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09 May 2023

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மே 10

 St. Damien of Molokai

புனிதர் தமியான் 

Also known as

• Apostle to the Lepers

• Damian de Veuster

• Father Damien

மதகுரு, மதபோதகர்:

பிறப்பு: ஜனவரி 3, 1840

ட்ரெமெலோ, ப்ரபன்ட், பெல்ஜியம்

இறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 15, 1889 (வயது 49)

கலாவுபப்பா, மொலகாய், ஹவாயி

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:  

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

கீழைக் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபைகள்

அமெரிக்க எப்பிஸ்கோப்பல் திருச்சபை

ஆங்கிலிக்கத்தின் சில பிரிவுகள்

லூதரன் தனிச்சபைகள் சில

அருளாளர் பட்டம்: ஜூன் 4, 1995

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல் 

புனிதர் பட்டம்: அக்டோபர் 11, 2009

திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட்

முக்கிய திருத்தலங்கள்:

லுவென், பெல்ஜியம் (உடலின் மிச்சங்கள்)

மோலக்காய், ஹவாய் (அவரது கையின் மிச்சங்கள்)

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மே 10

பாதுகாவல்: தொழுநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டோர்.

ஹவாயி இராச்சியத்தின் மோலக்காய் தீவில் தொழுநோயாளருக்குப் பணிபுரிந்து, தாமும் தொழுநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட புனிதர் தமியான், "இயேசு மற்றும் மரியாளின் திருஇருதய சபை" (Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary) என்னும் கத்தோலிக்க துறவற சபையினைச் சார்ந்த துறவியும், குருவும் ஆவார்.

பிறப்பும் துறவறமும்:

தந்தை தமியான், கி.பி 1840ம் ஆண்டு, ஜனவரி மாதம், 3ம் நாளன்று பிறந்தார். அவர் பிறந்த இடம் பெல்ஜியம் நாட்டில் உள்ள “ட்ரெமெலோ” (Tremelo) என்னும் ஊர் ஆகும். அவருடைய இயற்பெயர் "ஜோசெஃப் டி வெய்ஸ்ட்டெர்' (Jozef De Veuster) ஆகும். அவர் "இயேசு மற்றும் மரியாள் ஆகியோரின் திரு இருதயங்களின் சபை" என்னும் துறவற சபையின் உறுப்பினராக இருந்தார். கிறிஸ்தவ சமயத்தைப் பரப்புவதில் ஈடுபட்டிருந்தார்.

புனிதர் தமியான், "தொழுநோயாளரின் திருத்தூதர்" (The Apostle of the Lepers) என்னும் பெயராலும் அறியப்படுகிறார். மேலும் அவருக்கு, "தொழுநோய்த் துறவி" (Leper Priest) என்னும் பெயரும் உண்டு.

தமியானின் இளமைப் பருவம்:

"ஜோசெஃப் டி வேய்ஸ்ட்டர்" (Jozef De Veuster) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட தந்தை தமியான், பெல்ஜியம் நாட்டில் 'ஃப்ளேமிஷ்' (Flemish) மொழி பேசும் மக்கள் குழுவைச் சார்ந்த "ஜோவான்னெஸ் ஃப்ரான்சிஸ்கஸ் டி வெய்ஸ்ட்டர்" (Joannes Franciscus De Veuster) என்பவருக்கும் அவரது மனைவி "ஆனி-காதரின் வூட்டெர்ஸ்" (Anne-Catherine Wouters) என்பவருக்கும் ஏழாவது குழந்தையாகப் பிறந்தவர். அவரது தந்தை சோளம் வியாபாரியாக இருந்தார். அவர் "ப்ரேய்ன்-லெ-கோம்த்" (Braine-le-Comte) என்னும் இடத்தில் உள்ள கல்லூரியில் கல்வி பயின்றார்.

துறவு வாழ்க்கையைத் தழுவுதல்:

இயேசுவை நெருக்கமாகப் பின்செல்ல விரும்பி, துறவற வாழ்க்கையைத் தழுவ எண்ணிய தமியான், "இயேசு மற்றும் மரியா ஆகியோரின் திரு இருதயங்களின் சபை" என்னும் துறவறக் குழுவில் உறுப்பினராகச் சேர முன்வந்து, அச்சபைக்கான புகுமுகப் (Novitiate) பயிற்சி பெற்றார். அப்போது அவர் தேர்ந்துகொண்ட துறவறப் பெயர் "தமியானஸ்"ஆகும்.

அவருடைய குருத்துவப் படிப்புக் காலத்தின் போது அவர் ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் மறைபரப்பாளர்களின் பாதுகாவலராகிய புனித ஃபிரான்சிஸ் சவேரியாரின் படத்தின் முன் அமர்ந்து, தாமும் ஒருநாள் நாடுகடந்து சென்று கிறிஸ்தவ மறைப்பணி புரிய இறைவன் அருளவேண்டும் என்று வேண்டுதல் செய்வது வழக்கம். மூன்று ஆண்டுகளுக்குப் பின் அவருடைய வேண்டுதல் கேட்கப்பட்டது. தமியானின் சகோதரர் "அருட்தந்தை பாம்ப்பில்" (Father Pamphile) அவர்கள் நோய்வாய்ப்பட்டதால் ஹவாயி இராச்சியத்துக்கு மறைப்பணியாளராகச் செல்ல இயலாமல் போயிற்று. அவருக்குப் பதிலாக, அவருடைய தம்பி தமியானை ஹவாயிக்கு மறைப்பணியாளராக அனுப்புவது என்று சபை முடிவுசெய்தது. அண்ணனுக்குக் கிடைக்காத பேறு தம்பிக்குக் கிடைத்தது.

ஹவாயிக்கு மறைப்பணியாற்றச் செல்லுதல்:

கி.பி 1864ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், 19ம் நாள், தமியான் மறைப்பணியாளராக ஹவாயி நாட்டின் "ஹொனலூலு" (Honolulu Harbor) துறைமுகம் வந்திறங்கினார். அங்கு, இவர் நிறுவிய சபையினர் கட்டியிருந்த "அமைதியின் அன்னை பேராலயத்தில்" (Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace), கி.பி 1864ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 21ம் நாளன்று, தமியான் குருத்துவ அருட்பொழிவு செய்யப்பட்டார்.

கி.பி 1865ம் ஆண்டு, தமியானுக்கு ஹவாயியின் "வட கோஹலா" (Catholic Mission in North Kohala) பகுதியில் அமைந்திருந்த இயேசுவின் திரு இருதய ஆலய பொறுப்பு ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டது.

ஹவாயியில் மருத்துவ நெருக்கடி:

ஹவாயி இராச்சியத்தின் 'ஓவாஹூ' (Oahu) பகுதியில் பல பங்குகளில் மறைப்பணி செய்தார் தந்தை தமியான். அவ்வாறு அவர் பணியாற்றிக் கொண்டிருக்கையில் ஹவாயியின் மருத்துவ சேவை ஒரு பெரிய நெருக்கடியைச் சந்திக்கலாயிற்று. வெளிநாடுகளிலிருந்து வந்த வணிகர்களும் கடற்பயணிகளும் சுமந்துவந்த சில நோய்கள் அவர்கள் ஹவாயியின் ஆதி குடிமக்களோடு கொண்ட தொடர்பின் பயனாக அம்மக்கள் சிலரிடையே பரவின.

இதனால் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான ஹவாயி மக்கள் ஃபுளூ சளிக்காய்ச்சல், பால்வினை நோயாகிய மேகப்புண் (smallpox, cholera, influenza, syphilis, and whooping cough) போன்ற நோய்களுக்கு ஆளாகி இறந்தனர். இந்த நோய்கள் அப்பகுதிகளில் முன்னால் கண்டதில்லை. இவ்வாறு வந்து பரவிய நோய்களுள் ஒன்று "ஹான்சன் நோய்" (Hansen's disease) என்று அழைக்கப்படுகின்ற தொழுநோய்.

