Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida,
Patroness of Brazil
Et
álibi
aliórum
plurimórum
sanctórum
Mártyrum
et Confessórum,
atque sanctárum
Vírginum.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins. Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас! (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!) R.
Deo
grátias. R.
Thanks be to God.
May, the month of Mary 22,600 lives saved since 2007 http://www.haitian-childrens-fund.org/ For the Son of man ... will repay
every man for what he has done.
stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/ usccb.org ewtn.com St Patricks 05 11 domcentral.org/life/martyr Dec syriac oca.org glaubenszeugen.de/tage/kai/ 05 11 Serbian http://www.copticchurch.net Melkite Monthly Saints with pics here http://www.stfrancisenid.com/memorials.htm antiochian.org/AW-WomenSaints--wonderful icons Lutheran Saints One Saint per day stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/index.htm stjohndc.org God's Humourous Saints Our Bartholomew Family Prayer List Here Joyful Mystery on Monday Saturday Glorius Mystery on Sunday Wednesday Sorrowful Mystery on Friday Tuesday Luminous Mystery on Thursday Veterens of War CAUSES OF SAINTS April 2016 We are the defenders of true freedom. May our witness unveil the deception of the "pro-choice" slogan. Campaign saves lives Shawn Carney Campaign Director www.40daysforlife.com , Please help save the unborn they are the future for the world It is a great poverty that a child must die so that you may live as you wish -- Mother Teresa Saving babies, healing moms and dads, 'The Gospel of Life. Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum. And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins. Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас! (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!) The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. SS PHILIP AND JAMES (see May 1) Our Bartholomew Family Prayer List Joyful Mystery on Monday Saturday Glorius Mystery on Sunday Wednesday Sorrowful Mystery on Friday Tuesday Luminous Mystery on Thursday Veterens of War Acts of the Apostles Nine First Fridays Devotion to the Sacred Heart From the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque How do I start the Five First Saturdays? Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary .
May 11 – Madonna di San Luca (Bologna, Italy) – Nuestra Señora de la Paz (Antipolo, Philippines) Because Mary is our mother, she teaches us how to love Because Mary is our mother, devotion to
her teaches us to be authentic sons and daughters: to love truly, without
limit; to be simple, without the complications which come from selfishly
thinking only about ourselves; to be happy, knowing that nothing can destroy
our hope.
In Christ is Passing By www.escrivaworks.org"The beginning of the way, at the end of which you will find yourself completely carried away by love for Jesus, is a trusting love for Mary." I wrote that many years ago, in the introduction to a short book on the Rosary, and since then I have often experienced the truth of those words. Saint José Maria Escriva Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary Mary's Divine Motherhood Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos). Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251. May
11 - Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Philippines, 1626)
On March 25, 1626, Don Juan Niño de Tabora
left the shores of Mexico aboard the galleon El Almirante, to make
a voyage to the Philippines. On this trip, Governor Tabora brought along
the brown image of our Blessed Virgin Mother. For three months, the El
Almirante safely braved the dangers of the stormy seas and a fire aboard
the ship, arriving in the ports of Manila on July 18, 1626. Governor Tabora,
realizing that the galleon's safe and successful journey was due to the
presence of the image of the Blessed Virgin on board the ship, called for
the solemn celebration of the image's arrival. Amidst pageantry and fireworks,
the religious procession started from the Church of San Ignacio, the Jesuit
Church in Intramuros, up to the Manila Catholic Cathedral, which became
the first house of the Blessed Virgin's image. It is said that because
of the events surrounding the safe voyage of the El Almirante, the Blessed
Virgin was named Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buenviaje.
The Philippines is a Predominantly Marian Country A Filipino once wrote: "The Philippines is a predominantly Marian country. Everywhere there are tangible expressions of the great commitment of our people to the Mother of God. It can be argued that the devotion to Our Lady was a decisive factor in the rapid spread of Christianity in the Philippines. As early as the 17th century, the Filipinos, with their emotional temperament, rapidly earned the love of Our Lady, and this opened the way for the general acceptance of the truths of the Catholic faith." Adapted from a passage by: J. Riou, S.J.,
in The Devotion to Our Lady in the Philippines
(Le culte de la Sainte Vierge aux Philippines, in Maria - etudes sur la Vierge Marie - Tome V). May
11 - PENTECOST
The Holy Spirit is the Uncreated “Immaculate Conception” In Lourdes, Bernadette asked the Virgin Mary her name and she replied: “I am the Immaculate Conception.” By her luminous words, Mary expressed that she was not only conceived immaculately but that she actually was the Immaculate Conception. It is like the difference between something white and whiteness itself, or something perfect and perfection. (...) The Holy Spirit is the uncreated Immaculate Conception. (...) The third person of the Trinity is not embodied as we all know and our word “spouse” is insufficient to express the relationship between the Immaculate and the Holy Spirit. It can be said that the Immaculate Conception is in a sense “the incarnation of the Holy Spirit.” Saint Maximilian Kolbe |
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MAY 11 330 Constantinople
was
placed under the protection of the Most Holy Theotokos
"The goodness of one man spread and infected many others with holiness, including many of his kinsmen." 603 Saint Comgall Constantine prepared for the new task with fasting and prayer With help of his brother Methodius disciples Gorazd, Clement, Sava, Naum and Angelyar. He devised a Slavonic alphabet and translated the books which were necessary for the celebration of the divine services: the Gospel, Epistles, Psalter, and collected services, into the Slavic tongue. This occurred in the year 863. -- 885 Sts Cyril and Methodius |
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He was, it is said, 'a lamb
when he talks and a lion when he preaches.' In search of sinners he penetrated into prisons brothels galleys continued his missions in hamlets back lanes street corners converted 20 Turkish prisoners on a Spanish galley. 1716 Saint Francis Jerome "We shall pray to God, that He will turn away the plagues from us, and preserve us from all ill, from hail and drought, fire and pestilence, and from the fury of our enemies; to give us favorable seasons, fertile land , good weather and health, that we may have peace and tranquility, and obtain pardon for our sins." Thus, out of that night of fire and storm came the custom of Rogationtide solémnes ante Ascensiónem Dómini triduánas in ea urbe Litanías instítuit -- 475 St. Mamertius Archbishop of Vienne |
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66 St Evellius
of Pisa counsellor to Nero convert upon witnessing patience
of martyrs M (RM) 1st v. St Jason Departure of one of the 70 disciples accompanied St. Paul Acts 17:9 ordained bishop by St. Paul over Tarsus God performed through him many miracles and signs 251 St Anastasius VII Martyr convert to Christ tribune in the Roman army martyred w/family & servants 295 St Mocius a presbyter in Macedonia in the city of Amphipolis miracles from God created Christians from pagans seeing them 300 St. Anastasius VI of Lérida (AC) Patron saint of Lerida, Spain 303 St Anthimus Priest and martyr of Rome led the Church in Rome converting many 304 St Sisinius, Diocletius, & Florentius stoned to death at the same time as the better known Roman priest, Anthimus 304 St Maximus Martyr of Rome with Bassus and Fabius 305 St. Otimus Departure of the Priest martyred God revealed many miracles in Church where he was buried after persecutions ceased 330 CONSTANTINOPLE was placed under the protection of the Most Holy Theotokos 420 St Principia of Rome one of the holy women a Roman virginV (AC) 475 St Mamertius Archbishop of Vienne originator of the penitential practice of abrogation days known for his learning 485 St Possessor of Verdun Bishop Franks, Vandals, Goths, and others affected his flock B (AC) 5th v. St. Tudy Abbot eremetic native of Brittany disciple of St. Brioc preached in Cornwall Bl Julian Cesarello de Valle venerated there OFM (AC) 600 St Asaph of Wales founded the church of Llanasa in Flintshire favorite pupil of Saint David B (RM) 603 St Comgall Abbot warrior as a young man priest founder he taught Saint Columban (AC) 7th v. St Lua of Killaloe founder refuge on Friar's Island, County Tipperary pilgrim's destination even in the 20th century gave name to ancient town of Killaloe (Church of Lua) 646 St Sophronius Relics were buried in the Far Caves of the Kiev Caves monastery 678 St. Walbert father of Saints Waldetrudis and Alegundis and husband of St. Bertilia St Credan a hogherder lived exemplary he was esteemed a saint (AC) 760 St. Gangulphus Martyred; hermit prominent in Burgundian courtier until retiring a recluse 866 St Fremund of Dunstable Anglo-Saxon hermit relics many miracles are recorded M (AC) 885 Sts Cyril and Methodius, Equals of the Apostles, Enlighteners of the Slavs miraculously discovered the relics of the hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome 994 St Majolus Benedictine abbot abbey of Cluny friend of emperors and popes 994 ST MAJOLUS, OR MAYEUL, ABBOT OF CLUNY 1000 St Illuminatus of San Severino Benedictine monk of the abbey of San Mariano OSB (RM) 1010 St Ansfrid of Utrecht knight in service of Emperors Otto III and Henry II built convent of Thorn OSB B (AC) 1049 St. Odilo of Cluny Benedictine Abbot beloved throughout Europe for deep austerities concern for poor sold Church treasures to feed poor during famine 1070
St. Walter
Augustinian abbot for thirty-eight years of L'Esterp famed as
confessor had an ardent zeal for souls: Walter is repeatedly
referred to by the chroniclers of that age as a man of outstanding holiness,
whose undertakings were marvellously blessed by Heaven
1156 Bl Peter
the Venerable Abbot of Cluny “the Venerable” owing to his holiness
and wisdom suggestion the Koran be translated into Latin to assist
conversions of Muslims1230 Illuminatus disciple of Saint Francis of Assisi OFM (AC) 1279 Bl Albert of Bergamo Dominican tertiary pious farmer miracle worker to benefit others 1300 Bl Vivaldus nursed Bartholomew for twenty years, OFM Tert. (AC) 1325 St Nikodim, Archbishop of Serbia, hegumen of Khilendaria monastery; bishop in 1316 translated into Slavonic ordered use in Serbia the Typikon (Ustav) of Saint Sava the Sanctified, of Jerusalem; wonderworking relics 1378 Pope Gabriel IV Departure of, the 86th. Patriarch of Alexandria. 1426 Bl Benincasa of Montechiello Servite hermit OSM (AC) 1490 Bl Aloysius Rabata Carmelite friar of Randazzo monastery Sicily OC (AC) 1505 BD LADISLAUS OF GIELNIOW 1537 Bl. John of Rochester Carthusian martyr of England with Blessed James Walworth refused the Oath of Supremacy 1672 St Joseph The Hieromartyr First Metropolitan of Astrakhan relics glorified by miracles 1716
St. Francis
Jerome famous Jesuit preacher credited with miracles, attributing
numerous cures to the intercession of Saint Cyrus (Jan 31) From the
outset his preaching attracted huge congregations and was rewarded by
such excellent results that he was set to train other missionaries. In
the provinces he conducted at least 100 missions, but the people of Naples
would never allow him to be long absent from their city. Wherever he went,
men and women hung upon his lips and crowded to his confessional; and it
was confidently asserted that at least four hundred hardened sinners
were annually reclaimed through his efforts. He would visit the prisons,
the hospitals and even the galleys, in one of which—a Spanish one—he
brought to the faith twenty Turkish prisoners. Moreover, he did not
hesitate to track down sinners to the very haunts of vice, in which it
sometimes happened that he was very roughly handled. Often he would preach
in the streets—occasionally on the spur of the moment.
1771 Bl Christesia
from Egrisi west Georgia withdrew to the Monastery of St. John
the Baptist in the Davit - Gareji Wilderness bright light appeared before
him to light the way1781 Saint Ignatius of Laconi Capuchin questor 40 years as child found daily at church doors before dawn waiting in prayer to be opened levitation in prayer gifts of prophecy miracles of healing (AC) 1847 Bl. Matthew Gam Vietnamese martyr transported Catholic priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society from Singapore to Vietnam |
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May 11 - Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida,
Patroness of Brazil Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (V) My heart has dictated with special joy all that I have written to show that the Blessed Virgin Mary has been unknown up till now. This is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ is not known as He should be. If the knowledge and the reign of Jesus Christ will certainly come into the world, it can only be a necessary consequence of the knowledge and the reign of the Blessed Virgin, who gave Jesus to the world the first time and will establish His reign in the world the second time. Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort Treatise on True Devotion of the Virgin Mary #13 May 11 – Our Lady of Aparecida, patroness of Brazil The day fishermen caught a statue in their net The national shrine of Our Lady in Aparecida, Sao Paulo (Brazil), is the country’s principle shrine, with 7 million pilgrims each year visiting from all over the world. The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the second largest basilica in the world and Our Lady of Aparecida also is the patron saint of Brazil. The story goes that in October of 1717, three fishermen, accustomed to cast their nets in the waters of the Paraiba River, hauled in a decapitated statue. The three cast their net again and they brought in a head that, at first glance, seemed to belong to the statue of a Black Madonna that turned out to be Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Tradition tells that once it was put back together, the Virgin aparecida ("who appeared" without explanation) became incredibly heavy, making it impossible to move. Our Lady of Aparecida is the patron saint of future mothers and newborns, rivers and seas. Aparecida is, among other things, where a workers pilgrimage that takes place every year on the national holiday of Brazil—September 7th. Indeed, Our Lady of Aparecida is in the heart of every Brazilian. MDN Team See: www.marypages.com |
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1055-1057
Pope Victor II granted ST
WALTER OF L’ESTERP special faculties for dealing with
penitents—including the right to excommunicate and to restore to communion
so great was his reputation for converting sinners. 1055-157 Pope Victor II With untiring zeal he combated, like his predecessor, against simony and clerical concubinage. Being well supported by the emperor, he often succeeded where Leo IX had failed. On Pentecost Sunday, June 4, 1055, he held a large synod at Florence, in presence of the emperor and 120 bishops, where former decrees against simony and incontinence were confirmed and several offending bishops deposed. To King Ferdinand of Spain he sent messengers with threats of excommunication if he should continue in his refusal to acknowledge Henry III as Roman Emperor. Ferdinand submitted to the papal demands. Before the emperor returned to Germany he transferred to the pope the duchies of Spoleto and Camerino. Early in 1056 Victor II sent Hildebrand back to France to resume his labours against simony and concubinage, which he had begun under Leo IX. He appointed the archbishops Raimbaud of Arles and Pontius of Aix papal legates to battle against the same vices in Southern France. |
God
loves
variety.
He
doesn't
mass-produce
his
saints.
Every
saint
is
unique,
for
each
is the result
of a new idea.
As the liturgy
says:
Non est
inventus
similis
illis--there
are no two
exactly
alike.
It is
we with
our lack
of imagination,
who paint
the same
haloes
on all
the saints.
Dear Lord, grant us a spirit
that is not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may
be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord,
grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of
Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people
who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors
responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts.
God calls each one of us to be a saint in order to get into heaven:
only saints
are allowed into heaven. The more "extravagant" graces are bestowed
NOT for the benefit of the recipients so much as FOR the benefit of others.
There
are over 10,000 named saints beati
from history
and Roman Martyology Orthodox sources Patron_Saints.html Widowed_Saints html Indulgences The Catholic Church in China LINKS: Marian Shrines India Marian Shrine Lourdes of the East Lourdes 1858 China Marian shrines 1995 Kenya national Marian shrine Loreto, Italy Marian Apparitions (over 2000) Quang Tri Vietnam La Vang 1798 Links to Related MarianWebsites Angels and Archangels Saints Visions of Heaven and Hell Widowed Saints html Doctors_of_the_Church Acts_Of_The_Apostles Roman Catholic Popes Purgatory Uniates Chalcedon |
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Mother
of
Jesus
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Saints
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THE
PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY PSALM
2 Give to the King thy judgment, O God: and thy mercy to the Queen, His Mother. In thy hand are life and salvation: perpetual joy and glorious eternity. Sprinkle my heart with thy sweetness: make me forget the miseries of this life. Draw me after thee by the bands of thy mercy: and with the bandages of thy grace and loving kindness heal my pain. Stir up in me a desire for Heaven: and inebriate my soul with the joy of Paradise. Let every spirit praise Our Lady Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning and will always be. |
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The
great
psalm
of
the
Passion,
Chapter
22,
whose
first
verse
“My
God, my
God,
why hast
thou forsaken
me?”
Jesus pronounced on the cross, ended with the vision: “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him” For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you. The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought. |
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Pope
Benedict
XVI to
The
Catholic
Church
In China
{whole
article
here}
2000 years
of the Catholic
Church
in China The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. Join us on CatholicVote.org. Be part of a new
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3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible. 4. Say the rosary every day. 5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6. Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. 7. Every month make a review of the month in confession. 8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue. 9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love
Thee.
I beg
pardon
for
those
who do
not believe,
do not
adore,
do
not
O most Holy trinity, Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly.
I offer Thee the most
precious
Body,
Blood,
Soul and
Divinity
of
Jesus
Christ,
present
in all the
Tabernacles
of the
world, in reparation
for the
outrages,
sacrileges
and
indifference
by which
He is
offended,
and by the
infite
merits
of the
Sacred
Heart
of
Jesus
and the
Immaculate
Heart
of Mary.
I beg the conversion
of poor sinners, Fatima Prayer,
Angel of Peace
The
voice
of the
Father
is heard,
the
Son enters
the water,
and
the
Holy Spirit
appears
in the
form of
a dove.
THE
spirit
and example
of
the world
imperceptibly
instil
the
error
into
the
minds
of many
that
there
is a kind
of middle
way
of going
to Heaven;
and
so, because
the world
does
not live
up to
the gospel,
they bring
the
gospel
down to the
level
of the world.
It
is not by
this example
that
we are
to measure
the
Christian
rule,
but
words and
life of
Christ.
All His
followers
are commanded
to labour
to
become
perfect
even as
our heavenly
Father
is perfect,
and
to bear
His image
in our hearts
that
we may
be His children.
We are obliged
by
the gospel
to die
to ourselves
by
fighting
self-love
in
our hearts,
by the mastery
of our
passions,
by
taking on
the spirit
of our
Lord.
These
are
the conditions
under
which
Christ
makes
His
promises
and
numbers
us among
His
children,
as is
manifest
from
His words
which
the
apostles
have
left
us in their
inspired
writings.
Here is no
distinction
made or
foreseen
between
the
apostles
or clergy
or religious
and secular
persons.
The
former,
indeed,
take
upon themselves
certain
stricter
obligations,
as a
means of accomplishing
these
ends
more perfectly;
but
the law
of holiness
and
of disengagement
of the
heart
from the
world is
general
and
binds all
the followers
of Christ.
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God loves variety.
He
doesn't
mass-produce
his saints.
Every
saint
is
unique
each
the
result
of
a new idea.
As the liturgy says: Non
est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly
alike.
It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints. Dear Lord, grant us a spirit not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors
responded
to
God's
invitation
to
use his
or her
unique
gifts.
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The 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite
the
Rosary
)
Revealed
to
St. Dominic
and
Blessed
Alan)
1. Whoever
shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the
Rosary, shall receive signal graces. 2.
I promise my special protection and the greatest graces
to all those who shall recite the Rosary. 3.
The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy
vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4.
It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain
for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts
of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will
lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that soul would
sanctify them by this means. 5. The soul
that recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not
perish. 6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly,
applying themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries
shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise
them in His justice, they shall not perish by an unprovided death; if
they be just, they shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy
of eternal life. 7. Whoever shall have a true devotion
for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church. 8.
Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life
and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at
the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints
in Paradise. 9. I shall deliver from purgatory those
who have been devoted to the Rosary. 10. The faithful
children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation
of the Rosary. 12. I shall aid all those who propagate
the Holy Rosary in their necessities. 13. I have
obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall
have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life
and at the hour of death. 14. All who recite the Rosary
are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
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His Holiness Aram I, current (2013)
Catholicos
of Cilicia of Armenians, whose
See
is located
in Lebanese
town
of Antelias.
The
Catholicosate
was
founded
in Sis,
capital
of
Cilicia,
in
the year
1441
following
the move
of the
Catholicosate
of All Armenians
back
to its
original
See of Etchmiadzin
in Armenia.
The
Catholicosate
of Cilicia
enjoyed
local
jurisdiction,
though
spiritually
subject
to the
authority
of
Etchmiadzin.
In 1921 the
See was transferred
to Aleppo
in Syria,
and in
1930 to
Antelias.
Its
jurisdiction
currently
extends
to Syria,
Cyprus,
Iran
and Greece. |
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Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction
of Christianity
into
Edessa
{Armenian
Ourhaï
in
Arabic
Er Roha,
commonly
Orfa
or Urfa,
its present
name}
is
not known.
It is certain,
however,
that
the Christian
community
was
at first
made
up from
the
Jewish
population
of
the city.
According
to an
ancient
legend,
King
Abgar
V, Ushana,
was converted
by
Addai,
who was one
of the seventy-two
disciples.
In
fact, however,
the
first
King of Edessa
to
embrace
the Christian
Faith
was
Abgar IX
(c. 206)
becoming
official
kingdom
religion.
Christian
council
held
at
Edessa
early
as 197
(Eusebius,
Hist.
Ecc7V,xxiii).
In 201 the city was devastated
by a
great
flood,
and
the
Christian
church
was destroyed
(“Chronicon
Edessenum”,
ad. an.
201).
In 232 the relics of the
Apostle
St. Thomas were brought from India,
on which
occasion
his
Syriac
Acts were
written.
Under Roman domination martyrs suffered at Edessa: Sts. Scharbîl and Barsamya, under Decius; Sts. Gûrja, Schâmôna, Habib, and others under Diocletian. In the meanwhile Christian
priests from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia
and Persia, established the first Churches in the kingdom
of the Sassanides. Atillâtiâ, Bishop of
Edessa,
assisted
at the
Council
of Nicæa
(325).
The
“Peregrinatio
Silviæ”
(or Etheriæ)
(ed.
Gamurrini,
Rome,
1887,
62 sqq.)
gives
an
account
of the
many sanctuaries
at
Edessa
about
388.
Although Hebrew had been
the
language
of
the ancient
Israelite
kingdom,
after
their
return
from
Exile
the
Jews
turned
more
and more
to
Aramaic,
using
it
for parts
of the books
of Ezra
and
Daniel
in the
Bible.
By the
time of
Jesus,
Aramaic
was the
main
language
of
Palestine,
and
quite
a number
of texts
from
the
Dead Sea
Scrolls
are also
written
in
Aramaic.
Aramaic
continued
to
be an
important
language
for
Jews,
alongside
Hebrew,
and parts
of the
Talmud
are written
in
it.
After Arab conquests of
the seventh century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic
as the main language of those who converted to Islam, although
in out of the way places, Aramaic continued as a vernacular
language of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed
its
greatest success
in Christianity.
