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FR. JERÓNIMO DOS SANTOS TRIGO, CMF

       May 24, 1952 – March 15, 2025 (Province of Fatima / Provincia de Fatima)

FR.  CHRYSANTHUS OGBOZO, CMF

       October 25, 1961 – March 13, 2025 (Province of East Nigeria / Provincia de East Nigeria)

Claretian Voices Call for a Revision of International Debt

Responding to an appeal described as "urgent" by Pope Francis in the bull of convocation for the Jubilee, several Claretian missionaries holding significant responsibilities within the Congregation have joined more than a hundred religious leaders worldwide in urging...

FR. BERNARDO TORIBIO BLANCO, CMF

       November 20, 1927  – March 10, 2025 (Province of Fr. Rhoel Gallardo / Provincia de Fr. Rhoel Gallardo)

18 August

“They have owed me since September and you since April of this year. I am sorry to put the complaint to Her Majesty,...

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17 August

“Do not aspire to the dignities and ecclesiastical benefices, yes God does not call you to them, like Aaron; and if...

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16 August

“Jesus Christ ( ... ) to the gloomy inventions of the genius of error has opposed the sun of the Catholic faith, the...

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15 August

“We must love the Blessed Virgin Mary because God wants it. To love is to want good for the beloved, it is to do good...

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14 August

*190. - “Demos gracias a Dios: ya el Señor y su Santísima Madre se han dignado aceptar las primicias de los mártires....

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13 August

“Let us give thanks to God: already the Lord and his Blessed Mother have very kindly accepted the first fruits of the...

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12 August

On reaching the Gulf of Damas, (travelling to Cuba) I began conducting a mission on deck. Everyone on board attended...

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11 August

“…my honourable Prelate D. Luciano Casadevall called me aside and gave me the letter of your Excellency and the...

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10 August

“When they came to get my regular clothing they also took the Bible I had brought. I asked for it and was told, “Very...

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9 August

“Quite content, I undertook the journey to Barcelona.... Shortly before my arrival at Barcelona, a hurricane came up,...

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8 August

“I also had good parents who cooperated with my teacher in moulding my understanding in truth and nurturing my heart...

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7 August

Mary “is a full moon for the sinners [those]; who she shines on in the night of sin, so that they do not fall into...

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6 August

“Oh Virgin and Mother of God, I offer myself as your son, and in the honour and glory of your purity I consecrate to...

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5 August

“The world was converted by the preaching of the crucified Jesus and by the frequent reception of Holy Communion. The...

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4 August

If you saw your father being beaten and stabbed, wouldn’t you run to defend him? Wouldn't it be a crime for you to...

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3 August

I surrender all as a son and priest of Mary. She will be my Mother, Teacher and Director and everything I do and...

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2 August

“The Heart of Mary was not only a living member of Jesus Christ by faith and charity, but also the origin and source...

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1 August

“A farm without cultivation produces nothing either for the owner or farmer. Religion without worship serves nothing,...

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31 July

[In the Jesuit novitiate] “I had something to learn from everyone, and in truth I learned it, with the help of God's...

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30 July

“In the province of Tarragona I was loved by nearly all the people, but there were a few who wished me dead. The...

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29 July

“At the beginning of my stay in Vic I was undergoing an experience not unlike what goes on in a blacksmith's shop. The...

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