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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
		At the end of this period, having made a vow to the Blessed Virgin to consecrate herself to religious life, she was instantly restored to perfect health.
		When Margaret was seventeen, the family property was recovered, and her mother besought her to establish herself in the world.
		Her filial tenderness made her believe that the vow of childhood was not binding, and that she could serve God at home by penance and charity to the poor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09653a.htm (653 words)

	Saint Margaret the Virgin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Margaret, also known as Margaret of Antioch, virgin and martyr, is celebrated by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20.
		The cult of Saint Margaret became very widespread in England, with more than 250 churches are dedicated to her.
		Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Margaret_the_Virgin (387 words)

	Saint Margaret the Virgin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Saint Margaret, also known as Margaret of Antioch, virgin and (One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion) martyr, was formerly celebrated by the (The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy) Roman Catholic Church on July 20.
		The cult of Saint Margaret became very widespread in (A division of the United Kingdom) England, with more than 250 churches are dedicated to her.
		Believers consider her a (A saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation) patron saint of (The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus) pregnancy.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/saint_margaret_the_virgin.htm (459 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of October 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Saint Gall studied at Bangor under Saints Comgall and Columban(us), became versed in Scripture, and was ordained.
		Saint Margaret Mary is nearly the antithesis of yesterday's saint, Teresa of Ávila.
		Margaret Mary was the daughter of the respected notary Claude Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1016.htm (3559 words)

	Saints of July 20
		Saint Flavian was patriarch of Antioch, and Saint Elias patriarch of Jerusalem.
		Margaret (Marina) of Antioch (of the Latins) VM (RM)
		Saint Severa, sister of Saint Modoald of Trier, was the first abbess of Saint Gemma (later Sainte-Sevère) at Villeneuve in the diocese of Bourges (Benedictines).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0720.htm (2894 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Margaret
		virginity to God, she was disowned by her father and adopted by her nurse.
		While she was one day engaged in watching the flocks of her mistress, a lustful Roman prefect named Olybrius caught sight of her, and attracted by her great beauty sought to make her his concubine or wife.
		Margaret is represented in art sometimes as a shepherdess, or as leading a chained dragon, again carrying a little cross or a girdle in her hand, or standing by a large vessel which recalls the cauldron into which she was plunged.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09652b.htm (359 words)

	The Golden Legend: Saint Margaret (Caxton Edition [1483])
		MARGARET is said of a precious gem or ouch that is named a margarite (pearl) which gem is white, little and virtuous.
		The holy saint Margaret was of the city of Antioch, daughter of Theodosius, patriarch of the idols of paynims.
		And thus this blessed and holy virgin, Saint Margaret, suffered death and received the crown of martyrdom the xiiith kalends of August, as is found in her story: and it is read in another place that it was the iii ides of July.
	medieval.ucdavis.edu /20C/Margaret.html (1051 words)

	St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
		Margaret's godmother was a neighbor, the Countess of Corcheval.
		As a small child Margaret spent a great deal of time with her, but these visits were brought to a sudden end by the death of the countess.
		When Margaret Mary went to the Superior, Mother de Saumaise, with an account of these mystical experiences, claiming that she, an humble nun, had been chosen as the transmitter of a new devotion to the Sacred Heart, she was reprimanded for her presumption.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/MARGMARY.htm (1137 words)

	Clitherow.html
		Margaret Middleton probably remembered, as a child, standing with her father to watch the wagon-borne pageant arriving at 'the station' in front of the Common Hall and the fascinating dramatisation of the shepherds' visit to the infant Christ that followed.
		Margaret's release from York Castle on 6 February 1578 was conditional: she was to return to the Castle on 8 April that year and meanwhile to sever all connections with similar, disobedient persons.
		Margaret's appreciation of and veneration for the Mass guaranteed that its celebration in her small hiding place should be attended all the dignity and beauty that the tenor of the times allowed.
	www.geocities.com /griffin81au/Clitherow.html (22217 words)

	SAINT MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE Virgin
		In 1250 Margaret was canonized by Innocent IV, and her relics were translated on 19 June, 1259, to a new shrine, the base of which is still visible beyond the modern east wall of the restored church.
		But the saint, not listening to flesh and blood in the call of heaven, demanded with earnestness to be admitted into the order, and accordingly received the habit in the convent of Naples, in 1243, being then seventeen years old.
		An arm of the saint was at the same time sent to the great convent of the Dominicans at Paris, and placed in St. Thomas's chapel in their church, which the king declared a royal chapel.
	www.ewtn.com /new_evangelization/europe/holiness/saints3.htm (18404 words)

