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A Saint for the Abandoned and Marginalized

Today (February 8) is the feast day of a lesser known saint.  St. Jerome Emiliani, from Venice, lived in the early 1500s.  He is a pioneer of social justice and the patron of abandoned people and orphans. St. Jerome had begun life … Continue reading

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