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      • St. Monica died at age 56, in the year 387. In modern times, she has become the inspiration for the St. Monica Sodality, which encourages prayer and penance among Catholics whose children have left the faith.
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  2. 4 days ago · St. Monica of Tagaste in northern Africa is famously known for being St. Augustine ’s mother. She prayed unceasingly for three decades for her wayward son’s conversion to Christianity. But through the grace of God and her gentle nature, she also aided in the conversion of her mother-in-law, who had a wicked tongue, and her pagan husband ...

  3. 4 days ago · The St. Monica Ministry came about when Bishop Alfred Schlert of the Allentown Diocese asked her to facilitate an event for families in the diocese that were praying for fallen-away loved ones. Every month on the second Wednesday evening is a Holy Hour with a priest, during which all are invited to place lighted candles of petition before the ...

  4. 5 days ago · St. Monica is best known as the mother of St. Augustine. They were Berbers who lived in what is today Algeria (N. Africa) in the 4th century A.D. For most of St. Monica’s life, her husband and son, much to her consternation, were both very vocally opposed her Christianity.

  5. 5 days ago · St. John Paul II: “Thank you, women who are mothers! You have sheltered human beings within yourselves in a unique experience of joy and travail. This experience makes you become God’s own ...

  6. 3 days ago · PREAMBLE. BE IT KNOWN, that certain fathers who are members of the Parish of St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have associated themselves for certain beneficial and religious purposes, upon the terms, and by the name, hereinafter stated, and being desirous of promoting the God-given relationship of Father and Son ...

  7. 5 days ago · The Rosary shall be a very powerful armor against hell; it shall destroy vice, deliver from sin, and shall dispel heresy. The Rosary shall make virtue and good works flourish, and shall obtain for souls the most abundant divine mercies; it shall substitute in hearts love of God for love of the world, elevate them to desire heavenly and eternal ...

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