	Lives of the Saints, October 17, Saint Margaret Mary, Saint Hedwig
		Saint Margaret Mary, a soul of divine predilection, was born at Terreau in Burgundy, on July 22, 1647.
		To one of her sisters, married to the King of Hungary, was born the future Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; another was the wife of Philip-Augustus of France, and the third, Abbess of a celebrated monastery at Lutzingen.
		Saint Hedwig is buried in the church of Trebnitz.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/10-17.htm (1109 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 16
		Saint Elpidius, a dignitary at the court of Emperor Constantius, was degraded by Julian the Apostate and, with several companions, tied to the tails of wild horses and dragged through the streets.
		Margaret was the daughter of the exiled Aetheling Prince Edward (of the line of Saxon kings and son of King Edmund Ironsides) and Agatha (kinswoman of Saint Stephen of Hungary--in the line of the Roman emperors).
		Saint Mechtilde, sister of abbess Gertrude of Hackeborn, was the mistress of novices of the Cistercian convent at Helfta Castle in Saxony.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1116.htm (3843 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Margaret of Antioch
		Her mother died when Margaret was an infant, and the child was raised by a Christian woman.
		Part of her story involves her meeting the devil in the form of a dragon, being swallowed by the dragon, and then escaping safely when the cross she carried irritated the dragon's innards; this accounts for this virgin's association with pregnancy, labour, and childbirth.
		She was one of the saints who appeared to Saint Joan of Arc.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm19.htm (263 words)

	Lives of the Saints, December 23, Saint Margaret D'Youville, Saint Servulus
		Saint Margaret was living in Montreal with her two sons at the death of Mr.
		Finally an appeal made by the Foundress to the king of France, Louis XV, elicited his command that the decision of the local authorities be canceled, and she was authorized in 1752 to keep the hospital and to found a Community.
		Saint Servulus was a perfect model of submission to the divine Will; it would be difficult to offer a more consoling example to persons afflicted by poverty, illnesses and the other miseries of life.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/12-23.htm (1150 words)

	October 16-18 LITURGY: (oct16lit.htm)
		This little known saint Saint Hedwig, who was known as the Duchess of Silesia, was the daughter of Count Berthold IV of Bavaria.
		Margaret was obedient but continued to pray that Mother Superior would see the light as Jesus continued to appear to her offering her guidance and a reassurance she was doing the right thing.
		Margaret Mary was appointed Mistress of Novices and was overjoyed to see Mother Melin ordain that the Feast of the Sacred Heart would be officially celebrated at the convent on June 21, 1686.
	www.dailycatholic.org /issue/Oct/oct16lit.htm (2197 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ladislaus IV of Hungary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		A month later a papal legate arrived in Hungary to inquire into the conduct of the king, who was accused by his neighbours and many of his own subjects, of adopting the ways of his pagan Cuman kinsfolk and thereby undermining Christianity.
		Ladislaus was not really a pagan, or he would not have devoted his share of the spoil of Marchfeld to the building of the Franciscan church at Bratislava, nor would he have venerated as his aunt St Margaret.
		Several Saints Margaret exist: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Saint Margaret of Cortona Saint Margaret of England Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint Margaret the Virgin Saint Margaret the Widow Saint Margaret of the Árpád dynasty (1242–1270) See also Margaret Sainte-Marguerite This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ladislaus-IV-of-Hungary (1577 words)

	Saint Teresa Margaret: Office
		Teresa Margaret was born in Arezzo in Tuscany in 1747 of the noble Redi family, and entered the Discalced Carmelites in Florence on September 1, 1764.
		She was given a special contemplative experience concerning the words of Saint John, "God is love." She felt deeply that her vocation was to live a hidden life of love and self-immolation.
		BRIEF as it was, Teresa Margaret's whole life may be regarded as one continual raising up of her guiltless soul to God.
	www.stteresamargaret.org /Office.html (721 words)

	Our Lady and the Saints EWTN search
		Virgin, and Abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles; born in 626; died 17 March, 659.
		Known as the "Lily of the Mohawks", and the "Genevieve of New France" an Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe, born according to some authorities at the Turtle Castle of Ossernenon, according to others at the village of Gandaouge, in 1656; died at Caughnawaga, Canada, 17 April, 1680.
		The tomb of the Blessed Virgin is venerated in the Valley of Cedron, near Jerusalem.Modern writers hold, however, that Mary died and was buried at Ephesus.
	www.angelfire.com /in/theworkofgod/MarySnts.html (10310 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
		Healed from a crippling disorder by a vision of the Blessed Virgin, which prompted her to give her life to God.
		The all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all those who shall receive Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under my displeasure, nor without receiving their Sacraments; My heart shall be their assured refuge at that last hour.
		The sacred heart of Christ is an inexhaustible fountain and its sole desire is to pour itself out into the hearts of the humble so as to free them and prepare them to lead lives according to his good pleasure.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm14.htm (789 words)

