06 June - Norbert is born in his father's castle in Gennep near Xanten in North Rhine-Westphalia. Around the age of nine, he was placed as a novice and then as an Oblate in the collegiate church of Xanten. He was then entrusted to the care of the ecolastic canon of the Xanten chapter to instruct him and prepare him for the priesthood through harsh discipline.

05 June - Boniface was born in Crediton, Wessex, and was christened Winfrid (or Wynfrith) at his baptism. He was from a good family and was admitted as an Oblate to the monastery of Exeter. A brilliant student, he was sent to the monastery of Nursling, renowned for the quality of its teaching. He became a priest at the age of thirty.

04 June - Clotilde, born around 474 or 475, is a Burgundian princess. She is the daughter of the Burgundian king Chilpéric II and Carétène. Clotilde's childhood and youth took place at the Burgundian court during the reigns of Gondioc, who died in the 470s, then of Chilpéric I, who died around 480, and then under the joint reign of Gondioc's four sons

03 June - Saint Charles Lwanga, born in 1865 and died on 3 June 1886, is a Ugandan martyr of the Baganda ethnic group. Born in the Buganda kingdom, in the south of present-day Uganda, he was the chief page in the court of King Mwanga II.

Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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