Although
the
New
Testament
wins
written
in
Greek,
Christianity
had
come
into
existence
in an Aramaic-speaking
milieu,
and
it was
the Aramaic
dialect
of
Edessa,
now
known
as Syriac,
that became
the literary
language
of a large
number
of Christians
living
in the
eastern
provinces
of
the Roman
Empire
and
in the
Persian
Empire,
further
east.
Over
the course
of
the centuries
the influence
of the Syriac
Churches
spread eastwards
to
China
(in Xian,
in western
China,
a
Chinese-Syriac
inscription
dated
781
is
still to be
seen); to
southern
India where
the
state of Kerala
can boast
more
Christians
of
Syriac
liturgical
tradition
than anywhere
else
in the world.
680 Shiite saint Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad Known as Ashoura and observed by Shiites across the world, the 10th day of the lunar Muslim month of Muharram: the anniversary of the 7th century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints. Imam Hussein died in the 680 A.D. battle fought on the plains outside Karbala, a city in modern Iraq that's home to the saint's shrine. The battle over a dispute about the leadership of the Muslim faith following Muhammad's death in 632 A.D. It is the defining event in Islam's split into Sunni and Shiite branches. The occasion is the source of an enduring moral lesson. "He sacrificed his blood to teach us not to give in to corruption, coercion, or use of force and to seek honor and justice." According to Shiite beliefs, Hussein and companions were denied water by enemies who controlled the nearby Euphrates. Streets get partially covered with blood from slaughter of hundreds of cows and sheep. Volunteers cook the meat and feed it to the poor. Hussein's martyrdom recounted through a rich body of prose, poetry and song remains an inspirational example of sacrifice to many Shiites, 10 percent of the world's estimated 1.3 billion Muslims. |
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Meeting
of the
Saints
walis
(saints
of
Allah) Great men covet to embrace
martyrdom
for
a cause
and
principle.
So
was
the
case
with
Hazrat
Ali.
He
could
have
made a
compromise
with
the
evil
forces
of
his time
and,
as a result,
could
have led a very comfortable,
easy
and
luxurious
life.
But
he was
not a person
who
would
succumb
to such
temptations.
His
upbringing,
his education
and his
training
in the
lap of the
holy Prophet
made him
refuse
such
an offer.Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) She was first to set forth the doctrine of mystical love and who is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets. An elderly Shia pointed out that during his pre-Partition childhood it was quite common to find pictures and portraits of Shia icons in Imambaras across the country. Shah Abdul Latif: The Exalted Sufi Master born 1690 in a Syed family; died 1754. In ancient times, Sindh housed the exemplary Indus Valley Civilisation with Moenjo Daro as its capital, and now, it is the land of a culture which evolved from the teachings of eminent Sufi saints. Pakistan is home to the mortal remains of many Sufi saints, the exalted among them being Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a practitioner of the real Islam, philosopher, poet, musicologist and preacher. He presented his teaching through poetry and music - both instruments sublime - and commands a very large following, not only among Muslims but also among Hindus and Christians. Sindh culture: The Shah is synonymous with Sindh. He is the very fountainhead of Sindh's culture. His message remains as fresh as that of any present day poet, and the people of Sindh find solace from his writings. He did indeed think for Sindh. One of his prayers, in exquisite Sindhi, translates thus: “Oh God, may ever You on Sindh bestow abundance rare! Beloved! All the world let share Thy grace, and fruitful be.” Shia Ali al-Hadi, died 868 and son Hassan al-Askari 874. These saints are the 10th and 11th of Shia's 12 most revered Imams. Baba Farid Sufi 1398 miracle, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles 569 A.H. [1173 C.E.] hermit gave to poor, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti greatest mystic of his time born 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.), Hazrat Ghuas-e Azam, Hazrat Bu Ali Sharif, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life. |
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801 Rabi'a
al-'Adawiyya
Sufi
One
of the most
famous
Islamic
mystics
(b. 717). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis, who in turn deeply influenced the European mystical love and troubadour traditions. Rabi'a was a woman of Basra, a seaport in southern Iraq. She was born around 717 and died in 801 (185-186). Her biographer, the great medieval poet Attar, tells us that she was "on fire with love and longing" and that men accepted her "as a second spotless Mary" (186). She was, he continues, “an unquestioned authority to her contemporaries" (218). Rabi'a began her ascetic life in a small desert cell near Basra, where she lost herself in prayer and went straight to God for teaching. As far as is known, she never studied under any master or spiritual director. She was one of the first of the Sufis to teach that Love alone was the guide on the mystic path (222). A later Sufi taught that there were two classes of "true believers": one class sought a master as an intermediary between them and God -- unless they could see the footsteps of the Prophet on the path before them, they would not accept the path as valid. The second class “...did not look before them for the footprint of any of God's creatures, for they had removed all thought of what He had created from their hearts, and concerned themselves solely with God. (218) Rabi'a was of this second kind. She felt no reverence even for the House of God in Mecca: "It is the Lord of the house Whom I need; what have I to do with the house?" (219) One lovely spring morning a friend asked her to come outside to see the works of God. She replied, "Come you inside that you may behold their Maker. Contemplation of the Maker has turned me aside from what He has made" (219). During an illness, a friend asked this woman if she desired anything. "...