	Saint Margaret of Antioch -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		also called Saint Marina virgin martyr and one of the 14 Holy Helpers (a group of saints jointly commemorated on August 8), who was one of the most venerated saints during the Middle Ages.
		virgin martyr and one of the 14 Holy Helpers (a group of saints jointly commemorated on August 8), who was one of the most venerated saints during the Middle Ages.
		Her story, generally regarded to be fictitious, is substantially that of the Eastern St. Marina of Antioch, whose feast day is July 17, and is related to that of St. Pelagia of Antioch, who is also known as...
	0-www.britannica.com.library.unl.edu /eb/article-9050854 (648 words)

	Saint Margaret (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Both of this picture and 'Saint Dorothy' are fragments of a larger work, probably showing the Virgin and Child seated in a garden with Saints Dorothy, Margaret, Catherine and Agnes.
		Saint Margaret is wearing a head-dress of pearls.
		According to one of the various legends about the saint she overcame this creature by making the sign of the cross.
	www.nationalgallery.org.uk /cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG2153 (83 words)

	St Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
		Saint Margaret Mary's Vision of the Sacred Heart
		(1647-1690) St. Margaret was born in France and entered the Visitation convent at Paray-le-Monial in 1671.
		Beginning in 1673, she had many mystical revelations concerning devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
	www.wf-f.org /StMargaretMary.html (458 words)

	Prayer to St. Joan of Arc
		O most powerful Saint Joan, do not let me lose my soul, but obtain for me the grace of winning my way to heaven, forever and ever.
		Saint Joan of Arc, confidant and submissive to her voices, pray for us.
		Saint Joan of Arc, model of courage and purity in the field [of battle], pray for us.
	www.2heartsnetwork.org /Joan.htm (832 words)

	PRAYERS
		Saint Joan of Arc, patron and guardian of the country, by the incessant prayer [of] our country [may we] become truly French and Christian and discover its unity.
		O Saint Joan of Arc, courageous woman soldier, called by God to fight and save your country from the enemy; grant that I, like you, may hear God’s call in my life and have the courage to follow it faithfully, as priest, religious, married or single.
		Beloved Saint I present to you my petitions and beg you for your intercession on my behalf knowing that you are so beloved of God that he would refuse you nothing.
	www.stjoan-center.com /topics/prayers.html (4108 words)

	Saint Margaret the Virgin : Margaret of Antioch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Current city Street: Saint Margaret the Virgin : Margaret of Antioch <
		Her refusal led to her being cruelly tortured, and after various miraculous incidents, she was put to death.
		Her cult was suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church in the 1969 reform of the liturgy, on the grounds that she did not in fact exist.
	www.city-search.org /ma/margaret-of-antioch.html (641 words)

	Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Margaret Alacoque, the fifth of seven children of Claude
		Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn, was born at Lhautecour in
		Margaret Mary was mistress of novices from 1685 to 1686.
	www.my.homewithgod.com /israel/margaretmary (1285 words)

	DAILY PROPER (20afpent.htm)
		Commemoration of the Feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin and Religious Mystic
		Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was born at Verosvres in the diocese of Autun In 1647.
		Having received the mysteries of Thy body and blood, we beseech Thee, O Lord Jesus, grant us by the intercession of blessed Margaret, the virgin, that, putting off the proud vanities of the world, we may have the grace to put on the meekness and humility of Thy Heart.
	www.dailycatholic.org /issue/04Oct/20afpent.htm (2382 words)

	Knisja Arcipretali Santwarju Mosta. -- Kappelli gewwa il-Mosta.
		The titular painting shows the Blessed Virgin with Saint Joseph and Jesus.
		The titular painting shows the Blessed Virgin and Saint Margaret.
		The original painting is in the sacristy of the Rotunda and a copy was made for the chapel.
	www.freewebs.com /kappelli_mosta/page2.htm (574 words)

	Liturgical Calendar for 1998
		Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		Friday of week 28 of the year or Saint Hedwig, religious or Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin
		or Saints John of Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs or Saint Paul of the Cross, priest
	showcase.netins.net /web/clearlight/calendar.html (208 words)

	CNP Articles - New Liturgical Calendar (part 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Saint John Fisher, bishop and martyr, and Saint Thomas More, martyr optional memorial
		9 Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross [Edith Stein], virgin and martyr optional memorial
		Saint Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr optional memorial
	www.canticanova.com /articles/liturgy/art9ag2.htm (909 words)

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