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      The Assumption of Mary is celebrated on a Saturday this year, and every year, on August 15th. It is even a National Holiday in France. Everyone gets the day off to celebrate the Assumption, the day the Blessed Virgin Mary went up to Heaven.

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Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, the Cure D’Ars did become a priest and he heard the confessions of thousands. He had a great life as a priest. He has a childlike devotion to Saint Philomena but I do not know much more to say about that (yet).

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On the calendar of saints, Terry Jones, an exuberant and brilliant hagiographer, has noted that tomorrow, September 4th, is a Memorial Date for Saint Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, one of our favorite saints!

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As I’ve been working here, I’ve gotten to know a lot more about the saints and started to choose favorites. Right now, my two favorite medals are Saint Philomena and Saint Therese of Lisieux. Both of these medals instantly stood out to me when laid among the others, but once I started to understand them more fully, it sunk in as to why.

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Our Next Pilgrimage is scheduled and we will be traveling to Italy to the Shrine of Our Lady of Ghisallo, Patron of Bicycle Lovers and all other cyclists. Look for an Offer in a future Newsletter ....

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