April 9: St. Gaucherius

Saint Gaucherius was born in France and was fortunate to receive a good Christian education. At an early age of eighteen, he renounced things of this world and chose to live a solitary life. Many men came to love this type of life and pleaded to be allowed to join....

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April 8: St. Julia Billiart

Born: 1751, in France Died: April 8, 1816 Saint Julia took a vow of chastity at a very tender age precisely at fourteen years of age. She labored zealously to help alleviate her impoverished family. She experienced a very shocking incidence of an attempt to assassinate her father and as...

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March 6: St. Colette, Virgin

BORN: 1381 (France) DIED: 1447 Saint Colette was highly gifted with the gift of founding Convents and communities as well as reformation of already existed and dying convents.in France and Flanders. This was vividly seen in her untiring efforts in reforming the Third Order of Saint Francis and that of...

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