[H]ow can you ask me such a question as 'What do I desire?' I swear by the glory of God that for twelve years I have desired fresh dates, and you know that in Basra dates are plentiful, and I have not yet tasted them. I am a servant (of God), and what has a servant to do with desire?" (162) When a male friend once suggested she should pray for relief from a debilitating illness, she said, "O Sufyan, do you not know Who it is that wills this suffering for me? Is it not God Who wills it? When you know this, why do you bid me ask for what is contrary to His will? It is not well to oppose one's Beloved." (221) She was an ascetic. It was her custom to pray all night, sleep briefly just before dawn, and then rise again just as dawn "tinged the sky with gold" (187). She lived in celibacy and poverty, having renounced the world. A friend visited her in old age and found that all she owned were a reed mat, screen, a pottery jug, and a bed of felt which doubled as her prayer-rug (186), for where she prayed all night, she also slept briefly in the pre-dawn chill. Once her friends offered to get her a servant; she replied, "I should be ashamed to ask for the things of this world from Him to Whom the world belongs, and how should I ask for them from those to whom it does not belong?" (186-7) A wealthy merchant once wanted to give her a purse of gold. She refused it, saying that God, who sustains even those who dishonor Him, would surely sustain her, "whose soul is overflowing with love" for Him. And she added an ethical concern as well: "...How should I take the wealth of someone of whom I do not know whether he acquired it lawfully or not?" (187) She taught that repentance was a gift from God because no one could repent unless God had already accepted him and given him this gift of repentance. She taught that sinners must fear the punishment they deserved for their sins, but she also offered such sinners far more hope of Paradise than most other ascetics did. For herself, she held to a higher ideal, worshipping God neither from fear of Hell nor from hope of Paradise, for she saw such self-interest as unworthy of God's servants; emotions like fear and hope were like veils -- i.e., hindrances to the vision of God Himself. The story is told that once a number of Sufis saw her hurrying on her way with water in one hand and a burning torch in the other. When they asked her to explain, she said: "I am going to light a fire in Paradise and to pour water on to Hell, so that both veils may vanish altogether from before the pilgrims and their purpose may be sure..." (187-188) She was once asked where she came from. "From that other world," she said. "And where are you going?" she was asked. "To that other world," she replied (219). She taught that the spirit originated with God in "that other world" and had to return to Him in the end. Yet if the soul were sufficiently purified, even on earth, it could look upon God unveiled in all His glory and unite with him in love. In this quest, logic and reason were powerless. Instead, she speaks of the "eye" of her heart which alone could apprehend Him and His mysteries (220). Above all, she was a lover, a bhakti, like one of Krishna’s Goptis in the Hindu tradition. Her hours of prayer were not so much devoted to intercession as to communion with her Beloved. Through this communion, she could discover His will for her. Many of her prayers have come down to us: "I have made Thee the Companion of my heart, But my body is available for those who seek its company, And my body is friendly towards its guests, But the Beloved of my heart is the Guest of my soul." [224] |
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Colombia
was
among
the
countries
Mother
Angelica
visited.
In Bogotá, a Salesian priest - Father Juan Pablo Rodriguez - brought Mother and the nuns to the Sanctuary of the Divine Infant Jesus to attend Mass. After Mass, Father Juan Pablo took them into a small Shrine which housed the miraculous statue of the Child Jesus. Mother Angelica stood praying at the side of the statue when suddenly the miraculous image came alive and turned towards her. Then the Child Jesus spoke with the voice of a young boy: “Build Me a Temple and I will help those who help you.” Thus began a great adventure that would eventually result in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a Temple dedicated to the Divine Child Jesus, a place of refuge for all. Use this link to read a remarkable story about The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Father Reardon, Editor of The Catholic
Bulletin
for
14 years Lover of the poor;
“A very Holy Man of
God.”
Monsignor
Reardon
Protonotarius
Apostolicus Pastor 42 years BASILICA OF SAINT MARY Minneapolis MN America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
August 7, 1907-ground broke for the foundation
by Archbishop
Ireland-laying cornerstone May 31, 1908
Brief History of our Beloved Holy Priest Here and his published books of Catholic History in North America Reardon, J.M. Archbishop Ireland; Prelate, Patriot, Publicist, 1838-1918. A Memoir (St. Paul; 1919); George Anthony Belcourt Pioneer Catholic Missionary of the Northwest 1803-1874 (1955); The Catholic Church IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. PAUL from earliest origin to centennial achievement 1362-1950 (1952); The Church of Saint Mary of Saint Paul 1875-1922; (1932) The Vikings in the American Heartland; The Catholic Total Abstinence Society in Minnesota; James Michael Reardon
Born
in
Nova
Scotia,
1872;
Priest, ordained by Bishop
Ireland;
Affiliations
and
Indulgences
Litany of Loretto in Stained glass
windows
here.
Nave
Sacristy
and
Residence
Here
Member -- St. Paul Seminary
faculty.
Sanctuary spaces between them filled with grilles of hand-forged wrought iron the life of our Blessed Lady After the crucifixon Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's
earliest
Basilica.
Ordered by Rome's first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great, Popes' cathedral and official residence first millennium of Christian history. The only replicas ever made: in order from
west
to
east
{1932}.
Saints Simon (saw),
Bartholomew
(knife),
James
the
Lesser
(book),
John
(eagle),
Andrew
(transverse
cross),
Peter
keys),
Paul
(sword), James
the Greater (staff), Thomas (carpenter's
square),
Philip
(serpent),
Matthew
(book),
and Jude
sword
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THE BLESSED
MOTHER
AND ISLAM
By Father
John
Corapi.
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope
John
Paul
II;
By
Father John Corapithen 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so. THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM By Father John Corapi.
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope
John
Paul
II;
By
Father John Corapithen 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so.
Among
the
most
important
titles
we
have in
the Catholic
Church
for
the Blessed
Virgin
Mary are
Our
Lady of
Victory
and Our
Lady of
the Rosary.
These
titles
can be traced
back
to one of
the most
decisive
times
in the history
of the
world and
Christendom.
The Battle
of Lepanto
took
place
on October
7 (date
of feast
of Our Lady
of Rosary),
1571.
This
proved to
be the most crucial
battle
for the Christian
forces
against
the radical
Muslim
navy of Turkey.
Pope
Pius
V led a procession
around St.
Peter’s
Square in
Vatican City
praying
the Rosary.
