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Blessed Feast Day of St Benedict Joseph Labre

Happy Feast Day - April 16h Feast Day of St. Benedict Joseph Labre Please Allow me to personally thank all of you for such a beautiful spiritual day. Many Masses and Prayers and Sacrifices were offered for all of our members! Timothy Duff, Gua...

Update on the Latest Guild Activities- 2019 Newsletter

Our Weekly Blog Posts have been placed on hold until we complete the annual mailing of our newsletter. I look forward to communicating with you again just as soon as the project is complete. Please pray for us that we receive the funds to print in a timely manner. Have you see...

The Holy Wayfarer- 2019 Annual Newsletter

The Holy Wayfarer- 2019 Annual Newsletter click here to download

St Therese of the Child Jesus- An Example for us all

St. Therese of the Child Jesus, an Example for us all. Here is the final article on St Therese of the Child Jesus; her example is so important. I will soon post the Bishop's letter from, Loreto holding up St Benedict Joseph Labre and St Therese of the Child Jesus as the two saints for th...

The Father of St. Theresa, Sir Louis Martin- A New Saint- Part 2

The Father of St. Theresa, Sir Louis Martin- A New Saint- Part 2 Below is the second part of the article I recently posted about Sir Louis Martin, The link to the original site follows it. Timothy Hughes Duff Last Years of Monsieur Louis Martin (Part 2 of 2) Marian T. Ho...

The Father of St. Theresa, Sir Louis Martin- A New Saint- Part 1

St. Theresa's Father, St. Louis Martin Another saint for us!- Part 1 of 2 One of our members made me aware of a most relevant article about St. Louis Martin who was recently canonized by Pope Francis. Below is what I was sent and the article follows. Our litany just keeps gr...

Reflection on the Life of St Benedict Joseph Labre

Latest Reflection on the Life of St Benedict Joseph Labre- Chapter 7 (continued) Wednesday January 16th by Timothy Hughes Duff Chapter 7 (part 2) St. Benedict Joseph returned home after the loss of his uncle. Once again, in his reflections he was discerning a plan for his religious...

One of the Miracles Used for the Canonization of Benedict Joseph

One Miracle used to canonize St Benedict Joseph Labre Below is an excerpt from a talk I gave a few times at different Churches. The last one was 2017 near his feast day of April 16th at my chilhood parish of St Margaret of Scotland in Buzzards Bay, MA. I hope this inspires you to keep readin...

Come and Follow St Benedict Joseph Labre

Following Our Patron St. Benedict Joseph Labre- Perhaps a time for a little review by Timothy Hughes Duff Over twenty years ago, in 1996 when my mother and I started the Guild, we were in Larchmont, New York to meet with the late Father Benedict Joseph Groeschel. We told him of the things w...

Two Saints for Our Times

St. Benedict Joseph Labre and St. Therese of Lisieux Patron's for our Times For years now, I have had a devotion to both St Benedict Joseph Labre and St. Therese of Lisieux. As I have traveled around different places in Europe and especially to Italy in particular, I learned ...