அச்சமயத்தில் தொழுநோய் மிகவும் பயங்கரமான தொற்றுநோயாகக் கருதப்பட்டது. ஆனால் 95% மனிதர்கள் அந்நோய்க் கிருமியைத் தடுக்கும் எதிர்ப்புச் சக்தி கொண்டுள்ளனர் என்று அறியப்பட்டது. தொழுநோய் என்பது குணப்படுத்த முடியாத நோய் என்றும் அக்காலத்தில் கருதப்பட்டது.

ஒதுக்கப்பட்டு வாழ்ந்த தொழுநோயாளருக்கு மக்கள் நல வாரியம் உணவும் பிற பொருள்களும் கொடுத்தது. ஆனால் நாள்கள் போகப்போக அம்மக்களின் நலனைக் கவனிக்க போதுமான ஆள்களோ பொருள்களோ அனுப்பப்படவில்லை.

தந்தை தமியான் தொழுநோயாளர் நடுவே பணி செய்ய முதல் ஆளாகப் போய்ச் சேர்ந்தார். ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட இடமாகிய கலாவுபப்பா தொழுநோயாளர் குடியிருப்பில் தமியான், கி.பி 1873ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 10ம் நாள், சென்றடைந்தார். அங்கு வாழ்ந்த 816 தொழுநோயாளர் முன்னிலையில் 'ஆயர் மேக்ரே', தந்தை தமியானை அறிமுகம் செய்தார்.

தொழுநோயாளர் குடியிருப்பில் போய்ச் சேர்ந்த உடனேயே அங்கு வாழ்ந்த மக்களின் வாழ்க்கையை எப்படி முன்னேற்றுவது என்பது குறித்து தமியான் சிந்திக்கலானார். முதல் வேலையாக ஒரு கோவில் கட்டுவது என்று முடிவுசெய்து, கோவிலைக் கட்டி அதைப் புனித ஃபிலோமினாவுக்கு அர்ப்பணித்தார். ஆனால் அவரது பணி மறைசார்ந்த ஒன்றாக மட்டுமே இருக்கவில்லை.

தொழுநோயாளரின் புண்களைக் கட்டுவது, அவர்கள் வசதியாகத் தங்கியிருக்க வீடுகள் கட்டுவது, அவர்களுக்குத் தேவையான மரச்சாமான்களைச் செய்துகொடுப்பது, இறந்தோரை அடக்கம் செய்ய அடக்கப்பெட்டிகள் செய்வது, கல்லறைக் குழிகள் தோண்டுவது என்று பல பணிகளையும் தமியான் செய்யலானார்.

தந்தை தமியானுக்கும் தொழுநோய் தொற்றிவிட்டது. தமக்கும் தொழுநோய் வந்துவிட்டது என்று தெரிந்த பிறகு, தமியான் முன்னைப் போலவே ஊக்கத்தோடு தம் பணிகளில் ஈடுபட்டார்.

கி.பி 1889ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 15ம் தேதியன்று காலை 8 மணிக்குத் தந்தை தமியான் தொழுநோயால் இறந்தார். அப்போது அவருக்கு வயது 49.

Born 3 January 1840

Tremelo, Brabant, Belgium

Died 15 April 1889 (aged 49)

Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, some churches of Anglican Communion; individual Lutheran Churches

Beatified 4 June 1995, Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Koekelberg), Brussels, by Pope John Paul II

Canonized 11 October 2009, Vatican City, by Pope Benedict XVI

Major shrine Leuven, Belgium (bodily relics)

Molokaʻi, Hawaii (relics of his hand)

Feast 10 May (Catholic Church; obligatory in Hawaii, option in the rest of the United States);[1] 15 April (Episcopal Church of the United States)

Patronage People with Leprosy



The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he was the youngest of seven children. Growing up on the farm, Jozef was prepared to take over for his family, but he did not want the responsibility. Instead, he wanted to follow his older brother and two sisters who took religious vows.


Jozef attended school until the age of 13 when his help was needed on the family farm full-time. He aided his family until he was old enough to enter the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He took the name Damien, after a sixth century martyr.


In 1864, Damien's brother who was also in the same order of religious, was ordered to Hawaii. But his brother became ill, so Br. Damien offered to go in his place.


The brothers worried that Br. Damien was too uneducated to become a priest, although he was not considered unintelligent. Br. Damien demonstrated his ability by quickly learning Latin from his brother. He was also devoted in prayer, Br. Damien prayed each day before an icon of Saint Francis Xavier to be sent on a mission.


Eventually, his religious brothers agreed to send him and have him ordained.


Br. Damien arrived in Hawaii in March 1864, and was ordained as a priest on the island of Hawaii two months later. For nine years, he worked on the island as a priest, leading an important, yet undistinguished life.


In 1866, Hawaii established a leper colony on the Kalaupapa Peninsula. It was still mistakenly believed that leprosy was highly contagious. This belief resulted in the forced quarantine of leprosy patients.


These people still needed spiritual and medical care, so to Fr. Damien discerned his call to serve them. In 1873, Fr. Damien made the trip to be with these people in their colony.


Upon arrival, he found the colony was poorly maintained. Anarchy reigned among the people living there. Many patients required treatment but had nobody to care for them. Other patients took to drinking and became severe alcoholics. Every kind of immorality and misbehavior was on display in the lawless colony. There was no law or order.


Fr. Damien realized the people needed leadership, so he provided it. He asked people to come together to build houses and schools and eventually the parish church, St. Philomena. The church still stands today.


The sick were cared for and the dead buried. Order and routine made the colony livable. Fr. Damien personally provided much of the care the people needed.


He was supposed to only work in the colony for a time then he would be replaced by one of three other volunteers for the work. But the leper colony was to become his permanent home. After working with the people for a time Fr. Damien grew attached to the people and his work. He asked permission to stay at the colony to serve. His request was granted.


Leprosy is not as contagious as most people of the period assumed, however five percent of the human population is susceptible. The disease can also take several years to show symptoms.


Fr. Daminen became one of those people. He contracted leprosy in 1885, after several years of work. He realized he had the disease when he placed his foot into scalding water by accident, but felt no pain. This was a common way by which people discovered they were infected. Leprosy attacks nerve endings and a victim may hurt themselves but not feel any pain.


Fr. Damien continued his work, despite his illness, which slowly took over his body. He derived strength from prayer and devotion. He often went to the cemetery to pray the Rosary or spent time in the presence of the Eucharist. "It is at the foot of the altar that we find the strength we need in our isolation," he wrote.


By all accounts, Fr. Daminen was courageous, headstrong and resilient. His personal toughness served to inspire others. He was also reportedly very happy, a common phenomenon for those who pray and work hard to serve others and the Lord.

After sixteen years in the colony, Fr. Damien succumbed to leprosy on April 15, 1889. He was first buried nearby, then his remains were transferred to Belgium in 1936. His right hand was returned to Hawaii in 1995 to be reburied in his original grave at Molokai.

He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in Brussels, Belgium on June 4, 1995. His sainthood was confirmed on October 11, 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. His feast day is May 10.

The day of his passing, April 15, is a minor statewide holiday in Hawaii.

Saint Damien is the patron saint of people suffering from leprosy.



