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december saints-fry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| friend of st. ignatius of loyola, the founder of the jesuits | saint francis xavier s.j. |
| "apostle of the indies" | saint francis xavier s.j. |
| patron saint of foreign missionaries | saint francis xavier s.j. |
| "often I repeat the creed and the commandments. some days I baptize a whole village." | saint francis xavier s.j. |
| with faith, he had the gift to heal, to raise the dead to life, and the gift of tongues (which had not been experienced since the acts of the apostles) -> conversions | saint francis xavier s.j. |
| legend: a) saved 3 girls from prostitution by providing dowries of gold | saint nicholas |
| legend: b) restored 3 boys to life who had been murdered by a butcher | saint nicholas |
| known for charity to the poor -> santa claus | saint nicholas |
| patron saint of children | saint nicholas |
| as a catechumen he was elected Bishop of Milan -> so he had to be baptised | saint ambrose |
| preached and taught against the heresy of Arianism | saint ambrose |
| baptised saint augustine in 387 | saint ambrose |
| doctor of the church | saint ambrose |
| his given name was Cuauhtlatzin ("Talking Eagle") | saint juan diego |
| converted to the faith | saint juan diego |
| 12/9/1531 - mary appeared to him on the mountain of Tepeyac, Mexico | saint juan diego |
| she left her "native mexican" image on his tilma -> Our Lady of Guadalupe | saint juan diego |
| used the media to evangelize, especially TV "Life is Worth Living" | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen |
| national director of the Society for the Propagations of the Faith - the missions | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen |
| developed the world mission rosary | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen |
| made a daily holy hour with the blessed sacrament | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen |
| "The need for God never disappears those who deny the existence of water are still thirsty, and those who deny God still want Him in their craving for beauty and love, and peace which He is alone." | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen |
| he commissioned st. Jerome to translate the Bible into Latin (the vulgate) | Pope saint Damasus I |
| changed the liturgical language of the Church from greek to latin | Pope saint Damasus I |
| worked hard to preserve and restore the catacombs and relics | Pope saint Damasus I |
| "I wished to be buried here, but I feared to offend the ashes of the holy ones." | Pope saint Damasus I |
| she took a vow of virginity; her suitor accused her of being Christian | saint lucy |
| she was put into prison and tortured | saint lucy |
| martyred during the reign of emperor Diocletian - beheaded with a sword | saint lucy |
| 1 of 7 women mentioned in Eucharistic prayer | saint lucy |
| patron saint of those with eye ailments and blindness | saint lucy |
| born of a good family and educated in a monastery in Sussex | saint Thomas Becket |
| later studied canon law at the university of Bologna | saint Thomas Becket |
| became chancellor to satisfy his friend, King Henry II | saint Thomas Becket |
| became ArchBishop of Canterbury in 1162: "should God premmit me to be the Archbishop of Canterbury I would soon lose her majesty's favor." | saint Thomas Becket |
| was martyred in the cathedral of Canterbury and became even more famous in Geoffry's "Canterbury's Tales" and T.S. Elliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" | saint Thomas Becket |
| joined the Carmelites in 1563 | saint John of the cross |
| helped saint teresa of avila reform the carmelites | saint John of the cross |
| great teacher/writer of mystical theology (dark night of the soul) | saint John of the cross |
| doctor of the church | saint John of the cross |
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paige harper
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