He showed
true pastoral
leadership
in recognizing
the danger posed
to Christendom
by the radical
Muslim
forces,
and in using
the
means necessary
to defeat
it. Spiritual
battles
require
spiritual
weapons,
and this
more than
anything
was a battle
that
had its origins
in the spiritual
order—a
true battle
between good
and evil. Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn children. No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion. As we watch the spectacle of the world seeming to self-destruct before our eyes, we can’t help but be saddened and even frightened by so much evil run rampant. Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea—It is all a disaster of epic proportions displayed in living color on our television screens. These are not ordinary times and this is not business as usual. We are at a crossroads in human history and the time for Catholics and all Christians to act is now. All evil can ultimately be traced to its origin, which is moral evil. All of the political action, peace talks, international peacekeeping forces, etc. will avail nothing if the underlying sickness is not addressed. This is sin. One person at a time hearts and minds must be moved from evil to good, from lies to truth, from violence to peace. Islam, an Arabic word that has often been defined as “to make peace,” seems like a living contradiction today. Islam is a religion of peace. As we celebrate the birthday of Our Lady, I am proposing that each one of us pray the Rosary for peace. Prayer is what must precede all other activity if that activity is to have any chance of success. Pray for peace, pray the Rosary every day without fail. There is a great love for Mary among Muslim people. It is not a coincidence that a little village named Fatima is where God chose to have His Mother appear in the twentieth century. Our Lady’s name appears no less than thirty times in the Koran. No other woman’s name is mentioned, not even that of Mohammed’s daughter, Fatima. In the Koran Our Lady is described as “Virgin, ever Virgin.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen prophetically spoke of the resurgence of Islam in our day. He said it would be through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Islam would be converted. We must pray for this to happen quickly if we are to avert a horrible time of suffering for this poor, sinful world. Turn to our Mother in this time of great peril. Pray the Rosary every day. Then, and only then will there be peace, when the hearts and minds of men are changed from the inside.
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Father John Corapi goes to
the heart of the contemporary world's
many woes
and
wars,
whether
the
wars
in Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Lebanon,
Somalia,
or the Congo,
or the natural
disasters
that
seem
to be increasing
every year,
the moral
and spiritual
war is
at the basis
of everything.
“Our battle
is not
against
human
forces,”
St. Paul
asserts,
“but
against
principalities
and powers,
against
the world
rulers
of this
present
darkness...”
(Ephesians
6:12).
The “War to end all wars” is the moral and spiritual combat that rages in the hearts and minds of human beings. The outcome of that unseen fight largely determines how the battle in the realm of the seen unfolds. The title talk, “With the Moon Under Her Feet,” is taken from the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation, and deals with the current threat to the world from radical Islam, and the Blessed Virgin Mary's role in the ultimate victory that will result in the conversion of Islam. Few Catholics are aware of the connection between Islam, Fatima, and Guadalupe. Presented in Father Corapi's straight-forward style, you will be both inspired and educated by him. About Father John Corapi. Father Corapi is a Catholic
priest
.
The pillars of father's
preaching
are
basically:
Love
for
and
a
relationship
with
the
Blessed
Virgin
Mary
Leading a vibrant and loving relationship with Jesus Christ Great love and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist from Holy Mass to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament An uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church God Bless
you on
your journey
Father
John
Corapi
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8 Martyrs
Move Closer
to Sainthood
8 July,
2016
Posted by ZENIT Staff on 8 July, 2016 The angel appears to Saint Monica This morning, Pope Francis received Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, he authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes: *** MIRACLES: Miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Luis Antonio Rosa Ormières, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angel; born July 4, 1809 and died on Jan. 16, 1890 MARTYRDOM: Servants of God Antonio Arribas Hortigüela and 6 Companions, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; killed in hatred of the Faith, Sept. 29, 1936 Servant of God Josef Mayr-Nusser, a layman; killed in hatred of the Faith, Feb. 24, 1945 HEROIC VIRTUE: Servant of God Alfonse Gallegos of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Titular Bishop of Sasabe, auxiliary of Sacramento; born Feb. 20, 1931 and died Oct. 6, 1991 Servant of God Rafael Sánchez García, diocesan priest; born June 14, 1911 and died on Aug. 8, 1973 Servant of God Andrés García Acosta, professed layman of the Order of Friars Minor; born Jan. 10, 1800 and died Jan. 14, 1853 Servant of God Joseph Marchetti, professed priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles; born Oct. 3, 1869 and died Dec. 14, 1896 Servant of God Giacomo Viale, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, pastor of Bordighera; born Feb. 28, 1830 and died April 16, 1912 Servant of God Maria Pia of the Cross (née Maddalena Notari), foundress of the Congregation of Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist; born Dec. 2, 1847 and died on July 1, 1919 |
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Sunday,
November
23
2014 Six
to Be Canonized
on
Feast of Christ
the
King. On the List Are Lay Founder of a Hospital and Eastern Catholic Religious VATICAN CITY, June 12, 2014 (Zenit.org) - Today, the Vatican announced that during the celebration of the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, November 23, an ordinary public consistory will be held for the canonization of the following six blesseds, who include a lay founder of a hospital for the poor, founders of religious orders, and two members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See: -Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888), an Italian bishop who founded the Institute of the Sisters Teachers of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts -Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), a Syro-Malabar priest in India who founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate -Ludovico of Casoria (1814-1885), an Italian Franciscan priest who founded the Gray Sisters of St. Elizabeth -Nicola Saggio (Nicola da Longobardi, 1650-1709), an Italian oblate of the Order of Minims -Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877-1952), an Indian Carmelite of the Syro-Malabar Church -Amato Ronconi (1238-1304), an Italian, Third Order Franciscan who founded a hospital for poor pilgrims |
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CAUSES
OF SAINTS
July
