BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261111T134440Z UID:14-1016133@holyhermits.tithelysetup2.com DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261224 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20250926T122601 DESCRIPTION: Life\nBorn Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkine on August 15\, 18 96\, in Nizhny Novgorod\, Russia\, she was born into the minor nobility an d baptised into the Russian Orthodox Church in St Petersburg as an infant. During her schooling in Alexandria\, Egypt\, where her father was a diplo mat\, she was exposed to the Catholic Church. After returning to St Peters burg\, she married her first cousin\, Boris de Hueck in 1912.\nEarly in WW 1\, Catherine served as a Red Cross nurse and was decorated for bravery un der fire\, while Boris served as an officer. As Russia collapsed they retu rned to St Petersburg but were forced to flee\, they living as refugees in Finland until they were able to make their way to England.\nCatherine was received into the Catholic Church in 1919 before emigrating to Canada wit h Boris. In Toronto she gave birth to their only child in 1921\, and the m arriage between her and Boris ended in the 1930s.  \nCatherine was asked to do a well-paid lecture tour speaking on pre-revolutionary Russia\, whic h she agreed to. Her talks were popular across Canada and the United State s. After coming to an understanding of the teachings of the Bible as taugh t in the Catholic Church\, she became troubled by her prosperity and in 19 32 was challenged to give up all her possessions and work among the poor. Initially this began in Toronto with a shelter for the homeless\, meals fo r the hungry\, recreation and books for the young\, and a newspaper to spr ead the social teachings of the Church. This ministry\, Friendship House A postolate\, grew from Toronto to include another Friendship House interrac ial charity centre in Harlem\, New York which not only distributed goods t o the poor\, but also promoted racial understanding through talks and disc ussions. This work expanded into Chicago\, Washington D.C. and Portland Or egon.  \nFollowing the annulment of her first marriage\, which was forbid den by the Catholic Church due to their first cousin relationship\, Cather ine married an American\, Eddie Doherty in 1943. In their retirement\, Cat herine and Eddie moved to Combermere\, Ontario in 1947\, where once again she worked with the poor\, establishing the Madonna House Apostolate.\nCat herine died on December 14\, 1985.  \nTeachings\nDoherty's spirituality i s summarised in what she called The Little Mandate — words which she bel ieved she received from Jesus Christ and which guided her life.\nIt read s:\n"Arise — go! Sell all you possess. Give it directly\, personally to the poor.\nTake up My cross (their cross) and follow Me\, going to the poo r\, being poor\, being one with them\, one with Me.\nLittle — be always little! Be simple\, poor\, childlike.\nPreach the Gospel with your life — without compromise! \nListen to the Spirit. He will lead you..\nDo l ittle things exceedingly well for love of Me.\nLove... love... love\, neve r counting the cost Go into the marketplace and stay with Me.\nPray\, fast . Pray always\, fast. Be hidden.\nBe a light to your neighbour's feet.\nGo without fear into the depth of men's hearts. I shall be with you.\nPray a lways. I will be your rest. "\nAnother of Catherine’s themes was the dut y of the moment.\n"The duty of the moment is what you should be doing at a ny given time\, in whatever place God has put you. You may not have Christ in a homeless person at your door\, but you may have a little child. If y ou have a child\, your duty of the moment may be to change a dirty diaper. So you do it. But you don't just change that diaper\, you change it to th e best of your ability\, with great love for both God and that child.... T here are all kinds of good Catholic things you can do\, but whatever they are\, you have to realize that there is always the duty of the moment to b e done. And it must be done\, because the duty of the moment is the duty o f God."\nCatherine also introduced the concept of poustinia to Roman Catho licism. A poustinia is a small\, sparsely furnished room where a person go es to pray and fast alone in the presence of God for 24 hours.\nCatherine De Huek Doherty is known as a Russian-Canadian social worker who establish ed the Madonna house in Ontario and who lived a radical Gospel centred lif e of service.\nHere is a website dedicated to her memory.\nHere is the Mad onna House website which continues the ministry work she began.\nHere is a video of Catherine speaking on Unity in the 60's.\nHere is the wikipedia page which has the story of her life.\n \n \n  LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T122601 LOCATION:Remember SUMMARY:Holy Hermit Catherine De Huek Doherty URL;VALUE=URI:https://holyhermits.tithelysetup2.com/events/holy-hermit-cath erine-de-huek-doherty/2026-12-24 ATTACH;FILENAME=download.jpeg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.clou dfront.net/2020/12/17/22/05/58/c37cc7ef-16c3-411e-a606-a11df4e9125b/downlo ad.jpeg ATTACH;FILENAME=The King Has Come in Power and Glory by Catherine Doherty - Madonna House Apostolate.pdf;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru 0.cloudfront.net/2020/12/17/22/05/57/3dbaaa87-6c81-4b27-a0ec-f3e64174c18d/ The%20King%20Has%20Come%20in%20Power%20and%20Glory%20by%20Catherine%20Dohe rty%20-%20Madonna%20House%20Apostolate.pdf END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR