Saint Catherine of Alexandria was a Christian martyr from the 4th century. According to tradition, she was the daughter of a king who was highly educated. She converted to Christianity and refused marriage proposals to remain faithful to Christ. Catherine engaged in philosophical debates with pagan scholars and converted many to Christianity. When Emperor Maxentius began persecuting Christians, Catherine further debated with him and refused to renounce her faith. As a result, she was tortured and ultimately executed by beheading. Her body was miraculously transported by angels to Mount Sinai, where a monastery was later built in her honor. Catherine is the patron saint of philosophers, preachers, students, and wheelwrights due to her education and the wheel used in her
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varios siglos;
la más antigua es
una Pasión en griego
de los siglos VI-VII;
luego hay otra
pasión del siglo XI
y la Legenda Aurea,
que data del siglo XIII
3. Some think that part of the legend of Saint Catherine is inspired
by the figure of Hypatia, the pagan mathematician and
philosopher assassinated in Alexandria in Egypt in the year 415.
4. She was temporarily excluded from the martyrdom between 1962 and 2002,
without ever prohibiting her veneration. Following this revision phase,
in 2003 the Saint was reinstated among the martyrs by Pope John Paul II
6. Catherine was a
beautiful Egyptian
girl and the Golden
Legend specifies
that she was the
daughter of King
Costa, who
orphaned her at
a very young age.
7. and that she was educated since
childhood in the liberal arts
8. She was converted thanks to a hermit monk, who
presented to her the figure of Jesus Christ, as the only one
worthy of her love, because of his beauty and wisdom.
Monasterio S. Caterina, Sinai
10. Many important
men proposed to
Catherine, but she
had a dream of the
Virgin and Child
who slipped the
ring on her finger
making her a
“sponsa Christi”.
12. Catherine of Alexandria is
depicted with a crown on her
head and dressed in royal robes
to underline her princely origin.
The palm that she holds in her
hand indicates martyrdom.
The book recalls her wisdom
and her role as protector of
studies and of some social
categories dedicated to
teaching (teachers and
religious orders such as the
Dominicans and Augustinians),
sometimes the book bears the
inscription “Ego me Christo
sponsam tradidi” (I am given
in marriage to Christ).
13. In 305, the Roman Emperor
Maximus Daia held great celebrations
in his own honor in Alexandria.
14. pagan rites were celebrated with animal sacrifices
and it also happened that many Christians, fearing
persecution, agreed to worship the gods.
15. Catherine refused the sacrifices and asked
the emperor to recognize Jesus Christ as
the redeemer of humanity, arguing her
invitation with philosophical depth.
16. “Why do you want to lose this crowd with the worship
of the gods? Meet God, creator of the world and his Son
Jesus Christ who with the cross freed humanity from hell "
17. The emperor, who according to the Golden Legend would have been impressed
by both the beauty and the culture of the young nobleman, summoned a group
of rhetoricians to convince her to honor the gods and asked her to marry him.
18. But she, consoled by the appearance of the Archangel Michael,
persuaded the wise men to adhere to the Christian faith.
19. in jail she
was fed
by a dove
and Christ
himself
visited her.
20. She was also visited by the empress and the chief
from the court who, impressed by Catherine's
words, converted with 200 soldiers.
21.
22. The emperor sentenced her to die with the torture of the wheel.
After placing Caterina on the cogwheel, the previously
clear sky was filled with black clouds. A bolt of lightning
descended from the sky and split the cogwheel in half.
23. The Emperor
Maximinus was
forced to have
the saint
beheaded, who
is said to have
flowed milk
instead of blood,
a symbol of his
purity.
24. she is represented with a sword, the weapon that took
her life, and the cogwheel, the instrument of martyrdom
25. According to another legend, the body of
CatherineHe was carried by angels to Mount Sinai.
26. In this place, in the 6th century, Emperor Justinian founded the monastery,
originally called "Monastery of the Transfiguration", and later dedicated
to the saint (Monasterio de Santa Catalina).
