Sunday Saints of this Day November 05 Nonis Novémbris

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.
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Zacharias_and_Angel Sancti Zacharíæ, Sacerdótis et Prophétæ, qui pater éxstitit beáti Joánnis Baptístæ, Præcursóris Dómini.

St. Zachary, priest and prophet, the father of blessed John Baptist, Forerunner of our Lord.

Mary Mother of GOD

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Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
Unoccupied, they cannot be. -- St Thomas More

Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride,
nor your humility without wisdom. -- St. Augustine

November 5 - Sedes Sapientiae (Cologne, Germany, 1280)

The icon of “Mary, Seat of Wisdom”

In the year 2000, Saint Pope John Paul II commissioned an icon of “Mary, Seat of Wisdom” to dedicate to students worldwide. Since then, that icon has travelled around the world, on every continent, reaching young people in higher education everywhere.

This icon of "Mary, Seat of Wisdom" has visited the countries that hosted the previous World Youth Days (Germany, Spain, Brazil, etc.) and every year a different country is chosen to host it. Beginning in December 2014, for a period of one year, the students of France will have the opportunity to receive it. This highly symbolic icon will be honored in different events geared towards college students and diocesan youth programs.

Since last November, it has already traveled 10,000 km in France, encountering many students at youth groups or larger gatherings (European meetings of Taizé, https://www.facebook.com/Challenge-des-Cath%C3%A9drales-428438933914162/timeline/ etc.).
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Abigail Adams, wife of 2nd President and mother of the 6th President, wrote to Mercy Otis Warren on NOVEMBER 5, 1775:

“A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.

Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?” Abigail Adams continued:
“Can he be a patriot who, by an openly vicious conduct, is undermining the very bonds of Society, corrupting the Morals of Youth, and by his bad example injuring the very Country he professes to patronize more than he can possibly compensate by intrepidity, generosity and honour?”

Abigail Adams concluded: “Scriptures tell us ‘righteousness exalteth a Nation.’”

November 5 - Our Lady of Damietta (Egypt, 1220)

Apparitions of Our Lady of Coromoto in Venezuela (III)

Meanwhile, according to tradition, the chief tried to return to the jungle, but he was bitten by a poisonous snake on the way. He then had a change of heart towards God and asked for baptism. A Christian passing by poured water on his head. The chief did not die and he became one of the apostles of Our Lady. The enthusiasm of this Indian community was so great that a priest was sent for to minister to them. The capuchin Brother Jose de Najera was given the charge of this village called San-José-de-la-Aparicion (St Joseph of the Apparition). This village disappeared one year after huge floods, but the place of the apparition became a place of pilgrimage under the name of “Our Lady of Coromoto.” On March 1, 1942, the Venezuelan Episcopate, joined together in plenary session, proclaimed the Virgin of Coromoto patron of Venezuela. On October 7, 1944, Pope Pius XII ratified the decree of the bishops, and officially declared in a brief of the Holy See Our Lady of Coromoto patron of Venezuela and crowned the statue. He set up the shrine in a basilica, which Pope John Paul II visited in 1985.Adapted from the Dictionary of Apparitions (le dictionnaire des Apparitions) By Father Rene Laurentin, Ed. Fayard 2007

St. Elizabeth first to know about Mary's great blessing as the Mother of God
1st v. Felix and Eusebius MM

225 Galation (Galacteon) & Episteme continuation of the romance of Clitophon and Leucippe MM
310 St. Domninus doctor Martyr with Sylvanus Syrian bishop and others
4th v. Domninus of Grenoble first bishop of Grenoble
495 St. Dominator 14th bishop of Brescia
500 Fibitius of Trèves 21st bishop of Trèves (Trier, Germany)
6th v. Augustine and Paulinus monks sent by Saint Benedict to the monastery of Terracina in southern Italy OSB
525 Magnus archbishop of Milan B
533 Laetus of Orléans embraced the monastic state at the age of 12 Priest (RM)
594 St. Sylvia Mother of St. Gregory the Great
6th v. Kea founded churches and monasteries
705 St. Bertilla Benedictine abbess strict rule and austerities
707 Spinulus Benedictine monk of Moyen-Moûtier, OSB Abbot (AC)
8th v. Saint Gregory Archbishop of Alexandria lived in the eigth century. He was flogged and thrown into prison in the reign of Leo the iconoclast. He was left in prison without food until he died.
8th v. Goussaud hermit in Auvergne peasants still commit their cattle to his care
8th v. Kanten of Wales Founder of Llanganten Abbey
953 Saint Hermenegild of Salcedo helped spread Benedictines throughout northwest Spain under Saint Rudesind OSB

GOD could have established his Church under supervision of angels that have no faults or weaknesses. But who can doubt that as it stands today, consisting of and under the supervision of poor sinners—successors to the ‘poor fishermen of Galilee’ #151; the Church is a more outstanding miracle than any other way?”

Venerable Capuchin Solanus Casey a divine love for people

I Choose the Little Ones November 5 - Sedes Sapientiae of Cologne (Germany, 1280)
“She looked at me with a smile and said: 'I chose you.' Oh! How happy I was!
“She had such kindness in her eyes and such mercy! She was wearing her scapular, and a very beautiful one at that!
"She paused for a moment and began again, still smiling: 'I choose the little ones and the weak for my glory.'
"She stopped again and told me: 'Take courage, for the time of your trials is about to begin.'
"Then she crossed her hands over her chest and left.”.
Apparition of Our Lady to Estelle Faguette in Pellevoisin, France Sunday, November 5, 1876.

Mary and the Souls in Purgatory (V): Consoler of the Afflicted Nov 5 - OUR LADY OF DAMIETTA (Egypt, 1220)

The mystical body of Jesus belongs to Mary, i.e. to the Church militant, triumphant and suffering: or, to say it more eloquently, to Jesus fighting on earth against hell, Jesus triumphing in heaven, and Jesus suffering in his members in purgatory; this is because when that same Jesus gave himself to his divine Mother, he gave all things to her along with himself.
And Mary belongs to the Church militant, triumphant and suffering, because her Son Jesus gave her to the Church militant to be the general of his armies.
He gave her to the Church triumphant, like a dazzling sun that fills the hearts of all the citizens of heaven with an incredible joy, second only to the beatific vision of the adorable face of the almighty God.
He gave her to the Church suffering in her quality as Mother of Mercy and Consoler of the Afflicted, who pours out continual consolations and refreshments amidst these very fiery flames of the divine Justice; since she herself assured Saint Bridget that no pain in purgatory was beyond her power to assuage.

Saint John Eudes The Admirable Heart of the Most Sacred Mother of God,
Book 6, Ch. I, Oracle X, 8th Explanation.

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 bestowed NOT for the benefit of the recipients so much as FOR the benefit of others.

St. Elizabeth first to know about Mary's great blessing as the Mother of God
1st v. Felix and Eusebius MM

1957 Venerable ordained Capuchin Solanus Casey a divine love for people

St. Elizabeth and Zachary first to know about Mary's great blessing as the Mother of God
Sancti Zacharíæ, Sacerdótis et Prophétæ, qui pater éxstitit beáti Joánnis Baptístæ, Præcursóris Dómini.
St. Zachary, priest and prophet, the father of blessed John Baptist, Forerunner of our Lord.
Item sanctæ Elísabeth, ejúsdem sanctíssimi Præcursóris matris. Also, St. Elizabeth, mother of the same most holy Forerunner.
SS. ZACHARY AND ELIZABETH

Ss. ZACHARY and Elizabeth were the parents of St John the Baptist. Zachary was a priest of the Old Covenant, and his wife was of the family of Aaron both were “well approved in God’s sight, following all the commandments and observances of the law without reproach”. They were without children, and perhaps beyond the normal age of generation, when Zachary, while officiating in the Temple, had a vision of an angel, who told him that in response to their prayers they should have a son, “to whom thou shalt give the name John”, who should be filled with the Holy Ghost even in his mother’s womb, and who should bring back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

The coming to pass of these things and their circumstances; the visit of our Lady to her kinswoman Elizabeth, when she too was filled with the Holy Ghost and greeted Mary as blessed among women; Mary’s hymn of praise, “My soul doth magnify the Lord”; after John’s birth the return of speech, of which he had been deprived, to Zachary’s lips, so that he spoke in prophecy, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who hath visited and redeemed his people” these things are all set out in the first chapter of St Luke’s Gospel. After that nothing more is heard of Zachary and his wife. But it was a common opinion among the fathers, e.g. Epiphanius, Basil, Cyril of Alexandria, that St Zachary died a martyr, and according to an apocryphal writing he was killed in the Temple, “between the porch and the altar”, by command of Herod because he refused to disclose the whereabouts of his son. But the Roman Martyrology makes no mention of martyrdom when it names Zachary and Elizabeth on November 5, the day on which their feast is kept in Palestine. St Zachary is named in the commemoration of the saints at Mass according to the Mozarabic rite.

As has been said, all that is known about SS. Zachary and Elizabeth is to be found in St Luke’s Gospel, chap. i, and it was St Peter Damian’s opinion that to inquire about things the evangelists did not choose to tell us shows an improper and superfluous curiosity (in his third sermon on the birth of our Lady). But those who disagree with him may refer also to Bardenhewer’s Biblische Studien, vi, 187 (1901) and the various biblical dictionaries and encyclopaedias.

Not much information is known about Elizabeth, but she has the distinction of being one of the first to know about Mary's great blessing as the Mother of God. Zachary was a priest in Jerusalem whose wife, Elizabeth, Mary's cousin, was beyond child-bearing age. He was told by an angel in a vision that they would have a son and should name him John. When he doubted this, he was struck dumb. Elizabeth was visited by Mary, at which time Mary spoke the hymn of praise now known at the Magnificat, and after John's birth, Zachary's speech was restored. This is all that is known of Elizabeth and Zachary, and is found in the New Testament in Luke, Chapter 1. An unvarifiable tradition has Zachary murdered in the Temple when he refused to tell Herod where his son John was to be found.

1st v. Elizabeth, Widow, and Zachary, Prophet (RM) Elizabeth and Zachary were the parents of John the Baptist, forerunner of Jesus. All we know about them is found in the first chapter of Luke's Gospel. "Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly" (Luke 1:6, NAB). Zachary was a priest of the Old Covenant and Elizabeth was of the family of Aaron.

Having reached middle age without the blessing of children, Zachary, while officiating in the temple, had a vision of an angel who told him that his prayers for a son would be answered. Zachary was incredulous. Perhaps to prevent Zachary from sinning against hope, he was struck dumb until the birth of his son who was to be called John, "who shall be filled with the Holy Spirit even in his mother's womb and who should bring back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God."

Elizabeth was visited by Mary, the Mother of God, at which time Mary spoke the hymn of praise now known as the Magnificat, although a few manuscripts indicated it was Elizabeth who sang it. Generally a child is named after a dead relative. This is what Elizabeth and Zachary's friends and neighbors expected. Yet his mother insisted that he was to be named John, and his father wrote that he agreed.

The Canticle of Zachariah or Benedictus is prayed daily by Christians in Morning Prayer. It is a song of high praise:

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel. He has come to His people to set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty Savior, born of the house of His servant David. Through His holy prophets He promised of old that He would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant. This was the oath He swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our enemies, free to worship Him without fear, holy and righteous in His sight all the days of our life. You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare His way, to give His people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins. In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace (Luke 1::68- 79).

Tradition, supported by Saint Basil and Cyril of Alexandria, asserts that Zachary died a martyr, killed in the Temple "between the porch and the altar" by command of Herod, because he refused to disclose the whereabouts of his son. The Roman Martyrology does not report this incident (Attwater, Benedictines, Bentley, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Farmer, White).

In art, Elizabeth is shown clad as an elderly lady, holding the infant John the Baptist (anonymous Russian icon); or pregnant and greeting the Virgin Mary (Piero di Cosimo; Marx Reichlich). Zacharias (anonymous Russian icon) is generally pictured as an old priest with a censer and Saint Elizabeth nearby. Sometimes he is shown in scenes of the birth and childhood of Saint John the Baptist (Roeder), or holding a lighted taper (White).

1st v. Felix and Eusebius MM (RM)

Tarracínæ, in Campánia, natális sanctórum Mártyrum Felícis Presbyteri, et Eusébii Mónachi. Ex his Eusébius, cum sepelísset sanctos Mártyres Juliánum et Cæsárium, et multos convérteret ad fidem Christi, quos sanctus Felix Presbyter baptizábat, una cum ipso Felíce tentus est; et, ad Júdicis forum ducti nec superáti, inde in cárcerem inclúsi, ambo, nocte eádem, cum sacrificáre noluíssent, decolláti sunt.
At Terracina in Campania, the birthday of the holy martyrs Felix, a priest, and Eusebius, a monk. The latter buried the holy martyrs Julian and Caesarius, and converted to the faith of Christ many whom the priest St. Felix baptized. They were arrested together, and both were led to the tribunal of the judge, who could not succeed in intimidating them; they were shut up in prison, and as they refused to offer sacrifice, were beheaded that same night.

martyrs of Terracina, an Italian city between Rome and Naples (Benedictines).

