The Strip District was a fertile field for God's sons and daughters to labor in. Serving God meant caring for His people on earth. We are all called to sainthood and the tireless love of the following holy men and women is a reminder to all of us that with God, all things are possible.
Blessed Frances Siedliska at Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church
To the greater glory of God, on April 23, 1989, Mother Frances Siedliska was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Frances Siedliska was born on 12 November 1842 at her family estate at Roszkowa Wola, Poland in the midst of the wealth and...
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Blessed Francis Seelos At Saint Philomena Church
His Holiness Pope John Paul II, proclaimed Father Seelos "Blessed" in Saint Peter's Square on April 9th of the Solemn Jubilee Year 2000. Francis Xavier Seelos was born on January 11, 1819 in Fűssen, Bavaria, Germany. He was baptized on the same day...
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Saint John Neumann At Saint Philomena Church
Twenty-five years after Neumann's death, in 1885, Philadelphia Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan instituted a diocesan investigation of his virtues. Eleven years later the cause was formally accepted for study by the Congregation of Rites, now called the...
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