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Sep 17 Adrienne von Speyr

Today we remember the death of the Swiss doctor and mystic Adrienne von Speyr. Born and raised during the early twentieth century in a...

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Sep 1 Fr Dowling's Spiritual Exercises and the AA movement

Edward Dowling was born today in 1898. He would be ordained a priest and become the advisor to Bill Wilson who founded Alcoholic...

Aug 6, 20215 min read

Aug 5 Bill W & Alcoholics Anonymous

Today in 1934 Bill Wilson was lying in Charles B. Towns Hospital for Drug and Alcohol Addictions in New York City under the care of Dr....

Jun 21, 20213 min read

June 22 The First Native North American Saint

Today we remember the beatification of Kateri Takakwitha, a Mohawk woman. Born in 1656 in what is now New York state, she belonged to...

May 23, 20213 min read

May 24 John Wesley's Conversion

In Aldersgate, London, Anglican priest John Wesley had an experience in the middle of a spiritual crisis which lead to establishment of...

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