Saints Patrobas, Hermes, Linus, Gaius, Philologus, Apostles of the Seventy preached the Gospel in various cities, each enduring various hardships in their service as bishops.
St Patrobas (Rom 16:14) was Bishop of Neopolis (now Naples) and Puteoli in Italy.
St Hermes was bishop in the city of Philippoplis where he died a martyr.
St Linus (2 Tim 4:21) was a successor to the Apostle Peter at Rome.
St Gaius (Rom 16:23),was Bishop of Ephesus after St Timothy.
The Apostle Andrew consecrated St Philologus (Rom 16:15) bishop of Sinope (in the Black Sea region).

225 Galation (Galacteon) & Episteme continuation of the romance of Clitophon and Leucippe MM (RM)

Eméssæ, in Phœnícia, sanctórum Mártyrum Galatiónis et Epistémis cónjugis, qui in Décii persecutióne, flagris cæsi, mánibus pedibúsque et lingua ínsuper mutiláti, dénique, truncáto cápite, martyrium consummárunt.
At Emesa in Phoenicia, during the persecution of Decius, the holy martyrs Galation and his wife Epistemis, who were scourged, had their hands, feet, and tongue mutilated, and finally fulfilled their martyrdom by beheading.

SS. GALATION AND EPISTEME

IT is disconcerting to find that Galation’s parents were called Clitophon and Leucippe, and it must be said at once that the story of Galation and Episteme is nothing but a Christian continuation of the romance of Tatius. Unfortunately Cardinal Baronius, following the example of the Eastern church, inserted their names in the Roman Martyrology, and a brief notice is therefore not out of place here.

We are introduced to Clitophon and Leucippe as married and living at Emesa (Homs) in Syria, but unhappy on account of their childlessness. Leucippe having kindly entertained a Christian hermit, Onuphrius, who was hiding from persecution, she was rewarded with the gift of faith, and in answer to her prayers she conceived. Thereupon Clitophon also became a Christian. A son was born to them, who because of his milk-white complexion was baptized Galation (Galakteon). He grew up into a very handsome and accomplished man, and his father married him to a beautiful pagan girl named Episteme (“Knowledge”). But, Clitophon being so well known as a hero of natural love, the continuator of Tatius presents his son as an example of virginity chosen from love of God. After his marriage Galation declared to Episteme his desire to live with her in a state of virginity, and she, to whom such an idea was sufficiently strange and unwelcome, tried her best to break down his resolution. She of course failed, and when Galation had explained his religion to her she consented to be baptized by him. Then they sold all their goods for the benefit of the poor and retired, Galation to the hermitage of Publion in the desert of Sinai, Episteme to a community of consecrated virgins. After three years Galation was arrested and brought before the magistrate at Emesa. When Episteme heard of it she gave herself up to suffer with her husband; when her clothes were torn off to shame her the fifty-three officers who were looking on were struck blind. After they had been beaten and otherwise tortured, their tongues, hands and feet were cut off, and they were put to death by beheading.

In their scrupulous regard for what scholarship now demands the Bollandists have critically edited in their third volume for November the two Greek recensions of this pious fable. The earlier is attributed to the authorship of a certain Eutolmius; the latter in date has long ago been printed among the works, which pass under the name of Simeon Metaphrastes. It is noteworthy that in neither text is there any indication of the particular persecution in which these martyrs suffered. Neither Decius nor Diocletian are mentioned, though the former is now named in the Roman Martyrology.

According to the legend, the Christian Galation converted his wife, upon which each retired to a monastery. They were martyred under Decius at Emessa in Phoenicia. It is now generally agreed that these two martyrs never existed: they are simply the hero and heroine in what may be described as the Christian, continuation of the romance of Clitophon and Leucippe (Benedictines, Encyclopedia). The legendary Galacteon is portrayed in art having his tongue plucked out (Roeder).

The Martyrs Galacteon and his wife Epistime at Emesa There was a rich and distinguished couple named Kletophon and Leukippe, who lived in the Syrian city of Emesa, and for a long time they were childless. They gave much gold to the pagan priests, but still they remained childless.

The city of Emesa was governed by a Syrian named Secundus, put there by the Roman Caesars. He was a merciless and zealous persecutor of Christians, and to intimidate them he ordered that the instruments of torture be displayed on the streets. The slightest suspicion of belonging to "the sect of the Galilean" (as thus Christians were called by the pagans), was enough to get a man arrested and handed over for torture. In spite of this, many Christians voluntarily surrendered themselves into the hands of the executioners, in their desire to suffer for Christ.

A certain old man by the name of Onuphrius, who concealed his monastic and priestly dignity beneath his beggar's rags. He walked from house to house in Emesa, begging alms. At the same time, whenever he saw the possibility of turning people away from the pagan error, he preached about Christ.

Once, he came to the magnificent house of Leukippe. Accepting alms from her, he sensed that the woman was in sorrow, and he asked what was the cause of this sadness. She told the Elder about her familial misfortune. In consoling her, Onuphrius began to tell her about the one true God, about His omnipotence and mercy, and how He always grants the prayer of those turning to Him with faith. Hope filled the soul of Leukippe. She believed and accepted Holy Baptism. Soon after this it was revealed to her in a dream that she would give birth to a son, who would be a true follower of Christ. At first, Leukippe concealed her delight from her husband, but after the infant was born, she revealed the secret to her husband and also persuaded him to be baptized.

They named the baby Galacteon and his parents raised him in the Christian Faith and provided him a fine education. He could make an illustrious career for himself, but Galacteon sought rather an unsullied monastic life in solitude and prayer.

When Galacteon turned twenty-four, his father resolved to marry him off and they found him a bride, a beautiful and illustrious girl by the name of Epistime. The son did not oppose the will of his father, but by the will of God, the wedding was postponed for a time. Visiting his betrothed, Galacteon gradually revealed his faith to her. Eventually, he converted her to Christ and he secretly baptized her himself.

Besides Epistime he baptized also one of her servants, Eutolmius. The newly-illumined decided on the initiative of Galacteon, to devote themselves to the monastic life. Leaving the city, they hid themselves away on Mount Publion, where there were two monasteries, one for men and the other for women. The new monastics had to take with them all the necessities for physical toil, since the inhabitants of both monasteries were both old and infirm.

For several years the monastics struggled in work, fasting and prayer. Once, Epistime had a vision in her sleep: she and Galacteon stood in a wondrous palace before a radiant King, and the King bestowed golden crowns on them. This was a prefiguring of their impending martyrdom.

