment to Mother Mary by visiting a grotto every day to speak to her. Although she would embarrass herself as others could not see Mother Mary, she still continued to visit her and followed every instruction mother mary gave like to build a chapel at the grotto and by using the water from the grotto to cure the sake.
In my daily life: We can be more faithful to god and to believe in god and never feel embarrassed of practicing my religion.

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He served as a soldier. During war he was captured as a prisoner of war and held for ransom, which his father paid after nearly a year of imprisonment. During his imprisonment St. Francis began receiving visions telling him to build God’s church. After his release from prison he abandoned his life of luxury to spread the word of God. Later in his life legend says that he received a vision that left him with “the stigmata of Christ”, meaning marks that resemble the wounds Christ suffered at his crucifixion. St. Francis is the first recorded person to receive the stigmata.

St. Francis is known for his compassion and for his deep connection to all beings particularly the animal kingdom. During his lifetime he cared for the sick and the poor. St. Francis traveled the country side delivering sermons to humans and to the animals. He believed all creatures were his brothers and sisters under God.

Matthias

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Dates:1381-1472
Feast Day:May 22

She is the patron of impossible cases, difficult marriages and parenthood. The day after her baptism, Rita was surrounded by a swarm of white bees, which went in and out of her infant mouth without hurting her. Following the deaths of her sons, Rita attempted to enter the monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene in Cascia, but she was not allowed to join due to her husband's association with their family feud. Once the conflict was resolved, Rita was allowed to enter the monastery at the age of thirty-six. It is said that she was transported into the monastery of Saint Magdalene through levitation at night by the three patron saints she appealed to. Rita had a great devotion to the Passion of Christ, and one day, when she was sixty-year-old, she asked, "Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour."After her request, a wound appeared on her forehead, as if a thorn from Christ's crown had pierced her. It left a deep wound, which did not heal, and it caused her to suffer until the day she died.

We have to fight for what is right even when others disagree and try and stop us.

Vivienne Lim

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St Teresa
Feast day: September 5
She joined a group of people to help the poorest of the poor and wanted to contribute to her society.
-help others and don’t expect anything back

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Saint Maximilian Kolbe
1894-1941

Maximilian Maria Kolbe, venerated as Saint Maximilian Kolbe, was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II.

In my daily life:
Since st. Maximilian was always positive throughout, and always told his fellow prisoners that they would soon be able to enjoy their life in Heaven, I can always seek the positive even in negative situations

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St Nicholas:
Feast: 6 December
Patron: Bakers and Pawnbrokers
-Saint Nicholas was a Christian bishop who helped the needy. After his death, the legend of his gift-giving grew. Saint Nicholas transformed into the legendary character called Santa Claus, who brings Christmas presents to children around the world.
-One day as he was on his way he came upon a woman with a withered hand. Stopping, he approached her, laid his hand on her, prayed to God, and made the sign of the cross. The hand miraculously became whole. This was the earliest miracle that has been attributed to Saint Nicholas.
In my daily life: Maybe in our daily lives, we could donate be it our clothes, books or anything that we no longer use but is still in good condition to those who need it and those who are less fortunate.

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st Joseph's
feast day: 19march
St. Joseph is the patron of the universal church in Roman Catholicism, and his life is recorded in the Gospels, particularly Matthew and Luke. Joseph was a descendant of the house of King David.
we can be hardworking 🙌🏻

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Feastday: March 19
Patron: of the Universal Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, and a happy death
Death: 18

Joseph was a compassionate, caring man. When he discovered Mary was pregnant after they had been betrothed, he knew the child was not his but was as yet unaware that she was carrying the Son of God. He knew women accused of adultery could be stoned to death, so he resolved to send her away quietly to not expose her to shame or cruelty. However, when an angel came to Joseph in a dream and told him, 20 "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins," he did as the angel told him and took Mary as his wife.

We can be caring and compassionate to the people around us.

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St Dymphna, patron saint of mental health Feast day: May 15

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When she was fourteen, she consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity. Soon afterward, her mother died and her father - who had loved his wife deeply - began to suffer a rapid deterioration of his mental stability. She built a hospital for the poor and sick, but in using her wealth, her father was able to discover her location. Saint Dymphna is the patroness of those suffering nervous and mental afflictions as well as victims of incest.

When friends or family are dealing with mental health issues, you could pray for them using her prayer.

Grace Laryssa

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Saint paul was influential and many of his writings are in the canon of the bible. Initially his name was Saul and he used to have done many terrible things but now he converted to christ and travelled around the world and spread the word of the lord. After seeing this, I could say that we one way to be like Saint Paul is to spread the word of the lord and be a good influence to the people around you

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St Joseph
Feast Day: 19 March

St Joseph is the patron Saint of the Universal Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, and a happy death.

Joseph was a hardworking carpenter. I feel that we should be hardworking like him.

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Feast day: January 1
Patron: of all humanity

Mary Mother of God is believed by many to be the greatest of all saints.
Mary is venerated with a special cult, St. Thomas Aquinas, hyperdulia, as the holiest of all creatures.
How I can apply it in my daily life: I can have faith in god and trust him since Mary did the same when Gabriel the arc angel came and told her that she will be bearing the son of God.

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St Joan of arc was a very brave and dedicated. Not only did she lead with her men into battle. She also returned to battle after getting shot in the neck to continue to lead her men.
I can follow her example by helping others and never giving up
St Teresa shows kindness and dedication to her faith and mission, believing everyone deserves love

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Feastday: February 14

Patron: of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages

It is highly agreed that St. Valentine was martyred and then buried on the Via Flaminia to the north of Rome.

St. Valentine was on house imprisonment with Judge Asterius at one point in his life as the previous Bishop of Terni, Narnia, and Amelia, according to legend. Valentine pledged the validity of Jesus while debating religion and faith with the Judge. Valentine's faith was instantly put to the test by the court.

