Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Luigi Variara

“Never, as in this year, did I feel so happy to be a Salesian and I bless the Lord for having sent me to this leper colony where I learned how to gain heaven”.

Blessed Luigi Variara

 

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Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
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Mary De Voe
Mary De Voe
Sunday, February 1, AD 2026 8:42am

Although there is a cure for leprosy, there are many colonies in the third world. Last I heard there was a leper colony in the South.

  • Established as the Louisiana Leper Home in 1894, it became the federal National Leprosarium and treated all U.S. leprosy (Hansen’s disease) cases, becoming a major research center.
  • Closure: The mandatory quarantine ended in the 1960s, with the facility transitioning to an outpatient center and eventually closing its inpatient services in 1999, becoming the National Hansen’s Disease Museum

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Still there are many victims of other diseases who need our sacrifices for which people may become saints.

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