The pagans became aware of the existence of the monasteries, and a military detachment was sent to apprehend their inhabitants. But the monks and the nuns succeeded in hiding themselves in the hills. Galacteon, however, had no desire to flee and so he remained in his cell, reading Holy Scripture. When Epistime saw that the soldiers were leading Galacteon away in chains, she began to implore the Abbess to permit her to go also, since she wanted to accept torture for Christ together with her fiancé and teacher. The Abbess tearfully blessed Epistime to do so.

The saints endured terrible torments, while supplicating and glorifying Christ. Their hands and legs were cut off, their tongues were cut out, and then they were beheaded.

Eutolmius, the former servant of Epistime, and who had become her brother in Christ and fellow ascetic in monastic struggles, secretly buried the bodies of the holy martyrs. He later wrote an account of their virtuous life and their glorious martyrdom, for his contemporaries and for posterity.

St. Domninus doctor Martyr with Sylvanus Syrian bishop and others
Item sanctórum Mártyrum Domníni, Theótimi, Philóthei, Silváni et Sociórum, sub Maximíno Imperatóre.
Also, the holy martyrs Dominus, Theotimus, Philotheus, Silvanus, and their companions, under Emperor Maximinus.
Philotheus, Sylvanus, and Theotimus. Domninus was a doctor, and Sylvanus was a Syrian bishop.
They were condemned to work in the mines and then executed.

Domninus, Theotimus, Philotheus, Sylvanus & Comp. MM (RM) Dates unknown. Domninus, a young physician, and Sylvanus, a Syrian bishop, were together condemned to work in the mines. The former was burned alive somewhere in Palestine, the latter was martyred much later. The rest seem to have suffered under Maximian 306–12 (Benedictines).

4th v. Domninus of Grenoble first bishop of Grenoble B (AC)
This Domninus was the first bishop of Grenoble, France (Benedictines).

495 St. Dominator 14th bishop of Brescia

Bríxiæ sancti Dominatóris Epíscopi. At Brescia, St. Dominator, bishop.

Italy. He served Brescia in the much troubled era following the final collapse of the Roman Empire in the West and at a time when Germanic tribes were in full control of Italy.
Dominator of Brescia B (RM). The 14th bishop of Brescia in Lombardy (Benedictines, Encyclopedia).

6th v. Kea founded churches and monasteries B (AC)
(also known as Kay, Ke, Kenan, Quay)

The British saint Kea left his name to Kea in Cornwall and Landkey in Devon, where he is still venerated. He passed some of his life and died in Brittany, where he is venerated as Saint Quay (at Saint-Quay in northern Brittany and Saint-Quay- Portrieux near Saint Brieuc). The details of his life are very uncertain; however, it is possible that as Kea, Fili, and Saint Ruadan travelled from Glastonbury into Devon and Cornwall they founded churches and monasteries. Less certain is Kea's noble parentage and association with Saint Gildas, who is said to have made his bells (Benedictines, Farmer). In art he is depicted as a bishop ploughing with seven stags (in pictures from Brittany); sometimes waters gushes from a rock that he has struck (Roeder). Saint Kea is invoked against toothache (Farmer).

500 Fibitius of Trèves 21st bishop of Trèves (Trier, Germany) B (RM)
Tréviris sancti Fibítii, qui ex Abbáte factus est ejúsdem civitátis Epíscopus.
At Treves, St. Fibitius, first an abbot and then bishop of that city.
Abbot of a monastery at Trèves (Trier, Germany), and the 21st bishop of that city (Benedictines).

525 Magnus archbishop of Milan B (RM)

Medioláni sancti Magni, Epíscopi et Confessóris. At Milan, St. Magnus, bishop and confessor.

Little further is known about Magnus other than he was archbishop of Milan from c. 520-525 (Benedictines).

533 Laetus of Orléans embraced the monastic state at the age of 12 Priest (RM)

Aureliánis, in Gállia, sancti Læti, Presbyteri et Confessóris. At Orleans in France, St. Laetus, priest and confessor.

(also known as Lie)

Honored in the diocese of Orléans, Laetus's relics are enshrined in the village of Saint-Lié-la- Forêt in that diocese. He is said to have embraced the monastic state at the age of 12 (Benedictines, Encyclopedia).

594 St. Sylvia Mother of St. Gregory the Great

The Church venerates the sanctity of Sylvia and Gordian, the parents of St. Gregory the Great, as well as his two aunts, Tarsilla and Emiliana. St. Sylvia was a native of the region of Sicily while St. Gordian, her husband, came from the vicinity of Rome. They had two sons: Gregory and another whose name has not survived the ages. Gordian died about 573 and Gregory converted his paternal home into a monastery. Sylvia therefore retired to a solitary and quasi-monastic life in a little abode near the Church of St. Sava on the Aventine. It became her custom frequently to send fresh vegetables to her son on a silver platter. One day, when Gregory found himself with nothing to give a poor beggar, he presented him with the platter. St. Sylvia is thought to have gone on to her heavenly reward between 592 and 594. After her death, the holy Pontiff had a picture of both his parents depicted in the Church of St. Andrew.

In the sixteenth century, Pope Clement VIII had St. Sylvia inscribed in the Roman Martyrology.

6th v. Augustine and Paulinus monks sent by Saint Benedict to Terracina monastery in southern Italy OSB (AC)
According to the Cassinese tradition, Augustine and Paulinus were monks sent by Saint Benedict to the monastery of Terracina in southern Italy (Benedictines).

705 St. Bertilla Benedictine abbess strict rule and austerities

705? ST BERTILLA, VIRGIN
ST BERTILLA (Bertila is the more correct form) was born in the territory of Soissons. As she grew up she learned the deceits of the world, and earnestly desired to renounce it. She was encouraged in her resolution by St Ouen, Bishop of Rouen, and her parents sent her to Jouarre, a monastery near Meaux, founded not long before under the Rule of St Columban. St Bertilla was received with joy in this community and trained up in the strictest practice of monastic perfection. Though yet young, her prudence and tact were remarkable, and the care of strangers, of the sick, and of the children that were educated in the monastery was successively committed to her.

When St Bathildis, the English wife of Clovis II, refounded the abbey of Chelles, she asked the abbess of Jouarre to furnish this community with a small colony of her most experienced and virtuous nuns. Bertilla was sent at the head of this company, and was appointed first abbess of Chelles. The reputation of the saint and the discipline which she established in this house attracted a number of foreign vocations, among them Hereswitha, widow of Ethelhere, King of the East Angles and sister to St Hilda. The widowed Queen Bathildis herself, as soon as her son Clotaire was of age to govern, retired hither. She took the religious habit from the hands of St Bertilla c. 665 and obeyed her as if she had been the last sister in the house, rather than its sovereign and foundress. But the holy abbess, who saw two queens every day at her feet, seemed the most humble and the most fervent among her sisters, and showed by her conduct that no one commands well who has not first learned, and is not always ready, to obey well. In her old age, far from abating her fervour, St Bertilla strove to redouble it both in her penances and in her devotions, and she died beloved by all, after having governed Chelles for forty-six years.

