The Servant of God, Father Nelson Baker (1842-1936), was declared Venerable on January 14. During a private audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Holy Father authorized the congregation to promulgate the decree of Father Baker’s heroic virtue. Other decrees were also promulgated that day.
Father Nelson Baker Declared Venerable
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.Relevant thoughts from last year for this First Friday in June: On Loving and Hating in June: the Sacred Heart vs. Depraved ‘Pride’
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“Saint Marcellinus was a priest and Saint Peter an exorcist (one of the minor orders), who both lived in Rome and labored there under the cruel Emperor Diocletian. They were martyred together.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“Saint Angela Merici, with twelve girl companions, in 1535, founded the famous and beloved Order of nuns known as the Ursulines. They now have convent schools for girls all over the world. The last word Saint Angela Merici spoke was the Holy Name of Jesus” https://t.co/alno7DZO6y2 days ago 3 14
