by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco in 1290, adopting the Rule of St. Augustine. Clare’s sister Joan was the abbess of this...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 4 The chief men then said to the king, ‘You must have this man put to death: he is unquestionably disheartening the remaining soldiers in the city, and all the people too, by talking like this. This man is seeking not the welfare...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 15, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Stephen the Great (977-1038), was the son of the Magyar chieftain Geza, Stephen succeeded him as leader in 997. Already raised a Christian, in 996 he wed the daughter of Duke Henry II of Bavaria and devoted much of his reign to the promotion of the Christian...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 15, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Joshua 24:14-29 14 ‘So now, fear Yahweh and serve him truly and sincerely; banish the gods whom your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh.15 But if serving Yahweh seems a bad thing to you, today you must make up your minds...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 14, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Bishop and companion of St. Augustine. He was born in Tagaste, North Africa, and was raised as a friend of St. Augustine. He went to Rome to study law and became a magistrate there. When Augustine arrived in Rome, Alipius resigned his post and accompanied him to...