Saint John of Avila

 அவிலா நகர புனிதர் யோவான் 

மதகுரு, மறைவல்லுநர், அண்டலூசியாவின் திருத்தூதர்: 

பிறப்பு: ஜனவரி 6, 1499

அல்மொடோவார் தெல் காம்போ, சியுடட் ரியல், ஸ்பெயின் 

இறப்பு: மே 10, 1569 (வயது 69)

மொன்டீல்லா, கொர்டோபா, ஸ்பெயின் 

ஏற்கும் சமயம்: 

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை 

அருளாளர் பட்டம்: நவம்பர் 12, 1893

திருத்தந்தை பதின்மூன்றாம் லியோ 

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 31, 1970

திருத்தந்தை ஆறாம் பவுல் 

முக்கிய திருத்தலம்:

இன்கார்னேஷன் ஆலயம், மொண்டில்லா, கொர்டோபா, ஸ்பெயின் 

நினைவுத் திருவிழா: மே 10

பாதுகாவல்: அண்டலூசியா, ஸ்பெயின், ஸ்பானிஷ் மதச்சார்பற்ற குருமார்கள் 

அவிலா நகர புனிதர் யோவான், ஸ்பேனிஷ் கத்தோலிக்க குருவும், எழுத்தாளரும், இறைக்காட்சியாளரும், புனிதரும் ஆவார். திருத்தந்தை பதினாறாம் பெனடிக்ட், இவரை திருச்சபையின் மறைவல்லுநர் என 2012ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 7ம் நாளன்று, அறிவித்தார். 

இளமை:

அவிலா நகரின் யோவான், ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டின் ஒரு பக்தி உள்ள செல்வந்தக் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர். 14 வயதில் இவர் கல்வி கற்க சலமான்கா பல்கலைக்கழகத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டார். ஒருவருடம் கழித்து பட்டங்கள் ஏதும் பெறாமலேயே வீடு திரும்பினார். 

ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கன் சபையினரால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்ட இவர், அவர்களின் அறிவுரைப்படி இறையியலும், தத்துவமும் படித்தார். படித்துக்கொண்டிருக்கும்போதே இவரின் பெற்றோர் இறந்தனர். இவர் படித்து குருவான பின்பு, இவரின் பெற்றோர் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டிருந்த இடத்தில் இருந்த ஆலயத்தில் தனது முதல் திருப்பலியை நிறைவேற்றினார். பின்னர் தனது சொத்துக்கள் அனைத்தையும் விற்று ஏழைகளுக்குக் கொடுத்தார். பின்னர் மெக்சிக்கோவுக்கு சென்று மறைப்பணியாற்ற தன்னையே தயாரித்து வந்தார். கி.பி 1527ம் ஆண்டு, இவர் நிகழ்த்திய திருப்பலியின்போது துலங்கிய பக்தியைக் கண்ட ஆயர் இவரை அண்டலூசியாவிற்குச் சென்று அங்கு மழுங்கிப்போன பக்தியைப் புதுப்பிக்க இவரைக் கட்டாயப்படுத்தி அனுப்பி வைத்தார். 

அண்டலூசியாவில்:

அவர் தனது முதல் பிரசங்கத்தை அண்டலூசியாவில் கி.பி 1529ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூலை மாதம், 22ம் தேதி, நிகழ்த்தியதும், உடனடியாக இவரது புகழ் அங்கு பரவியது. அவர் அண்டலூசியாவில் பணியாற்றிய ஒன்பது ஆண்டுகளில், அவரது போதனைகளைக் கேட்க தேவாலயங்கள் மக்களால் நிரம்பி வழிந்தது. மக்களும் திருச்சபையும் சீர்திருத்தம் பெறவேண்டும் என்று அவர் வலியுறுத்தினார். மேலும், உயர் சமூகத்தின் நடத்தையையும் அவர் கண்டனம் செய்தார். இதனால் யோவான் செவீயா நகருக்குக் கொண்டுவரப்பட்டு, அங்கு சமய விசாரணை மன்றத்தின் முன் நிறுத்தப்பட்டார். இவர் செல்வத்தால் வரும் ஆபத்துக்களை மிகைப்படுத்திக் கூறினார் என்றும், செல்வந்தர்கள் விண்ணரசில் நுழைய முடியாது என்று போதித்தார் என்றும் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டார். ஆனால் யோவான் மீது சாட்டப்பட்ட குற்றங்கள் ஆதாரமற்றவை என்று விரைவிலேயே தெரிந்துபோனது. இறுதியாக, அவர் குற்றம் யாதும் புரியவில்லை என்று கி.பி 1533ம் ஆண்டு, அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. 

ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில்:

குருக்கள் மற்றும் துறவியரின் வாழ்க்கைமுறையில் சீர்திருத்தம் கொண்டுவந்த சிறப்பும் இவருக்கு உண்டு. ஸ்பெயின் நாட்டில் இவர் நிறுவிய பல கல்லூரிகளில் இவரது சீடர்கள், இளைஞர்களுக்குக் கற்பிப்பதில் தங்களை அர்ப்பணித்துக்கொண்டனர். 

இவரது வாழ்க்கை மற்றும் போதனையால் ஈர்க்கப்பட்டோருள் அவிலாவின் புனித தெரேசா, கடவுளின் யோவான், பிரான்சிஸ் போர்ஜியா மற்றும் கிரனாடா நகரின் லூயிஸ் ஆகியோர் உள்ளடங்குவர். 

திருத்தந்தை மூன்றாம் பவுல், கி.பி 1538ல் பயேசா நகரில் ஒரு பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கு அடித்தளம் இட்டார். அந்த நிறுவனத்தின் முதல் அதிபராக அவிலாவின் யோவான் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார். குருத்துவக் கல்லூரிகளுக்கும் பிற கல்வி நிறுவனங்களுக்கும் ஒரு சிறந்த முன்மாதிரியாக அப்பல்கலைக்கழகம் அமைந்தது. இயேசு சபையினர் கல்விக்கூடங்களுக்கும் அது முன்னுதாரணமாயிற்று. 

அவிலாவின் யோவான் இயேசு சபையினரால் பெரிதும் மதிக்கப்படுகிறார். இயேசு சபை எசுப்பானியாவில் கண்ட பெரு வளர்ச்சிக்கு இவர் எண்பித்த நட்பும் ஆதரவுமே காரணம் என்று கருதப்படுகிறது. 

இறப்பு:

தமது முப்பதாம் வயதில் அவிலாவின் யோவான் அண்டலூசியாவில் போதகம் நிகழ்த்தச் சென்றார். ஒன்பது ஆண்டுகள் மறைப்பணி ஆற்றிய பின்னர் அவர் செவீயா நகருக்குத் திரும்பினார். தொடர்ந்து, ஸ்பெயினிலேயே கோர்தொபா, கிரனாடா, பயேசா, மொன்டீயா மற்றும் சாஃப்ரா ஆகிய இடங்களில் மறைப்பணி ஆற்றினார். 

நாற்பது ஆண்டுகளாக ஈடுபட்டிருந்த கடின உழைப்புக் காரணமாக அவரது வாழ்க்கையின் இறுதி பதினெட்டு ஆண்டுகளும் அவர் நோயுற்றிருந்தார். அவர் மொன்டீயா நகரில், கி.பி 1569ம் ஆண்டு, மே மாதம், 10ம் நாளன்று, தமது 69ம் வயதில் உயிர்துறந்தார்.  

Also known as

• Apostle of Andalusia

• Juan de Ávila Jijón



Profile

Born to a wealthy Castilian family with Jewish ancestry. Studied law at the University of Salamanca from age 14, and felt a call to religious life. Studied theology and philosophy at Alcala, Spain at age 17. Lawyer. Following the death of his parents, he liquidated most of his large fortune, and gave it to the poor. Ordained in 1525. He wanted to be a missionary in the West Indies and Mexico, but became a travelling preacher in Andalusia for 40 years, re-evangelizing a region previously ruled by the Moors. He spoke boldly against the sins of the ruling classes, made powerful enemies, and at one point was imprisoned in Seville, Spain by the Inquisition, accused of false teachings; the charges were dismissed, John was released, and his preaching became more popular than ever. Spiritual director of Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Francis Borgia, Saint John of God, Saint John of the Cross, Saint Peter of Alcántara, and Saint Louis of Granada. Writer whose works continue their influence today. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 October 2012.


Born

6 January 1499 at Almodovar del Campo (Ciudad Real), Toledo, New Castile, Spain


Died

• 10 May 1569 at Montilla, Provincia de Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain of natural causes

interred in the Basílica de San Juan de Ávila in Montilla


Canonized

31 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI


Patronage

• Andalusia, Spain

• Spain

• Spanish secular clergy

• World Youth Day 2011





Blessed Vasile Aftenie


Additional Memorial

2 June


Profile

Drafted into the army in 1917, Vasile fought in the front in Galacia and Italy in World War I. In 1918 he began studying law in Bucharest, Romania, but in 1919 gave into a call to the priesthood and began studying theology at the Pontifical Greek College of Saint Athanasius. Ordained a priest in the Romanian Greek-Catholic rite in Fagaras si Alba Iulia, Romania on 1 January 1926. Taught at the Theological Academy in Blaj, Romania from 1926 to 1934. Dean of the seminary in Bucharest in 1934. Cathedral canon in Blaj in 1937. Rector of the Theological Academy in 1939. Chosen auxiliary bishop of Fagaras si Alba Iulia, Romania and Titular Bishop of Ulpiana by Pope Pius XII on 12 April 1940. Apostolic administrator of Fagaras si Alba Iulia on 15 June 1941. Arrested on 28 October 1948 in the Communist persecutions, he was imprisoned first in the Dragoslavele work camp, and then in February 1949 placed in solitary confinement in the Caldarusani monastery outside Bucharest. Beginning on 10 May 1949, he was subjected to a year of repeated torture which left him mutilated and crippled, broken in his physical and mental health; his faith never flagged. Martyr.



Born

14 June 1899 in Lodroman, Valea Lungã, Alba, Romania


Died

• 10 May 1950 in the prison hospital in Vacaresti, Bucharest, Romania from the abuse from repeated torture sessions, possibly after being shot

• body burned by order of the Communist authorities, and the remains were buried in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest

• a white marble grave stone was erected on his grave in 1990; it has become the site of pilgrimage


Beatified

2 June 2019 by Pope Francis



Blessed Ivan Merz


Also known as

John Merz



Profile

Educated in Banja Luka, briefly in a military academy, and in Vienna, Austria. Fought on the Italian front of World War I. After the war he studied again in Vienna, in Paris, France, and then taught French language and literature at the University of Zagreb, from which he received his Ph.D. in philosophy.


Though he decided to remain a layman in the world, Ivan took a vow of celibacy, and devoted his free time to the Church. He taught young Croatians, and spoke and wrote to evangelize all Croats. He worked for liturgical revival, and helped institute Catholic Action in Croatia.


Born

16 December 1896 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina


Died

• 10 May 1928 in Zagreb, Croatia of natural causes

• relics transferred to the Shrine of the Holy Heart in Zagreb on 16 December 1977


Beatified

22 June 2003 by Pope John Paul II in Bosnia and Herzegovina




Blessed Enrico Rebuschini


Profile

Second of five children born to an upper class family in the Lombard region of modern Italy. A pious young man and good student, he had a mystical outlook on things, and was subject to bouts of depression. At age 18 Enrico felt a call to the priesthood, but his family, especially his father strongly objected. However, they finally relented, and at 24 Enrico began his studies at the seminary in Como, Italy. He studied at the Lombard College and Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, and proved an able student, but a crushing bout of depression sent him back to his family home and finally to a nursing home for recovery.



When he was back on his feet and ready to return to his studies, Enrico re-examined his call to religious life, and, with the help of his confessor, decided to work with the Camillians, a congregation dedicated to the sick; he began his novitiate at age 27. With special dispensation from his bishop, the future Pope Saint Pius X, he was ordained a priest on 14 April 1889. He ministered to the sick in Verona, Italy from 1889 to 1899, making his solemn Camillian vows in 1891, and then served at the San Camillo di Cremona nursing home the rest of his life – almost 40 years. He served as treasurer of his community for 34 years, and superior for 11. Father Enrico’s life was one of prayer and service in the day to day needs of other people.


Born

28 April 1860 at Gravedona, Como, Italy


Died

10 May 1938 in Cremona, Italy of pneumonia


Beatified

4 May 1997 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Comgall of Bangor


Additional Memorial

6 January as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland


Profile

Son of Sedna. Soldier. Spiritual student of Saint Fintan of Clonenagh and Saint Kieran at Clonmacnoise. Friend of Saint Brendan, Saint Cormac, Saint Kevin of Glendalough and Finbarr of Moville. Ordained by Saint Lughaedh of Conmacnoise. Spiritual teacher of Saint Cronan Mochua. He and a few brother monks lived a very strict and austere life on an island on Lough Erne. Among other houses, he founded the monastery at Bangor, County Down, Ireland in 552 and served as its first abbot; at one point it housed 8,000 monks. Life there was harsh and adherence to the Rule strict, but the brothers were very close, and were encouraged to help and support each other. Spiritual teacher of Saint Blane, Saint Cainnech, Saint Columbanus, Saint Deicola, Saint Fintan of Doon, Saint Gall, Saint Lactali, Saint Lua of Limerick and Saint Mochoemoc. Missionary to Scotland and the Picts. A reported miracle worker, Comgall is said to have blinded a band of thieves as they approached the monastery, but restored eye sight to a penitent man. Received Holy Communion on his death bed from Saint Fiacra.



Born

c.510 Dalaradia, near Magheramorne, County Antrim, Ireland


Died

601 at Bangor Abbey, Ireland of natural causes


Canonized

1903 (cultus confirmed)


Representation

• abbot holding a stone, to whom an angel brings a fish

• fish

• pebble

• stone



Saint Solange of Bourges


Also known as

• Solange of Berry

• Solange of Bourges of Genevieve du Berry

• Solangia...



Profile

Born to a family of poor vine dressers. Young virgin shepherdess who took a personal vow of chastity, devoting herself to God alone. When she said her prayers in the field, a star shone over her head. Reported to have the gift of healing, especially of animals. She was murdered by her landlord, Bernard, son of the Count of Poitiers, for resisting his sexual advances. Considered a martyr as she died insisting on her fidelity to Christ. Some of the early versions of her story include her carrying her severed head into a nearby village, and the head preaching to the people.


Born

863 at Villemont near Bourges, France


Died

stabbed with a hunting knife c.880 at Champ de Sainte Solange


Patronage

• Berry, France

• Bourges, France

• children

• drought relief

• for rain

• rape victims

• shepherdesses

• shepherds


Representation

• cross

• distaff

• flowers

• girl carrying her severed head

• girl with a hunting knife in her throat

• girl with a knife in her breast

• shepherdess in prayer

• shepherdess near a crucifix

• shepherdess with a star over her head

• sheep



Saint Catald of Taranto


Also known as

• Catald of Tarentum

• Catald of Rachau

• Cataldus, Cathal, Cattaldo, Cathaluds, Cathaldus, Cataldo



Profile

Student at the monastic school of Lismore, Waterford under Saint Carthage. Later a teacher there, and then headmaster. Pilgrim to the Holy Land. On his way home a storm shipwrecked him in Taranto, Italy. As he recovered, his holiness was such that he was chosen by the people to be their bishop. He lived the rest of his life in the region, teaching and caring for his parishioners. There are towns in Sicily and southern Italy named for him.


Born

7th century Munster, Ireland


Died

• c.685 in Taranto, Italy of natural causes

• relics discovered centuries after his death during a renovation of the cathedral following its damage by Saracens in 927

• relics translated on 10 May 1017

• remarkable cures reported almost immediately at his new tomb


Patronage

• against blindness

• against drought

• against epilepsy

• against hernias

• against paralysis

• against plague

• against storms

• blind people

• drought relief

• epileptics

• paralyzed people

• Massa Lubrense, Italy

• Taranto, Italy



Blessed Nicholas Albergati


Profile

Studied law. Carthusian monk in 1394. Prior of several Carthusian houses. Ordained in June 1404. Chosen as reluctant bishop of Bologna, Italy on 5 January 1417. Papal diplomat with missions to France and Lombardy, Italy. Archbishop of Bologna in 1418 against his will. Elevated to cardinal-priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme on 24 May 1426. Known as a peacemaker. Mediated between the emperor and Pope Martin V, and the French king and Pope Eugene IV. Prominent in the Council of Basel and Council of Ferrara-Florence. Active in the negotiations that brought reunion of the Greek Church with Rome at Ferrara-Florence. Generous patron of learned men. Wrote several theological treatises, and encouraged academics. Chief penitentiary to Pope Eugene IV. Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in 1440.