There is a short Latin life, probably compiled about the year 800, but based upon authentic materials of earlier date. It has been critically edited both by A. Poncelet in the Acta Sanctorum, November, vol. iii, and by W. Levison in MGH., Scriptores Merov., vol. vi. Something is also said of St Bertilla in the exceptionally trustworthy Merovingian Life of St Bathildis. Father Poncelet shows that, owing to a mistake of Bede; certain erroneous deductions have been drawn regarding the chronology.

Born near Soissons, France, she became a Benedictine at Jouarre Monastery, near Meaux. Bertilla became the first abbess of Chelles when St. Bathildis, the wife of King Clovis II, refounded the convent-abbey. Bertilla welcomed St. Bathildis when she entered Chelles in 665. She also welcomed the widow of the king of the East Angles. Serving as abbess for forty-six years, Bertilla was known for her strict rule and austerities.

Bertila of Chelles, OSB V (AC)(also known as Bertilla). With the encouragement of Saint Oüen, Bertila convinced her parents to allow her to enter the convent at Jouarre, near Meaux, in Brie, France. There she was trained in sanctity at the school of Saint Columbanus and later was received as a professed nun by Saint Thelchildes.

Bertila was convinced that she could never deserve to be the spouse of Jesus Christ, unless she endeavored to follow him in the path of humiliation and self-denial. By her perfect submission to all her sisters, she seemed everyone's servant. Her whole conduct was a model of humility, obedience, regularity, and devotion.

She held the offices of infirmarian, headmistress of the convent school, and prioress. When Saint Bathildis, the English wife of Clovis II, restored the convent of Chelles, she asked the abbess to send to it her most experienced and virtuous sisters. Saint Bertila was made its first abbess and she governed it for half a century. Many placed themselves under her direction, including Queen Bathildis herself, when Clotaire reached his majority.

The Venerable Bede writes that many Anglo-Saxon girls, including Saint Hereswitha, wife of King Anna of the East Angles, sister of Saint Hilda, and mother of Saints, Sexburga, Withburga, and Ethelburga, were also attracted to Chelles under her governance. Thus, two holy queens vied with Bertila to outdo one another in submission, charity, and humility (Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth, Walsh).

707 Spinulus Benedictine monk of Moyen-Moûtier, OSB Abbot (AC)
(also known as Spinula, Spin)
Died 707 or 720. A Benedictine monk of Moyen-Moûtier under Saint Hidulphus, Spinulus became the abbot-founder of the small abbey of Bégon-Celle (now Saint- Blasien) (Benedictines).

8th v. Saint Gregory Archbishop of Alexandria lived in the eigth century.
He was flogged and thrown into prison in the reign of Leo the iconoclast.
He was left in prison without food until he died.

8th v. Saint Goussaud hermit in Auvergne peasants still commit their cattle to his care
(also known as Gonsalou)
Because Goussaud was a hermit in Auvergne, peasants still commit their cattle to his care (Encyclopedia).

8th v. Kanten of Wales Founder of Llanganten Abbey (AC)
(also known as Cannen)
Founder of Llanganten Abbey (Brecknock) (Benedictines).

953 Saint Hermenegild of Salcedo helped spread the Benedictines throughout northwest Spain under Saint Rudesind OSB (AC)
A Spanish Benedictine of Salcedo in the diocese of Tuy, in Spanish Galicia, Hermengild helped spread the Benedictines throughout northwest Spain under Saint Rudesind (Benedictines).

1123 Saint Gerald of Beziers spent all his revenues on relieving the distress of the poor B (AC)
Gerald, canon regular, became bishop of Beziers in southern France. He spent all his revenues on relieving the distress of the poor in his diocese (Benedictines). Saint Gerald is represented in art as a bishop with his almoner (Roeder).

1470 Saint Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod; received tonsure and became igumen at Otnya wilderness-monastery, 50 versts from the city; special work relating miracles is found in manuscripts of seventeenth century.
In the world named John, was left orphaned early in life and was adopted by a certain pious widow living in Novgorod. She raised the child and sent him to school. Blessed Michael of Klops Monastery (January 11), who chanced to meet John on the street, foretold that he would become Archbishop of Novgorod. John received tonsure at the Otnya wilderness-monastery, 50 versts from the city, and he became igumen of this monastery. It was from here that the people of Novgorod chose him as their archbishop in 1458, after the death of St Euthymius (March 11).

St Jonah enjoyed great influence at Moscow, and during his time as hierarch, the Moscow princes did not infringe upon the independence of Novgorod. St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow (1449-1461), was a friend of the Novgorod Archbishop St Jonah, and wanted him to become his successor.
In 1463, Archbishop Jonah built the first church dedicated to St Sergius of Radonezh in the Novgorod region. Concerning himself over reviving traditions of the old days in the Novgorod Church, he summoned to Novgorod the renowned compiler of Saints' Lives, Pachomius the Logothete, who wrote both the services and history of the best known Novgorod Saints, based on local sources.
And to this time period belongs also the founding of the Solovki monastery. St Jonah rendered much help and assistance in the organizing of the monastery. To St Zosimas he gave a special land-grant (in conjunction with the secular authorities of Novgorod), by which the whole of Solovki Island was granted to the new monastery.

The saint, after his many toils, and sensing the approach of his end, wrote a spiritual testament to bury his body at the Otnya monastery. On November 5, 1470, after he received the Holy Mysteries, the saint fell asleep in the Lord.

There has survived to the present day a Letter of St Jonah to Metropolitan Theodosius, written in 1464. The Life of the saint was written in the form of a short account in the year 1472 (included in the work, Memorials of Old Russian Literature, and also in the Great Reading Menaion of Metropolitan Macarius, under November 5). In 1553, after the uncovering of the relics of Archbishop Jonah, an account of this event was written by St Zenobius of Otnya (October 30). A special work relating the miracles of the saint is found in manuscripts of the seventeenth century.

1586 Blessed Raynerius of Todi Capuchin friar OFM Cap. (AC)
Born at Sansepolcro, Italy; died at Todi c. 1586; cultus confirmed by Pius VII. Raynerius married to please his parents, but on the death of his wife he became a Capuchin friar (Benedictines). In art Raynerius is shown as a Capuchin with a bull or an ox near him. Sometimes he is tossed but suffering no harm (Roeder).

