Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. John Bosco What do dreams have to with prayer? Aren't they just random images of our mind? In 1867 Pope Pius IX was upset with John Bosco because he wouldn't take his dreams seriously enough. Nine years earlier when Pope Pius IX met with the future saint who worked with neglected boys, he learned of the dreams that John had been having since the age of nine, dreams that had revealed God's will for John's life. So Pius IX had made a request, "Write down these dreams and everything else you have told me, minutely and in their natural sense." Pius IX saw ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Cyrus St. Marcella St. Adamnan of Coldingham St. Aidan of Ferns St. Athanasius St. Bobinus St. Ulphia St. Tarskius St. Trypbaena Sts. Saturninus, Thrysus, & Victor St. Domitius St. Eusebius St. Geminian St. Julius of Novara St. Madoes St. Marcella St. Martin Manuel St. Nicetas St. Metranus St. Francis Xavier Bianchi Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Brigid of Ireland Brigid was probably born at Faughart near Dundalk, Louth, Ireland. Her parents were baptized by St. Patrick, with whom she developed a close friendship. According to legend, her father was Dubhthach, an Irish chieftain of Lienster, and her mother, Brocca, was a slave at his court. Even as a young girl she evinced an interest for a religious life and took the veil in her youth from St. Macaille at Croghan and probably was professed by St. Mel of Armagh, who is believed to have conferred abbatial authority on her. She settled with seven of her ... Read More » Most Popular Grammy Awards Reveal Collapsing Culture and the Christian Mission in a Pre-Christian Nation Read More   Waging War on Womanhood: Reject the Counterfeit Woman Read More   Pope Francis makes a special plea! Are Catholics deaf or will they listen? Read More   Are We Comatose or Just Suffering from Amnesia? Read More   Was the Theft of the Blood Of Blessed John Paul the Act of a Satanic Group? Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2014 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising at Catholic Online, please contact Advertising Sales. TO SUBSCRIBE If this email has been forwarded to you and would like a subscription, please sign up for Catholic Online Newsletters. Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA