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January Saints Test
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Religious Studies
8th Grade
02/13/2010

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St. Stephen
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was one of the first deacons in the Church
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St. Stephen
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those who heard him were blinded by anger. They rush at him, dragged him outside, and then stoned him to death.
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St. Stephen
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Was the first martyr.
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St. Nicholas
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One story tells how he freed three unjustly imprisoned officers.
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St. Nicholas
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another story tell how he brought back to life three innocent boys who were murdered.
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St.Lucy
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Her name means light, she kept the light of her loyal faith burning through the experience of death.
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St.Lucy
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One tory about her is that she is said to have made a vow to remain unmarried. When the man to whom she was engaged found out, he turned her in as a Christian.
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Blessed Juan Diego
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His indian name means the eagle who speaks.
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Blessed Juan Diego
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On December 9, 1531, as he was walking the fourteen miles to Mass a beautiful lady dressed as an Aztec maiden and surrounded by light appeared. She told him she was the Virgin Mary.
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Blessed Juan Diego
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Stending before the bishop, he opened his white tilma, letting the fragrant roses fall in a shower to the floor. On his tilma a life-sized image began to appear.
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Blessed Juan Diego
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People called him the pilgrim because he always walked alone and seemed to be praying.
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Blessed Andre Bessette
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He joined the Congregation of Holy Cross. At the end of a year he was told to leave because of his bad health.
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Blessed Andre Bessette
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In his room near the door, he kept a statue of St.Joseph on the windowsill.
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Blessed Andre Bessette
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He would say, "it is St.Joseph who cures. I am just his little dog."
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Blessed Andre Bessette
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The Holy Cross Communtiy had tried in vain for many years to buy a piece of land nearby. Then he buried a medal of St. Joseph on the land, and suddenly the owners agreed to sell the land.
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Blessed Andre Bessette
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he is know as "the miracle man of Montreal"
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Was the first person born in the US to be declared a saint.
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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because there had been an epidemic in New York before her and her family left, when they landed in Italy the police quarantined them in an old fort.
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St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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To support herself and her children, she opened a Catholic boarding school for girls in Maryland.
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