Born

1373 at Bologna, Italy


Died

• 9 May 1443 at Siena, Italy of natural causes

• buried at the Carthusian monastery in Florence, Italy


Beatified

25 September 1744 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)


Patronage

learning


Representation

Carthusian wearing a cardinal's hat and cape over his habit



Blessed Amalarius of Metz


Also known as

• Amalarius of Trier

• Fortunatus, Symphosius



Additional Memorials

• 29 April (Martyrologium Hieronymianum)

• 10 June (Trier, Germany)


Profile

Ninth-century liturgical writer. A pupil of Alcuin at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, he was bishop of Trier, Germany from 811 to 813, and later ambassador to Constantinople. He lived at a time when the liturgy was changing, when fusion of the Roman and Gallican uses was taking place, and he exercised a remarkable influence in introducing the present composite liturgy which has supplanted the ancient Roman Rite. The chief merit of his works is that they have preserved much accurate and valuable information on the state of the liturgy at the beginning of the ninth century and are therefore useful sources for the history of Latin rites.


Born

775 in Metz, Kingdom of the Franks (in modern France)


Died

c.853



Blessed Beatrix of Este the Elder


Profile

Born to the dynastic house of Este. Aunt of Blessed Beatrix of Este the Younger. Nun in the convent of Santa Margherita at Solarolo, Italy. Feeling a need for more seclusion, she took over a deserted monastery at Gemmola, Italy, and founded a new convent where she apparently spent the rest of her life.



Born

between 1200 and 1206 in the castle of d'Este, Italy


Died

• 10 May 1226 of natural causes at Gemmola, Italy

• interred in the church of Saint John the Baptist

• relics translated to the church of Saint Sophia in Padua, Italy in 1578

• tradition says that when anything important was about to befall the family of Este, Beatrix would turn in her grave, and the noise could be heard throughout the church


Beatified

19 November 1763 by Pope Clement XIII



Saint Aurelian of Limoges


Also known as

Aurélien Cotta


Profile

Spiritual student of Saint Martial of Limoges. Priest. Second bishop of Limoges, France, succeeding Martial.


One legend says that Aurelian was a pagan priest who opposed the Christian evangelism of Saint Martial. Struck by lightning for his opposition, Aurelian died, but was brought back to life by the prayers of Saint Martial. Aurelian saw the error of his way, and converted to Christianity.


Died

• relics re-discovered in the Saint-Cessateur parish church outside the walls of Limoges, France

• relics re-enshrined at the Chapelle Saint-Aurelian, inside the city walls of Limoges in the late 15th century

• this was an area with many working butchers who chose Aurlian as their patron; the brotherhood still exists and still maintains the chapel that houses the relics


Patronage

butchers of Limoges, France



Blessed Miro of Canzo


Additional Memorials

• 2nd Friday in May

• 21 May on some calendars, possibly based on the first enshrinement of his relics


Profile

As a young man, Miro gave all that he owned to the poor and retired to live as a hermit around Lake Como, first near Canzo, then near Sorigo. He may have joined the Franciscan tertiaries, but records are scant and vary. For generations the people around the lake knew him for his piety and wisdom.


Born

c.1306 in Canzo, Lake Como, Italy


Died

• 1381 in Sorigo, Lake Como, Italy of natural causes

• buried in the church of San Michele in Sorigo; it was later renamed San Miro

• relics enshrined on 10 September 1452

• relics re-enshrined in 1837

• relics re-enshrined in 1932



Saint Frodoino of Novalesa


Profile

Born to the Frankish nobility, the son of Magafredo, Frodoino became an oblate, then a monk, and then on 10 February 773 he was chosen abbot at the monastery of Saints Peter and Andrew in Novalesa, Italy; he served as abbot for 43 years. Friend of Blessed Charlemagne who became a supporter of the abbey. Under Frodoino’s leadership, the house expanded and became a center of learning, known for its Scripture copyists and collection of holy relics, and he was personally known for his dignity and piety.


Born

latter 8th century


Died

816 of natural causes



Saint Calepodius of Rome


Also known as

Calepodio


Profile

Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus. One of the Roman catacombs is named for him.


Died

• stabbed with a sword c.232 in Rome, Italy

• his body was dragged through the streets of Rome and then thrown into the River Tiber

• body later recovered and given proper burial by Pope Callistus I

• relics enshrined in the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome in the 10th century

• some relics enshrined in the church of Notre-Dame de Reims, Rheims, France



Saint Gordian the Judge


Also known as

• Gordian of Rome

• Gordianus...



Profile

Roman judge. Adult convert to Christianity. Tortured and martyred by order of the Roman prefect Apronianus during the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.


Died

• beheaded in 362 on the Latin Road outside Rome, Italy

• buried with Saint Epimachus in a crypt near Rome

• relics at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy, and at Kempten Abbey,Bavaria, Germany



Saint Alphius of Lentini


Also known as

Alfio



Profile

Brother of Saint Cyrinus and Saint Philadelphus. Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.


Born

Sicily, Italy


Died

251 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy


Patronage

• Lentini, Sicily, Italy

• Trecastagni, Sicily, Italy



Saint Cyrinus of Lentini


Also known as

Cirino



Profile

Brother of Saint Alphius and Saint Philadelphus. Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.


Born

Sicily


Died

251 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy


Patronage

• Lentini, Sicily, Italy

• Trecastagni, Sicily, Italy



Saint Philadelphus of Lentini


Profile

Brother of Saint Alphius and Saint Cyrinus. Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.



Born

Sicily, Italy


Died

251 in Lentini, Sicily, Italy


Patronage

• Lentini, Sicily, Italy

• Trecastagni, Sicily, Italy



Blessed Giusto Santgelp


Profile

Born to the nobility. Secular Mercedarian knight. Ransomed 200 Christian slaves from the Saracens in Muslim occupied Granada, Spain in 1284.



Born

France


Died

Mercedarian convent of Saint Anthony the Abbot, Tarragona, Spain



Saint Palmatius of Rome


Profile

Roman imperial consul. Martyred with his wife, children and 42 members of his household, whose names have not come down to us, in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus.


Died

• beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy

• heads of all the martyrs were placed over the gates of Rome as a warning to other Christians



Saint Simplicius of Rome


Profile

Roman imperial senator. Martyred with 68 members of his household, whose names have not come down to us, in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus.


Died

• beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy

• heads of all the martyrs were placed over the gates of Rome as a warning to other Christians



Job


Profile

Old Testament Patriarch. The man "simple and upright and fearing God and avoiding evil" who figures in the canonical Old Testament Book of Job.



Patronage

• against abscesses

• against depression

• against ulcers

• ulcer sufferers



Saint Epimachus of Rome


Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Decius.



Died

• burned at the stake c.250 in Alexandria, Egypt

• relics transferred to a crypt near Rome, Italy



Saint Quartus of Capua


Profile

Martyr.


Born

Capua, Italy



Died

• martyred at Rome, Italy, date unknown

• relics enshrined at Capua, Italy



Saint Quintus of Capua


Profile

Martyr.



Born

Capua, Italy


Died

• martyred at Rome, Italy, date unknown

• relics enshrined at Capua, Italy



Saint Felix of Rome


Profile

Married to Saint Blanda of Rome. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus.


Died

• beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy

• head placed over a gate into Rome as a warning to other Christians



Saint Blanda of Rome


Profile

Married to Saint Felix of Rome. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus.


Died

• beheaded c.232 in Rome, Italy

• head placed over a gate into Rome as a warning to other Christians



Blessed William of Pontoise


Profile

May have been a Benedictine monk. Priest. Hermit at Pontoise, France.


Born

England


Died

c.1195 of natural causes



Blessed Antonio of Norcia


Profile

Lay Franciscan.


Died

c.1310 in Norcia, Italy of natural causes



Saint Dioscorides of Smyrna


Profile

Martyr.


Died

at Smyrna, Asia Minor



Saint Thecla


Profile

Martyr.



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08 May 2023

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மே 09

 St. George Preca


Born 12 February 1880

Valletta, Crown Colony of Malta

Died 26 July 1962 (aged 82)

Santa Venera, Crown Colony of Malta

Venerated in Catholic Church

Beatified 9 May 2001, Floriana, Malta by Pope John Paul II

Canonized 3 June 2007, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI

Feast 9 May

Attributes Priest's attire



George Preca (in Maltese: ?or? Preca) (12 February 1880 - 26 July 1962) was a Maltese Roman Catholic priest who founded the Society of Christian Doctrine,[a] a society of lay catechists. In Malta, he is affectionately known as "Dun ?or?" and is popularly referred to as the "Second Apostle of Malta", after Saint Paul of Tarsus. He was canonized on 3 June 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.


George Preca (in Maltese: Ġorġ Preca) (12 February 1880 – 26 July 1962) was a Maltese Catholic priest and the founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine as well as a Third Order Carmelite. He is known as "Dun Ġorġ" in Maltese and Pope John Paul II dubbed him "Malta’s second father in faith".[1] He assumed the religious name of "Franco" after becoming a Secular Carmelite. He was a popular figure among some groups, and his pastoral care and religious teaching earned recognition. However, his activities raised suspicions of heresy from senior clergy. He was ordered to close down his teaching centres for a time while they could be investigated; they were subsequently re-opened.[2]


His activism earned him praise and in 1952, Pope Pius XII nominated him as a Papal Privy Chamberlain and awarded the rank of Monsignor.[2]


In 1957 he composed five new mysteries for the Rosary for his followers which he had referred to as the "Mysteries of Light".[3] He was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 2007.


Life

George Preca was born in Valletta on 12 February 1880[4] as the seventh of nine children of Vincent and Nathalie Ceravolo Preca.[5] His father was both a merchant and a health inspector.[6] He received his baptism on 17 February 1880 in the Church of Our Lady of Porto Salvo.[7] Preca was a frail child due to a range of illnesses he had and in 1885 almost drowned in the harbour though boatmen rescued him.[8]


In 1886, the family relocated to Ħamrun. He received both his First Communion at some stage in his childhood and then his Confirmation on 2 August 1888 in the Parish Church of St. Cajetan, Ħamrun.[7]


In 1897, while walking along with the Maglio Gardens in Floriana, Ġorġ Preca met one of his professors, Father Ercole Mompalao, who encouraged his religious vocation. Preca first studied at the state-owned school on the island before he commenced his studies for the priesthood; he had studied Latin and English but also studied Italian and received a prize in handwriting.[6] Shortly before his ordination, Preca was diagnosed with acute pulmonary tuberculosis and given a poor prognosis. He attributed his recovery to the intercession of Saint Joseph, patron of the dying, however, the illness left him with a damaged left lung.[9]


On 8 April 1905 his confessor Aloysius Galea died and Preca would often recount that not long after Galea seemingly appeared to him and encouraged his call to the priesthood. In his studies he began to write a rule in Latin for use in a planned religious movement for permanent deacons that he wished to establish but this desire subsided over time. The idea remained much on Preca's mind but he altered the idea after being ordained. Preca received his ordination to the priesthood alongside thirteen others on 22 December 1906 from Bishop Pietro Pace and he celebrated his first Mass on 25 December – Christmas – at the Saint Cajetan parish church in Ħamrun  He was appointed assistant priest at St. Gaetano, and immediately devoted himself to teaching the youth



Blessed Maria del Carmen Rendiles Martinez


Also known as

• Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez

• María Carmen





Profile

Third of eight children born to a wealthy and respected family, the daughter of Ramiro Antonio Rendiles and Ana Antonia Martínez; she was born without a left arm and lived with prosthetic. She was baptized on 24 September 1903, confirmed on 28 October 1905, and made her first Communion on 11 March 1911. At age 15 she began serving as a catechist in her parish, and would travel to other towns to teach at parish missions. Feeling a call to the religious life, she joined the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament on 25 February 1927. After studying in Toulouse, France, she received her habit on 8 September 1927, her first vows on 8 September 1929, and her solemn profession on 8 September 1932. She then returned to Caracas, Venezuela where she worked for the next ten years, serving in a variety of positions. Chosen Provincial Superior of the Order in 1951, she started convents and schools in Venezuela and Columbia including a school for poor children in her family home when she inherited it. For practical reasons, including the distance from the motherhouse in France to the sisters in South America, the congregation split on 25 March 1965, and Blessed Carmen is considered the founder of the Servants of Jesus of Caracas (Servant Congregation of Jesus of Venezuela); she served the rest of her life as its superior. By 2015 there were 94 religious in 19 communities.


Born

11 August 1903 in Caracas, Venezuela


Died

9 May 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela of influenza


Beatified

• 16 June 2018 by Pope Francis

• the beatification miracle involved the healing of Trinette Durán de Branger on 18 July 2003

• beatification recognition celebrated in Caracas, Venezuela, Cardinal Angelo Amato chief celebrant


Patronage

Servants of Jesus of Caracas



Blessed Karolina Gerhardinger

அருளாளர் கரோலின் கெரார்டிங்கர் 

மறை பணியாளர்:

பிறப்பு: ஜூன் 20, 1797

ஸ்டட்டமோஃப், பவரியா, தூய ரோம பேரரசு

இறப்பு: மே 9, 1879 (வயது 81)

மூன்சேன், பவரியா, ஜெர்மன் பேரரசு

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: நவம்பர் 17, 1985

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பவுல்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மே 9

பாதுகாவல்:

நோட்ரேடாம் பள்ளி சகோதரியர், கல்வியாளர்கள்

அருளாளர் கரோலின் கெரார்டிங்கர் ஒரு ஜெர்மன் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க மறைபணியாளரும், "இயேசுவின் மரிய தேரேசியா" (Maria Theresia of Jesus) என அழைக்கப்பட்ட " நோட்ரேடாம் பள்ளி சகோதரியர்" (School Sisters of Notre Dame) அமைப்பின் நிறுவனரும் ஆவார். சிறந்த கல்வியாளராகிய இவர், தாம் நிறுவிய சபை ஐரோப்பா முழுதும் பரவ ஆரம்பிக்கும்வரை "பவரியாவில்" பணியாற்றினார்.

கி.பி 1797ம் ஆண்டு, ஜூன் மாதம், இருபதாம் நாளன்று, பவரியாவில் பிறந்த இவரது தந்தையார் "வில்லிபார்ட்" (Willibard) ஆவார். தாயாரின் பெயர் "ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கா கெரார்டிங்கர்" (Franziska Gerhardinger) ஆகும். இவர் தமது பெற்றோரின் ஒரே குழந்தை ஆவார்.

கெரார்டிங்கரின் பங்குத்தந்தை இவரை ஒரு ஆசிரியையாக ஊக்குவித்தார். கி.பி 1809ம் ஆண்டு, தமது ஆசிரிய பயிற்சியை தொடங்கிய இவர், கி.பி 1812ம் ஆண்டுமுதல் "ரேகன்ஸ்பர்க்" (Regensburg) நகரில் ஒரு பெண்கள் பள்ளியில் ஆசிரியை பணியாற்ற தொடங்கினார்.

அவர் "ரேகன்ஸ்பர்க்" ஆயரான (Bishop of Regensburg) "ஜார்ஜ் மைக்கேல் விட்மன்" (Georg Michael Wittmann) அவர்களிடம் தாம் துறவு வாழ்வில் நுழைய வழிகாட்டுமாறு வேண்டினார். கி.பி 1816ம் ஆண்டு முதல் 1833ம் ஆண்டு வரை அவர் அதற்காக கற்றார்.

