Welcome to Saint Gerard Catholic Church! Saint Gerard is a personal parish for African-American that was founded in 1946 by the Redemptorist Fathers. Throughout its history, the parish has opened its doors to people from different backgrounds who speak different languages: English, Spanish, Kirundi...
Saint Paul of The Cross ; canonized 1867; feast day October 19) was the founder of the order of missionary priests known as the Passionists. In 1720 Paul dedicated his life to God and began to experience visions, in the last of which the Virgin Mary appe
This journey first made Dominic aware of the threat posed to the church in the south ofFranceby theAlbigensianheretics, orCathari, who were reviving and developing theManichaeanteaching that two supreme beings, Good and Evil, dominate spirit and matter respectively, so that whatever concerns the...
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The Franciscans have popularized several devotional practices in the Roman Catholic Church. Among the best known are the Christmas crèche, the Stations of the Cross, and the Angelus. Besides their traditional role of preaching, Franciscans have been active in the work of foreign missions, includin...
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Saint Pius V ; canonized May 22, 1712; feast day April 30) was an Italian ascetic, reformer, and relentless persecutor of heretics, whose papacy (1566–72) marked one of the most austere periods in Roman Catholic church history. During his reign, the Inq
1922 he was declared patron of all spiritual retreats by PopePius XI, and he is also considered a patron of soldiers. His achievements and those of his followers form a chapter in the history of theRoman Catholic Churchthat cannot be neglected by those who desire to understand that ...
Saint Paul VI, Italian pope during a period including most of the Second Vatican Council and the immediate postconciliar era, in which he issued directives and guidance to a changing Roman Catholic Church. His pontificate was confronted with the uncertai
The faith had demonstrated its appeal to people of different cultures and environments; the church could be catholic, universal. This was not done without opposition. First, their stern moral standard (though attractive to some) and their fear of contamination by the idolatry woven into the ...