27. Here the monks have 3,300 manuscripts and 8,000 ancient books in 13 different
languages. After the Vatican library, it is the most important in the world. I also study
manuscripts that are not just religious. The texts are about astronomy, history,
philosophy and religion, they also refer to the fathers of the church, many of them
studied Hellenistic philosophy to better understand and explain Christianity.
28. Saint Catherine
of Alexandria of
Egypt is identified,
along with Saint
Margaret of
Antioch and
the Archangel
Michael, as one
of the Voices that
inspired Saint
Joan of Arc.
30. The cult of Saint Catherine seems to have been brought
to the West by Eastern monks and certainly became
widespread after the Crusades.
31. the Basilica of San Lorenzo all'Agro Romano, wherethe
martyr is represented on the throne of the Virgin
32.
33. In France, the main place of worship was the Benedictine monastery of La-
Trinité-au-Mont, where, in the first half of the 11th century, the relics of the
saint were brought, highly venerated for the cures that took place there.
43. Salento – Galatina - parade of horses and
carriages at the festival of Santa Caterina
44. In the city of
Ravenna on
November 25
(Feast of Saint
Catherine
d'Alessandria)
it is tradition to
give doll-shaped
cookies to children,
called "Caterine".
Consideration for
children is a cookie
in the shape of
a rooster
45. A popular song, still sung in the last postwar period by children in religion
classes in some parts of Italy, tells of Catherine of Alexandria. The text,
which begins with "Saint Catherine was the daughter of a king...",
La Santa Caterina
biribim, biribim, bibum
la Santa Caterina
birim, biribim, bibum
era figlia di un re, eee
era figlia di un re, eee
era figlia di un re, eee
era figlia di un re. Bum!
Suo padre era pagano…
biribim, biribim, bibum
Suo padre era pagano…
biribim, biribim, bibum
sua madre invece no, ooo
sua madre invece no, ooo
sua madre invece no, ooo
sua madre invece no. Bum!
Un dì mentre pregava…
biribim, biribim, bibum
Un dì mentre pregava…
biribim, biribim, bibum
suo padre la scoprì, iii
suo padre la scoprì, iii
suo padre la scoprì, iii
suo padre la scoprì. Bum!
Uccidimi mio padre…
biribim, biribim, bibum
Uccidimi mio padre…
biribim, biribim, bibum
ma io non mi alzerò, ooo
ma io non mi alzerò, ooo
ma io non mi alzerò, ooo
ma io non mi alzerò. Bum!
Al colmo del furore…
biribim, biribim, bibum
Al colmo del furore…
biribim, biribim, bibum
suo padre la colpì, iii
suo padre la colpì, iii
suo padre la colpì, iii
suo padre la colpì. Bum!
E gli angeli del cielo…
biribim, biribim, bibum
E gli angeli del cielo…
biribim, biribim, bibum
cantaron “Gloria!”, aaa
cantaron “Gloria!”, aaa
cantaron “Gloria!”, aaa
cantaron “Gloria!”. Bum!
Che fai o Caterina…
biribim, biribim, bibum
Che fai o Caterina…
biribim, biribim, bibum
in quella posa lì, iii
in quella posa lì, iii
in quella posa lì, iii
in quella posa lì. Bum!
Io prego Iddio mio padre…
biribim, biribim, bibum
Io prego Iddio mio padre…
biribim, biribim, bibum
che non conosci tu, uuu
che non conosci tu, uuu
che non conosci tu. Bum!
Alzati o Caterina…
biribim, biribim, bibum
Alzati o Caterina…
biribim, biribim, bibum
se no ti ucciderò, ooo
se no ti ucciderò, ooo
se no ti ucciderò, ooo
se no ti ucciderò. Bum!
46. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptist
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Francis in Bahrain
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the
Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 1,2,3
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph
47. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la
iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Leon Magno
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación – www.vocación.org
Vocación a evangelizar
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Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Baréin
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
Santa Cecilia
Saint Margaret,Queen of Scotland
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola