“It is not necessary for all to take the vows of a religious, but it is necessary for all to live [a holy life] in order to gain heaven, whoever or wherever they may be. Their souls cannot let them rest where they are.”
Isaac T. Hecker (From a letter to his family written during Hecker’s novitiate; “The Paulist Vocation” PV, 116)

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St. Agnes

St. Agnes Feast date: Jan 21 On Jan. 21, the Roman Catholic Church honors the virgin and martyr St. Agnes, who suffered death for her consecration to Christ. Although the