1707 Blessed Gomidas Keumurjian known for his eloquence and religious fervor wouldn't apostatize to Islam M (AC) (also known as Gomides)

Born in Constantinople in 1656; died at Parmark-Kapu (near Constantinople) in 1707; beatified in 1929. Gomidas was the son of a dissident Armenian priest, he married Huru (who deserves a place in the calendar) at 20, was ordained, had seven children, and was assigned to Saint George Armenian Church.

He became known for his eloquence and religious fervor, and in 1696, when he was 40, with his wife, made his submission and was reconciled to Rome. He stayed on at Saint George's, and his success in reuniting five of the twelve priests there to Rome caused much opposition from the dissidents, who complained to the Turkish authorities. He then went to Jerusalem, where his activities at Saint James Armenian Monastery incurred the opposition of a John of Smyrna.

When Gomidas returned to Constantinople in 1702, John was vicar of Patriarch Avedik. Avedik was exiled for a time to Cyprus, and while there was kidnapped by the French ambassador. This angered the dissidents and they persuaded the Turkish authorities to move against the Catholics. Gomidas was arrested in 1707 and condemned to the galleys, but was ransomed by friends. He continued to preach reunion with Rome and was again arrested later in the same year at the instigation of dissident Armenian priests.

By now John of Smyrna had become patriarch of the Armenians. Gomidas was accused of being a Frank (which meant being either a foreigner or a Latin Catholic), though he had been born in Constantinople, and of fomenting trouble among the Armenians in the city. Though the judge, Mustafa Kamal, the chief kadi, knew Gomidas was an Armenian priest, Kamal was unable to do anything in the case when a stream of perjured witnesses testified that Gomidas was a troublemaker, a Frank, and an agent of hostile Western powers, and Gomidas was found guilty. He was offered his freedom if he would apostatize to Islam, and was beheaded at Parmark-Kapu, on the outskirts of Constantinople, when he refused. He is sometimes mistakenly called Cosimo di Carbognano, but this was his son's name (Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia).

1707 BD GOMIDAS KEUMURGIAN, MARTYR
AT the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries Constantinople was a seething pot of secular and ecclesiastical politics, from which emerged many reunions of dissident Christians, some opportunist, some truly religious, with the Catholic Church. Unfortunately the ambassador of France, Charles de Ferréol, was a man who did not mix discretion with his political and religious zeal and played far too active a part in ecclesiastical affairs, wherein he was encouraged by not a few western clerics. Accordingly, it was simplicity itself for anti-Catholic dissidents to point out to the Porte the dangerous French activity in Turkey, and persecution followed. Among its victims was Gomidas Keumurgian. That he was a martyr is quite certain (even if the Church had not officially proclaimed it by his beatification), for he chose death rather than apostasy to schism or to Islam. That the pretext and occasion of his death were provided by the imprudence—if no worse—of some Catholics is also certain: though no doubt his enemies would have found another excuse if that had failed them.

Gomidas was born in Constantinople about 1656, the son of a dissident Armenian priest, and was educated by a learned prelate of the same communion. He married when he was about twenty, continued his studies with competence, was ordained priest and was appointed assistant in the great Armenian parish of St George in the south of Constantinople. Here his eloquence, his disinterestedness, and his deep religious spirit soon brought him to the fore, he was caught up in the reunion movement within his church, and, when he was forty, with his wife and children, he abjured schism and error.

According to the custom of the place and time Father Gomidas continued to minister at St George’s, using his influence to bring his people into union with Rome. He worked in harmony with the Venerable Abbot Mekhitar and the vartapet Khatchatur, and within a few years five more of the twelve priests at St George’s had followed his example.

From 1695 the dissident Armenians got more and more alarmed and stirred up the Turkish authorities against their Catholic brethren; these had to proceed very warily, and it was judged wise for the leaders to disperse for a time Mekhitar transferred his nascent religious order first to the Morea and then to Venice, and Father Gomidas went to Jerusalem. Here, in supporting the Catholic party in the great Armenian monastery of St James, he had the misfortune to provoke the enmity of a certain John of Smyrna, and on the death of the persecuting Armenian patriarch in 1702 Gomidas was glad to return to Constantinople. The succeeding patriarch, Avedik, proved to be no better; moreover, he made John of Smyrna his vicar, and Gomidas had to lie hidden in the house of a friend. Here he remained, writing a metrical paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, till at the end of nine months a political upheaval caused Avedik to be exiled.

For a time there was peace. Then the patriarch Avedik came back, but fell into disgrace again (as “a Frank”) and was deported to Cyprus, whence M. de Ferréol “conveyed” him to France. The Frankish ambassador in fact kidnapped the anti-Catholic “Frank”. This folly roused dissidents of Constantinople, who soon induced the Turkish authorities to proceed against the Catholics. Father Gomidas, physically impressive, energetic and fearless, was not a man who could be long hid. During the Lent of 1707 he was arrested, charged before Ali Pasha, and condemned to the galleys. A few days later his friends bought his freedom for 500 piastres, and on Good Friday Bd Gomidas returned to his parish, where he continued to preach reunion, under the noses of the priests who had betrayed him. He would neither flee nor accept the shelter of the French embassy, in spite of the fact that his old opponent, John of Smyrna, was now patriarch of the Armenians in Constantinople. On November 3, 1707, Gomidas was again arrested and brought up. The complaint was simply that he was a Frank *{* This meant either a Latin Catholic or a foreigner, less ordinarily a Catholic of any rite. But in those days the Turks did not take civil cognizance of any Catholics other than Latins, and Bd Gomidas was justified in denying the charge, as he did.} and had stirred up trouble in the Armenian nation within the Turkish realm. Ali Pasha referred the case to the chief kadi, Mustafa Kamal, at Galata. He was a Mohammedan canonist, knew perfectly well that Gomidas was an Armenian priest, and was moreover suspicious of the prosecutors. He therefore solemnly adjured the witnesses by Jesus and His mother Mary not to deviate from the truth but thirteen out of fourteen swore that the prisoner was a Frank, an enemy of the sultan, and a subverter of public order. A crowd of Armenians, incited by their patriarch, clamoured for his death, and eventually Mustafa Kamal informed the vizir that Gomidas had embraced the religion of the Franks and had led others to do the same. “But blood will flow from the pen that draws up the sentence”, he added to the bystanders.

Bd Gomidas was taken to prison, where he would neither eat nor drink. “He had forgotten hunger and thirst in remembering the passion of his Saviour”, says Gregory of Tokat, “and in his love of the Crucified he had no thought for what was about to befall him.”

