Patrick O'Hearn, Author at Catholic-Link https://catholic-link.org/author/patrick-ohearn/ Catholic Resources for the New Evangelization Fri, 02 Feb 2024 04:03:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://catholic-link.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Catholic-Link_Logo-no-text-32x32.png Patrick O'Hearn, Author at Catholic-Link https://catholic-link.org/author/patrick-ohearn/ 32 32 Who Taught Mother Teresa To Be A Person Of Virtue? https://catholic-link.org/mother-teresa-virtue-parents-catholic/ https://catholic-link.org/mother-teresa-virtue-parents-catholic/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:57:00 +0000 https://catholic-link.org/?p=803121 Saint Teresa of Calcutta was known for spending countless hours attending to the dying, the sick, and the poor. This flowed from her rich prayer life: Daily Mass and a daily holy hour. Where did Mother Teresa learn to sacrifice herself for others? Her first teacher in virtue was none other than her mother, Dranafile […]

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]]> https://catholic-link.org/mother-teresa-virtue-parents-catholic/feed/ 0 Raising A Saint: Lessons From Holy Dads https://catholic-link.org/raising-a-saint-lessons-from-holy-dads%ef%bf%bc/ https://catholic-link.org/raising-a-saint-lessons-from-holy-dads%ef%bf%bc/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:07:00 +0000 https://catholic-link.org/?p=48976 If you could ask a few male saints how they were raised, what do you think they would say? Certainty, every Catholic father wants to raise a saint, but not every father is willing to make the sacrifice or knows where to start.  The Father Of St. Thomas More Let’s begin with John More, the […]

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]]> https://catholic-link.org/raising-a-saint-lessons-from-holy-dads%ef%bf%bc/feed/ 0 Raising A Saint: 2 Essential Lessons From Holy Mothers https://catholic-link.org/catholic-holy-mothers-saints/ https://catholic-link.org/catholic-holy-mothers-saints/#respond Fri, 06 May 2022 09:45:00 +0000 https://catholic-link.org/?p=48606 In one of his most famous dreams, St. Don Bosco saw a large ship being attacked by smaller ships. Eventually, the Holy Father steered the larger ship, which represented the Church, safely between two pillars: the Blessed Mother and the Holy Eucharist. Like the Holy Father, the parents of the saints helped guide their domestic […]

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