2015. Pope Recognizes Heroic Virtues of Ukrainian Archbishop Recognition Brings Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky Closer to Beatification By Junno Arocho Esteves Rome, July 17, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky. According to a communique released by the Holy See Press Office, the Holy Father met this morning with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The Pope also recognized the heroic virtues of several religious/lay men and women from Italy, Spain, France & Mexico. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is considered to be one of the most influential 20th century figures in the history of the Ukrainian Church. Enthroned as Metropolitan of Lviv in 1901, Archbishop Sheptytsky was arrested shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 by the Russians. After his imprisonment in several prisons in Russia and the Ukraine, the Archbishop was released in 1918. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic prelate was also an ardent supporter of the Jewish community in Ukraine, going so far as to learn Hebrew to better communicate with them. He also was a vocal protestor against atrocities committed by the Nazis, evidenced in his pastoral letter, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." He was also known to harbor thousands of Jews in his residence and in Greek Catholic monasteries. Following his death in 1944, his cause for canonization was opened in 1958. * * * The Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees regarding the heroic virtues of: - Servant of God Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., major archbishop of Leopolis of the Ukrainians, metropolitan of Halyc (1865-1944); - Servant of God Giuseppe Carraro, Bishop of Verona, Italy (1899-1980); - Servant of God Agustin Ramirez Barba, Mexican diocesan priest and founder of the Servants of the Lord of Mercy (1881-1967); - Servant of God Simpliciano della Nativita (ne Aniello Francesco Saverio Maresca), Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts (1827-1898); - Servant of God Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres del Cancino, Mexican founder of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (1866-1937); - Servant of God Marie-Charlotte Dupouy Bordes (Marie-Teresa), French professed religious of the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1873-1953); - Servant of God Elisa Miceli, Italian founder of the Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1904-1976); - Servant of God Isabel Mendez Herrero (Isabel of Mary Immaculate), Spanish professed nun of the Servants of St. Joseph (1924-1953) |
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October
01,
2015
Vatican City,
Pope Authorizes
following
Decrees (ZENIT.org) By Staff Reporter Polish Layperson Recognized as Servant of God Pope Authorizes Decrees Pope Francis on Wednesday authorised the Congregation for Saints' Causes to promulgate the following decrees: MARTYRDOM - Servant of God Valentin Palencia Marquina, Spanish diocesan priest, killed in hatred of the faith in Suances, Spain in 1937; HEROIC VIRTUES - Servant of God Giovanni Folci, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Opera Divin Prigioniero (1890-1963); - Servant of God Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish diocesan priest (1921-1987); - Servant of God Jose Rivera Ramirez, Spanish diocesan priest (1925-1991); - Servant of God Juan Manuel Martín del Campo, Mexican diocesan priest (1917-1996); - Servant of God Antonio Filomeno Maria Losito, Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (1838-1917); - Servant of God Maria Benedetta Giuseppa Frey (nee Ersilia Penelope), Italian professed nun of the Cistercian Order (1836-1913); - Servant of God Hanna Chrzanowska, Polish layperson, Oblate of the Ursulines of St. Benedict (1902-1973). |
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March
06
2016 MIRACLES
authorised
the Congregation
to promulgate
the
following decrees:
Pope Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees: MIRACLES – Blessed Manuel González García, bishop of Palencia, Spain, founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth (1877-1940); – Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity (née Elisabeth Catez), French professed religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1880-1906); – Venerable Servant of God Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus (né Henri Grialou), French professed priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, founder of the Secular Institute “Notre-Dame de Vie” (1894-1967); – Venerable Servant of God María Antonia of St. Joseph (née María Antonio de Paz y Figueroa), Argentine founder of the Beaterio of the Spiritual Exercise of Buenos Aires (1730-1799); HEROIC VIRTUE – Servant of God Stefano Ferrando, Italian professed priest of the Salesians, bishop of Shillong, India, founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (1895-1978); – Servant of God Enrico Battista Stanislao Verjus, Italian professed priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, coadjutor of the apostolic vicariate of New Guinea (1860-1892); – Servant of God Giovanni Battista Quilici, Italian diocesan priest, founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Crucified (1791-1844); – Servant of God Bernardo Mattio, Italian diocesan priest (1845-1914); – Servant of God Quirico Pignalberi, Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1891-1982); – Servant of God Teodora Campostrini, Italian founder of the Minim Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows (1788-1860); – Servant of God Bianca Piccolomini Clementini, Italian founder of the Company of St. Angela Merici di Siena (1875-1959); – Servant of God María Nieves of the Holy Family (née María Nieves Sánchez y Fernández), Spanish professed religious of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools (1900-1978). April 26 2016 MIRACLES authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees: Here is the full list of decrees approved by the Pope: MIRACLES – Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco, diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist (1839-1910); – Venerable Servant of God John Sullivan, professed priest of the Society of Jesus (1861-1933); MARTYRDOM – Servants of God Nikolle Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M., archbishop of Durres, Albania, and 37 companions killed between 1945 and 1974; – Servants of God José Antón Gómez and three companions of the Benedictines of Madrid, Spain, killed 1936; HEROIC VIRTUES – Servant of God Thomas Choe Yang-Eop, diocesan priest (1821-1861); – Servant of God Sosio Del Prete (né Vincenzo), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Congregation of the Little Servants of Christ the King (1885-1952); – Servant of God Wenanty Katarzyniec (né Jósef), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1889-1921); – Servant of God Maria Consiglia of the Holy Spirity (née Emilia Pasqualina Addatis), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Addolorata, Servants of Mary (1845-1900); – Servant of God Maria of the Incarnation (née Caterina Carrasco Tenorio), founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of the Flock of Mary (1840-1917); – Servant of God , founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Family of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1851-1923); – Servant of God Ilia Corsaro, founder of the Congregation of the Little Missionaries of the Eucharist (1897-1977); – Servant of God Maria Montserrat Grases García, layperson of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (1941-1959). |
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