He received the sacraments and said farewell to his wife, giving her his ring and his watch, and to a friend ten piastres for the executioner. The next morning he was taken before Ali Pasha in the divan of the Old Seraglio, still to be seen at Constantinople, to hear his sentence. Gomidas again protested his innocence and challenged the right of the vizir to condemn him for a religious cause. “His blood is on your head, if you have lied”, Ali warned John of Smyrna and his clergy. “So be it”, replied the patriarch, “on our heads—and on those of the Frankish priests who have perverted so many of our church.”-“You hear they say you have deserted your religion,” said Ali to Bd Gomidas. “Which seems to you the best among the faiths of the Christians?” asked the martyr in reply. “They are all equally disgusting to me,” answered the Mohammedan. “Very well. Then what does it matter to you which one I choose?” Impressed by his demeanour, and perhaps liking his candour, Ali was willing to save him and, remembering an unhappy Armenian bishop who had apostatized, he invited him to embrace Islam. When this failed, sentence of death was pronounced and Bd Gomidas was led away, with two other confessors. Twice on the way to the place of execution he was stopped by messengers, who offered him freedom in exchange for apostasy to Islam, and the second time his sister Irene burst through the crowd, imploring him to feign compliance. At the four-went a way called Parmak-Kapu, in the Psamatia quarter, he was bidden to kneel. He did so, facing towards the east. “Face the south” , he was told, but he would not budge. The executioner offered him life for the last time and then, while he was reciting the profession of faith of Nicaea, struck off his head with one stroke.

The heroic bearing of Blessed Gomidas made a profound impression, especially among the dissident Greeks and Armenians. So much so indeed that in another hundred year’s time the Catholic Armenians of Constantinople were so numerous that the name “Catholic” was ordinarily understood to mean one of the Armenian rite. Greek Orthodox clergy buried the body of the martyr— no Catholic priest came forward to do so. Bd Gomidas Keumurgian was beatified in 1929, the most illustrious martyr at Constantinople since the days of the Iconoclast persecution, and probably the first recorded priest martyr since the days of the early persecutions who was followed to the place of execution by his wife and children. One of his sons, also Gomidas, entered the service of the kingdom of Naples and called himself Cosimo di Carbognano, a name that was adopted by his descendants and is sometimes given to the martyr himself.

The best available life seems to be that of H. Riondel, Une page tragique de l’histoire religieuse du Levant (1929), on which cf the Analecta Bollandiana, vol. xlviii (1930), pp. 450—451. Some further sidelights may be gleaned from Vahan Inglisian, Der Diener Gottes Mechitar von Sebaste (1929), and D. Attwater, Book of Eastern Saints (1938), pp. 109-121.

1758 Hans Egede; Er ließ seinen Sohn Paul in Grönland und ging mit seinen anderen Kindern nach Kopenhagen. Hier bildete er Katecheten für den Einsatz in Grönland aus. 1741 wurde er zum Superintendenten der grönländischen Missionskirche ernannt; war ein norwegischer Pfarrer dänischer Abstammung. Er ist auch als „Apostel der Grönländer“ bekannt.
Evangelische Kirche: 5. November

Der Norweger Hans Egede wurde am 31.1.1686 geboren. Als Pfarrer auf einer Lofoteninsel las er von dem sagenhaften grünen Land im Norden, das die Normannen und Wikinger besiedelt hätten. Die ursprünglich christlichen Siedler sollten inzwischen wieder zu Heiden geworden sein. Allerdings wußte keiner der Walfänger, die Egede befragte, näheres zu diesem Land und seinen Bewohnern. Egede beschoß, nach Grönland zu reisen und seine Landsleute wieder zum Christentum zu bekehren. Nach vergeblichen Anläufen erhielt er die Genehmigung des dänischen Königs Friedrich IV. Am 12. Mai 1721 startete die Grönlandexpedition und erreichte im Juli ihr Ziel. Dort stellte Egede erstaunt fest, daß auf Grönland keine Normannen lebten sondern Inuit (Eskimos). Mit großer Liebe und Geduld erlernte er ihre Sprache, ließ seinen Sohn biblische Geschichten zeichnen und betete über den Kranken. Als sich erste Erfolge einstellten, rief der Nachfolger König Friedrichs alle Europäer aus Grönland zurück. Egede wollte auch zurückkehren, aber seine Ehefrau Gertrud, die ursprünglich gegen die Grönlandmission war, bestärkte ihn, um der 150 getauftenKinder willen zu bleiben. Egede harrte aus und auf den Zuspruch Zinzendorfs hin durften Herrnhuter Missionare nach Grönland reisen und ihn unterstützen. Eine Blatternepidemie 1735 forderte auch das Leben seiner Frau Gertrud, die sich unermüdlich für die Kranken und Sterbenden eingesetzt hatte. Egede fiel in tiefe Dunkelheit und erfuhr Rettung durch Gottes Güte. Er ließ seinen Sohn Paul in Grönland und ging mit seinen anderen Kindern nach Kopenhagen. Hier bildete er Katecheten für den Einsatz in Grönland aus. 1741 wurde er zum Superintendenten der grönländischen Missionskirche ernannt. Hans Egede starb am 5.11.1758 in Falster.

1957 Venerable Capuchin ordained Solanus Casey a divine love for people

Fr. Solanus Casey is pictured in his Capuchin habit in this file photo. Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the venerable Detroit friar and signed a decree for his beatification — the second U.S.-born man to be declared “blessed” by the Church.

Born 1870, Barney Casey became one of Detroit’s best-known priests even though he was not allowed to preach formally or to hear confessions!

Barney came from a large family in Oak Grove, Wisconsin. At the age of 21, and after he had worked as a logger, a hospital orderly, a streetcar operator and a prison guard, he entered St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee—where he found the studies difficult. He left there and, in 1896, joined the Capuchins in Detroit, taking the name Solanus. His studies for the priesthood were again arduous.

On July 24, 1904, he was ordained, but because his knowledge of theology was judged to be weak, Father Solanus was not given permission to hear confessions or to preach. A Franciscan Capuchin who knew him well said this annoying restriction "brought forth in him a greatness and a holiness that might never have been realized in any other way." During his 14 years as porter and sacristan in Yonkers, New York, the people there recognized him as a fine speaker. "For, though he was forbidden to deliver doctrinal sermons," writes his biographer, James Derum, "he could give inspirational talks, or feverinos, as the Capuchins termed them" (18:96). His spiritual fire deeply impressed his listeners.