கி.பி 1833ம் ஆண்டு, அக்டோபர் மாதம், 24ம் தேதி முதல் தமது இரு சக அருட்சகோதரியருடன் இணைந்து துறவு வாழ்வினை தொடங்கினார். அதுவே " நோட்ரேடாம் பள்ளி சகோதரியர்" (School Sisters of Notre Dame) அமைப்பு நிறுவப்பட்டதன் முறையான நடைமுறையாக இருந்தது. அதிகாரப்பூர்வ அங்கீகாரத்துக்கான ஆரம்ப சிக்கல்கள் இருந்தாலும், பவரியா அரசனான "முதலாம் லுட்விக்" (Ludwig I), கி.பி 1834ம் ஆண்டு, மார்ச் மாதம், அவரது கன்னியர் மடத்திற்கு அங்கீகாரம் அளித்தார். ரேகன்ஸ்பர்கிலுள்ள "புனித கல்லஸ்" (Saint Gallus chapel in Regensburg) தேவாலயத்தில் தமது ஆன்மீக உறுதிப்பாடுகளை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். அத்துடன், "இயேசுவின் மரிய தேரேசியா" (Maria Theresia of Jesus) என்ற பெயரை தமது ஆன்மீக பெயராக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

கி.பி 1847ம் ஆண்டு, தமது இணை அருட்சகோதரியருடன் இணைந்து, தமது சபையினை விரிவாக்கம் செய்வதற்காகவும், ஜெர்மனிலிருந்து புலம்பெயர்ந்து வரும் மக்களின் நலன்களுக்காகவும் 'ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க நாடுகள்' (United States of America) சென்றார். கி.பி 1850ம் ஆண்டு முதல், இவரது சபை இங்கிலாந்து (England) மற்றும் பிற ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளிலும் பரவ தொடங்கியது. கி.பி 1865ம் ஆண்டு, இவரது சபைக்கு திருத்தந்தை ஒன்பதாம் பயஸ் (Pope Pius IX) அங்கீகாரமளித்தார்.

கி.பி 1877ம் ஆண்டு, நோயில் வீழ்ந்த கரோலின் கெரார்டிங்கர் 1879ம் ஆண்டு, தமது 81 வயதில் மரித்தார்.


Also known as



• Caroline Gerhardinger

• Maria Teresa Gerhardinger

• Maria Theresia of Jesus

• Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger



Profile

Born to a working class family. Educated by the Augustinian canonesses until 1809 when religious orders were closed by decree of the Bavarian government in Germany. Caroline decided to start a new religious order devoted to God and Christian education. In 1828 the Vatican got concessions from the Bavarian government, and many religious communities re-opened. Caroline and other sisters moved into a refurbished convent, and started the order that was to become the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Caroline took the name Theresa in religious life but was soon called Theresa of Jesus because of her devotion to the True Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. The sister's Rule and Constitutions were approved by the Vatican on 23 January 1854 and the Order began to quickly spread. Teresa spent the rest of her life devoted to the work.


Born

20 June 1797 at Stadtamhof, Bavaria, Germany as Caroline Gerhardinger


Died

9 May 1879 in München, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes


Beatified

17 November 1985 by Pope John Paul II



Blessed Stefan Grelewski


Also known as

• prisoner 10444 (Auschwitz)

• prisoner 25581 (Dachau)



Profile

Older brother of Blessed Kazimierz Grelewski. Studied at the Progimnazjum in Sandomierz and Lubartów in Poland. Ordained in October 1921 as a priest in the archdiocese of Radom, Poland. Graduated with a doctorate in canon law in Strasbourg, France in 1924. General secretary of the Christian Workers Union in Radom in 1925. Writer, journalist, and translated works from French and German to Polish. Founded the magazine Catholic Truth in 1930. Worked with the people of Catholic Action and the Association of Polish Intelligence. Helped organize the first diocesan Eucharistic Congress in Radom in 1933. Prefect of a boy‘s elementary school from 1928 through 1931; prefect of the Jan Kochanowski state boy‘s grammar school from 1932 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, he covertly continued teaching religion. Arrested with his brother on 24 January 1941 as part of the Nazi persecutions, he was deported, imprisoned and tortured in the concentration camps of Auschwitz and then Dachau. Martyr.


Born

3 July 1899 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland


Died

starved to death on 9 May 1941 in the camp hospital of Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany


Beatified

13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Pachomius of Tabenna


Also known as

• Pachomius the Elder

• Pachomius the Great

• Pachome, Pakhomius



Profile

Soldier in the imperial Roman army. Convert in 313. He left the army in 314 and became a spiritual student of Saint Palaemon. Lived as a hermit from 316. During a retreat into the deep desert, he received a vision telling him to build a monastery on the spot and leave the life of a hermit for that of a monk in community. He did in 320, and devised a Rule that let fellow hermits ease from solitary to communal living; legend says that the Rule was dictated to him by an angel. Abbot. His first house expanded to eleven monasteries and convents with over 7,000 monks and nuns in religous life by the time of Pachomius's death. Spiritual teacher of Saint Abraham the Poor and Saint Theodore of Tabennísi. Considered the founder of Christian cenobitic (communal) monasticism, whose rule for monks is the earliest extant.


Born

c.290 at Upper Thebaid, Egypt


Died

• c.346 of natural causes

• buried in an unknown location by Saint Theodore of Tabennísi



Blessed Alexandru Rusu


Profile

One of twelve children of a priest in the Saulia Commune, Mures, Romania. Ordained a priest in the Romanian Greek-Catholic Rite on 20 July 1910. Chosen the first bishop of Maramures, Romania on 17 October 1930. Chosen the archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia, Romania in 1946, a move opposed by the Communist government. For defying the anti–Christian authorities, Bishop Alexandru was arrested in October 1948. Confined first in monasteries, he was eventually sent to Sighet prison. He was finally “tried” by a military tribunal in 1957 who found him guilty of treason for remaining faithful to the Catholic church, sentenced him to 25 years, and sent him to Gherla prison where he died. Martyr.



Born

22 November 1884 in Saulia de Câmpie, Mures, Romania


Died

9 May 1963 in Gherla, Cluj, Romania


Beatified

2 June 2019 by Pope Francis



Saint Beatus of Lungern


Also known as

• Apostle of Switzerland

• Beatus of Beatenberg

• Beatus of Thun



Profile

Convert, baptized in England by Saint Barnabas the Apostle. Priest, ordained in Rome, Italy by Saint Peter the Apostle. Missionary to Switzerland. Lived in a cave above the Lake of Thun, which tradition says is where he fought a dragon (often used as a metaphor for chasing the devil out of a region by bringing in Christianty); it became known as Mount Beatenburg in his honor, and became a place of pilgrimage in later years. Confessor of the faith.


Died

c.112 on Mount Beatenburg, Lake of Thun, Switzerland of natural causes


Patronage

Beatenberg, Switzerland


Representation

• old man in a cave, usually reading

• monk fighting or chasing a dragon

• monk with a book and a weapon



Blessed Thomas Pickering


Profile

Benedictine lay brother at the Saint Gregory Monastery in Douai, France in 1660. Sent to London, England in 1665 to serve as steward to the Benedictines in the queen's royal chapel. He came to know Queen Catherine of Braganza and King Charles II, and in 1675 when the all other Benedictines were exiled from England, Thomas was allowed to stay. Falsely accused in 1678 of being part of the Titus Oates Plot to murder the king, he was found guilty and executed. Martyr.



Born

c.1621 in Westmorland, England


Died

• hanged, drawn and quartered On 9 May 1679 in Tyburn, London, England

• some relics persevered at Downside Abbey


Beatified

15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI



Blessed Benincasa of Montepulciano


Also known as

• Benincasa of Montepulciano

• Benincosa of...