The judge's blind daughter was delivered to St. Valentine, who was instructed to restore her sight. If he was successful, the judge promised to go to any length for Valentine. Valentine restored the child's vision by placing his hands on her eyes.

I can be faithful to Jesus like St. Valentine and turn to him for love?

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the Universal Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, travelers, immigrants, and a happy death
i can follow his footsteps by working hard and not giving up

regin:/

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saint joseph
feast day : 19 march
- he is the patron saint of the universal church, families, fathers, expectant mothers, house sellers and buyers, craftsmen engineers and working people
- he is a working carpenter
- i can learn to be hardworking likehim

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In 1224, an army of rough soldiers from Frederick II came to attack Assisi. Although very sick, Clare went out to meet them with the Blessed Sacrament on her hands. She had the Blessed Sacrament placed at the wall where the enemies could see it. Then on her knees, she begged God to save the Sisters.

"O Lord, protect these Sisters whom I cannot protect now," she prayed. A voice seemed to answer: "I will keep them always in My care." In that moment, a sudden fright struck the attackers and they fled as fast as they could without harming anyone in Assisi.

St. Clare was faithful to God even in the face of danger. We should be like St. Clare and pray to God in times of need.
-James

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Anthony of Padua
Portuguese priest
Anthony or Antony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in Padua, Italy. Wikipedia
Born: 15 August 1195, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: 13 June 1231, Padua, Italy
Canonized: 30 May 1232, Spoleto, Italy by Pope Gregory IX
Attributes: Book; bread; Infant Jesus; lily; fish; mule; incorruptibility; incorrupt tongue
Venerated in: Anglicanism Catholicism
Parents: Vicente Martins , Teresa Pais Taveira

i can help people find their stuff i would try my best to help them find with a calm mind

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Gabriel is recognized as the patron saint of messengers, telecommunication workers, and postal workers. His feast day is celebrated on September 29St. Gabriel is an angel who serves as a messenger for God to certain people. He is one of the three archangels.

Isaac Tng

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Feast day:May 30
Patron saint of: soldiers and France
Canonized by: Pope Benedict 15

When she was young she had visions of saints  who told her to drive the English from France. She later became a soldier and fought battles.
-Angelin

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blessed Nicholas barre
born: 12 October 1621
died: 31 may 1686
beatified: 7 March 1999
about:
- Catholic priest
- founded IJ schools
what can do to be more like him:
I can help the less fortunate or those in need.

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St Joseph
Dates: ----
Feast: 19 March

We know he was a carpenter, a working man, for the skeptical Nazarenes ask about Jesus. He wasn't rich for when he took Jesus to the Temple to be circumcised and Mary to be purified he offered the sacrifice of two turtledoves or a pair of pigeons, allowed only for those who could not afford a lamb.

In my daily life:
We are to be diligent and meticulous in our work.

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St. Gabriel is an angel who serves as a messenger for God to certain people. He is one of the three archangels. Gabriel is mentioned in both the Old and the New Testaments of the Bible. First, in the Old Testament, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions. Gabriel is described as, "one who looked like man," as he interprets Daniel's visions. He speaks to Daniel while he is sleeping. After Gabriel's first visit, Daniel becomes tired and sick for days. Gabriel later visits Daniel again providing him with more insight and understanding in an answered prayer.

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St Maximilian Kolbe
DATES: 1894 - 1941

He was ordained a priest and continued his work of promoting Mary throughout Poland. Over the next several years, Kolbe took on publishing. He founded a monthly periodical titled, "Rycerz Niepokalanej" (Knight of the Immaculate). He also operated a religious publishing press and founded a new Conventual Franciscan monastery at Niepokalanow, which became a major religious publishing center. It is said during the last days of his life Kolbe led prayers to Our Lady with the prisoners and remained calm.

In my daily life:
We can pray for the prisoners for their safety and well-being.

Mikayla

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They were very genorous and gave free treatment to people even though they had to sacrifice a lot

We can be kind to people and lend them money if they need

David Chan

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St. Mary Di Rosa 1813-1855 Feast :december 15

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Paula di Rosa was never afraid to open the door on a new opportunity to serve God.  enormous projects from the time she was seventeen, arranging retreats and special missions for her parish and setting up a women's guild. Mary di Rosa would go out at a moment's notice if she felt that someone needed her help.

In my daily life : i have to learn to have empathy.

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Thaddeo H2 On Saint Joseph, the first Pope

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Thaddeo H2 On Saint Joseph, the first Pope

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Saint Joseph (patron of the church)
Feast day: 19 march
Facts:
1. Was the 'rock' Jesus appointed to build the first church upon
2. The first pope
How to be like him: go church at least 6 times a year and go through canonization.

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St Thomas Aquinas and St Lawrence
Patron saints of wisdom and knowledge
1225-1274
225-258(anno domini)
28 jan (ordinary), 7 mar (extraordinary form)
August 10

St Thomas Aquinas was the greatest of the scholastic philosophers, he believe that people could prove that god existed in five ways, including understanding that cause and effect was all under God’s control, all movement in the world came from god, and that human intelligence was a gift from god

His moral philosophy was that all humans actions are governed by a general principle or precept that is foundational to and necessary for all practical reasoning: good is to be done and evil is to be avoided

So I can develop this virtues through learning and through practice, with self discipline and I must continue and maintain to do good and avoid evil

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Saint Leo The Great

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St Padre Pio
DATES: 1887-1968
FEAST: Sept. 23

He showed obedience when he was told by his superiors to stop doing the two most important tasks of a priest: saying public Mass and hearing confessions. He obeyed without complaint and did all that was asked of him.

In my daily life:
We have to obey our superiors, parents and people in authority.