Father Solanus served at parishes in Manhattan and Harlem before returning to Detroit, where he was porter and sacristan for 20 years at St. Bonaventure Monastery. Every Wednesday afternoon he conducted well-attended services for the sick. A co-worker estimates that on the average day 150 to 200 people came to see Father Solanus in the front office. Most of them came to receive his blessing; 40 to 50 came for consultation. Many people considered him instrumental in cures and other blessings they received.

Father Solanus’ sense of God’s providence inspired many of his visitors. "Blessed be God in all his designs" was one of his favorite expressions. The many friends of Father Solanus helped the Capuchins begin a soup kitchen during the Depression.
Capuchins are still feeding the hungry there today.

In 1946 in failing health, he was transferred to the Capuchin novitiate in Huntington, Indiana, where he lived until 1956 when he was hospitalized in Detroit. He died on July 31, 1957. An estimated 20,000 people passed by his coffin before his burial in St. Bonaventure Church in Detroit.

At the funeral Mass, Father Gerald, the provincial, said: "His was a life of service and love for people like me and you. When he was not himself sick, he nevertheless suffered with and for you that were sick. When he was not physically hungry, he hungerd with people like you. He had a divine love for people. He loved people for what he could do for them —and for God, through them."

In 1960 a Father Solanus Guild was formed in Detroit to aid Capuchin seminarians. By 1967 the guild had 5,000 members—many of them grateful recipients of his practical advice and his comforting assurance that God would not abandon them in their trials. He was declared Venerable in 1995.

Quotes

The only science that gives purpose to every other science is the science of religion—the science of our happy relationship with, and our providential dependence on God and our neighbor.
We are continually immersed in God's merciful grace like the air that permeates us.
Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature.
Thank you God, in all your designs.
Confidence is the very soul of prayer.
Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks.
Like the Holy Trinity, Faith, Hope and Charity are one. Theoretically, Faith, like the Eternal Father, comes first, but in both cases they are essentially one.
God condescends to use our powers if we don't spoil His plans by ours.
We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.
Many are the rainbows, the sunbursts, the gentle breezes—and the hailstorms—we are liable to meet before, by the grace of God, we shall be able to tumble into our graves with the confidence of tired children into their places of peaceful slumber.

Comment: James Patrick Derum, his biographer, writes that eventually Father Solanus was weary from bearing the burdens of the people who visited him. “Long since, he had come to know the Christ-taught truth that pure love of God and one’s fellowmen as children of God are in the final event all that matter. Living this truth ardently and continuously had made him, spiritually, a free man—free from slavery to passions, from self-seeking, from self-indulgence, from self-pity—free to serve wholly both God and man.” (The Porter of St. Bonaventure’s, page 199).

Quote: Father Maurice Casey, a brother of Father Solanus, was once in a sanitarium near Baltimore and was annoyed at the priest-chaplain there. Father Solanus wrote his brother: “God could have established his Church under supervision of angels that have no faults or weaknesses. But who can doubt that as it stands today, consisting of and under the supervision of poor sinners—successors to the ‘poor fishermen of Galilee’; the Church is a more outstanding miracle than any other way?”

To Save A Life is Earthly; To Save A Soul is Eternal

THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 116

Preserve me, O Lady, for I have hoped in thee: do thou bestow on me the dew of thy grace.

Thy virginal womb has begotten the Son of the Most High.

Blessed be thy breasts, by which thou hast nourished the Savior with deific milk.

Let us give praise to the glorious Virgin: whosoever ye be that have found grace and mercy through her.

Give glory to her name: and praise forever her conception and her birth.

For thy spirit is kind: thy grace fills the whole world.

Glory be to the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Thunder, ye heavens, from above, and give praise to her: glorify her, ye earth, with all the dwellers therein.

Rejoice, ye Heavens, and be glad, O Earth: because Mary will console her servants and will have mercy on her poor.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning and will always be.

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

Mary the Mother of Jesus Miracles_BC Lay Saints Miraculous_Icons Miraculous_Medal_Novena Patron Saints
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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.

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.

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Saint Frances Xavier Seelos Practical Guide to Holiness

1. Go to Mass with deepest devotion. 2. Spend a half hour to reflect upon your main failing & make resolutions to avoid it.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Nizamuddi n Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life.

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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Mother Angelica saving souls is this beautiful womans journey

Shrine_of_The_Most_Blessed_Sacrament

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

James M. Reardon Publication History of Basilica of Saint Mary 1600-1932

Index to Part I and Part II 1932

James M. Reardon Publication History of the Basilica of Saint Mary 1955 {update}

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;

Member -- St. Paul Seminary faculty.

Affiliations and Indulgences Litany of Loretto in Stained glass windows here. Nave Sacristy and Residence Here
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

Every Christian must be a living book wherein one can read the teaching of the gospel
It Makes No Sense Not To Believe In GOD

THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM By Father John Corapi.

June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under Pope John Paul II;
then 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so.

By Father John Corapi
THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM By Father John Corapi.

June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under Pope John Paul II;
then 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so.

By Father John Corapi

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.

Talk is weak. Prayer is strong. Pray! God bless you, Father John Corapi

Father Corapi's Biography

Father John Corapi is what has commonly been called a late vocation. In other words, he came to the priesthood other than a young man. He was 44 years old when he was ordained. From small town boy to the Vietnam era US Army, from successful businessman in Las Vegas and Hollywood to drug addicted and homeless, to religious life and ordination to the priesthood by Pope John Paul II, to a life as a preacher of the Gospel who has reached millions with the simple message that God's Name is Mercy!

Father Corapi's academic credentials are quite extensive. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pace University in the seventies. Then as an older man returned to the university classrooms in preparation for his life as a priest and preacher. He received all of his academic credentials for the Church with honors: a Masters degree in Sacred Scripture from Holy Apostles Seminary and Bachelor, Licentiate, and Doctorate degrees in dogmatic theology from the University of Navarre in Spain.

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

Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican
Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified
Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification.

Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest
Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization.

Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood
Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint.

Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania
May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970.

Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized
May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor.

Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs
Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century.

Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women
Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified
Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran.

The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says
Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church.
Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says
Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.”

Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo
Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December
Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8.

Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes
Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer.

Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’
Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor.

Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood
Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification.

Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism
Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism.

Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood
May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan.

Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries
Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions.
Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward
Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life.

Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican
Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified
Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification.

Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest
Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization.

Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood
Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint.

Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania
May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970.

Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized
May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor.

Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs
Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century.

Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women
Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified
Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran.

The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says
Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church.
Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says
Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.”

Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo
Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December
Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8.

Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes
Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer.

Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’
Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor.

Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood
Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification.

Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism
Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism.

Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood
May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan.

Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries
Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions.
Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward
Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life.

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:

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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

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

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.
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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)

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).

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 Paqualina 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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