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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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SISTERS

A popular term for religious women, whether cloistered nuns or members of congregations under simple vows. The title corresponds to brothers in mens' religious institutes and signifies that they are are all members of the same spiritual family, share possessions in common, and live together in Christlike charity.

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Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Wenceslaus, Martyr; Opt Mem of St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs

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Today the Church celebrates two optional memorials of martyrs: —St. Wenceslaus (907-929) was Duke of Bohemia, who after many trials in governing and evangelizing his people, suffered martyrdom at the hands of his brother in the year 929. —St. Lawrence Ruiz and his companions…

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