• John Benincasa

• Giovanni Benincasa



Profile

Joined the Servites as a teenager. At age 25 he became a prayerful hermit in a cell on Monte Amiata near Siena, Italy. Around age 50 he was ordered by the Servites to move to their community at Monticchiello, Italy where he lived his final months.


Born

1375 at Montepulciano, Siena, Italy


Died

9 May 1426 at Monticchiello, Italy of natural causes


Beatified

23 December 1829 by Pope Pius VIII (cultus confirmation)



Saint Gregory of Ostia


Also known as

• Gregorius IV

• Gregorio Ostiense

• Gregorio di Ostia

• Gregorio de la Berrueza



Profile

Benedictine monk. Priest. Abbot of the monastery of Saints Cosma e Damiano ad Micam auream, Rome, Italy. Chosen Cardinal–Bishop of Ostia, Italy and Vatican librarian c.1034 by Pope Benedict IX. Papal legate to the kingdoms of Spanish Navarre and Old Castile. Reported miracle worker, especially concerned with saving crops from pests, he is venerated throughout Navarre and Rioja.


Died

9 May 1048 at Logroño, Spain of natural causes


Patronage

protection of crops



Isaiah the Prophet


Profile

Eighth century BC Old Testament prophet. Killed at the order of King Manasses of Juda.



Died

• sawn in two

• buried under an oak tree


Representation

• elderly man holding a scroll that reads "Ecce Virgo Concipiet"

• old man being sawn in two

• robed figure holding a saw



Saint Giuse Hiên


Also known as

• Giuseppe Dô Quang Hiên

• Joseph Hiên

• José Dô Quang Hiên



Profile

Dominican priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Thieu Tri.


Born

c.1769 in Quân Anh Ha, Nam Ðinh, Vietnam


Died

beheaded on 9 May 1840 at Nam Ðinh, Vietnam


Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II



Saint Banban the Wise


Also known as

• Banban Sapiens

• Mabran Barbarus

• Mauranum cognomento Barbanum

• Banbanum, Banbanus, Banbhanus, Banuanus, Barbanum, Mauran, Methbrain, Methbruin, Nia Brain, Niabrain, Nie Brain, Niethbrain, Seannan


Profile

5th century priest who worked with Saint Patrick who installed him as pastor of the Domnach Mór church at Magh Slécht, Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland.


Born

Ireland



Blessed Pedro of Alcobaça


Profile

Cistercian monk in the monastery of Alcobaça, Portugal. His piety and his connection to this monastery, which was founded in 1153 by King Afonso Henriques, let to many outlandish tales about him, his royal connections, etc. But all we really know was that he was a pious Cistercian.


Died

• c.1160

• relics translated in 1293

• relics translated in 1351



Blessed Fortis Gabrielli


Profile

Hermit in the mountains near Scheggia, Italy. Spiritual student of Blessed Ludolph. Benedictine monk–hermit at the monastery of Fontavellana.


Born

Gubbio, Umbria, Italy


Died

9 May 1040 of natural causes


Beatified

17 March 1756 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)



Saint Tudwg


Also known as

Tudinus


Profile

A church was dedicated to him in Llandudwg (modern Tythegston, Glamorganshire, Wales). Some records say he was the son of Saint Tydodwg, and a monk at the monastery of Saint Cenydd on the Gower peninsula of Wales, but nothing certain is recorded about him.


Born

Wales



Saint Gerontius of Cervia


Also known as

Geronzio



Profile

Bishop of Cervia, Italy. Martyr.


Died

c.501 on the Flaminian Way at Cagli, Italy


Patronage

Cagli, Italy



Saint Beatus of Laon


Also known as

Beatus of Vendome



Profile

Third-century cave-living hermit and missionary in the area of Laon, France.


Born

Italy



Saint Sanctan of Kill-da-Les


Also known as

Sanctain


Profile

Son of King Sawyl Penuchel. Sixth-century bishop of Kill-da-Les (Kill-na-Sanctan) in Ireland.


Born

northern Britain



Saint Brynoth of Scara


Profile

Bishop of Scara West Gothland, Sweden for 38 years.


Born

Sweden


Died

6 February 1317 of natural causes


Canonized

1498



Saint John of Châlon


Profile

Bishop of Châlon-sur-Saône, France consecrated by Saint Patiens of Lyons.


Died

c.475 of natural causes



Saint Vincent of Montes


Profile

Monk. Spiritual student of Saint Gennadius. Abbot of San Pedro de Montes Abbey in Spain.


Died

c.950



Saint Gorfor of Llanover


Profile

No information has survived.


Born

Welsh


Patronage

Llanover, Gwent, Wales



Saint Hermas of Rome


Profile

First century Roman mentioned in Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Bishop of Philippi. Martyr.



Saint Dionysius of Vienne


Also known as

Denis


Profile

Bishop of Vienne, France.


Died

c.193



Martyrs of Persia


Profile

310 Christians murdered together for their faith in Persia. No details about them have survived.



20 Mercedarian Martyrs of Riscala


Profile

20 Mercedarian friars who were murdered by Huguenot heretics for refusing to denounce their faith.



Died

16th century at the Santa Maria convent at Riscala, France 



06 May 2023

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் மே 08

 Bl. Miriam Teresa Demjanovich


Born March 26, 1901

Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

Residence Convent Station, New Jersey, United States

Died May 8, 1927 (aged 26)

New Jersey, United States

Venerated in Catholic Church

Beatified 4 October 2014, Newark, New Jersey, United States, by Cardinal Angelo Amato[1]

Major shrine Sisters of Charity Motherhouse, Convent Station, New Jersey, United States

Feast 8 May

Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, SC (March 26, 1901 – May 8, 1927) was an American Ruthenian Catholic Sister of Charity who was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2014. The beatification ceremony was the first to take place in the United States, being held in Newark, New Jersey.[2][3]




Early life

She was born Teresa Demjanovich in Bayonne, New Jersey, on March 26, 1901, the youngest of the seven children of Alexander Demjanovich and Johanna Suchy, Ruthenian immigrants to the United States from what is now eastern Slovakia. She received Baptism, Chrismation, and First Holy Communion in the Ruthenian Rite of her parents.[4]



Demjanovich grew up beside the oil refineries that mark the landscape of this portion of New Jersey.[5] She completed her grammar school education by the age of eleven, and received her high school diploma in January 1917, from Bayonne High School (at that time located in the present-day Robinson School).[6] [7]


Career and entering religious life

At this time, she wished to become a Carmelite, but stayed in the family home to care for her sick mother.[8] After her mother died in the influenza epidemic of November 1918, she was encouraged by her family to attend the College of Saint Elizabeth at Convent Station, New Jersey. She began her college career in September 1919, majoring in literature, and graduated with highest honors in June 1923.[9]


It is claimed that Demjanovich desired a religious life, but various circumstances made her uncertain which community she should enter. Meanwhile, she accepted a teaching position at the Academy of Saint Aloysius in Jersey City. [10] During her time at the college, many individuals remarked on her humility and genuine piety. She could be found kneeling in the college chapel at all hours and was very devoted to praying the rosary.[5]


Demjanovich was part of the Saint Vincent de Paul Parish choir, the Sodality of Our Lady, and a parish community associated with the National Catholic Welfare Conference. During the summer and fall of 1924, Teresa prayed to discern the direction of her life. She visited the Discalced Carmelite nuns in The Bronx, New York. Because of several health issues including headaches, the Sisters suggested that Demjanovich wait a few years before applying. After consulting with her family, the Sisters then suggested that Demjanovich use her education to serve God in a teaching order.[5] For the Feast of the Immaculate Conception that year, Demjanovich made a novena and at its conclusion on December 8, decided she was called to enter the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. Demjanovich planned to enter the convent on 2 February 1925, but her father caught a cold and died on 30 January. Her entrance was delayed until 11 February 1925, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Her brother, Fr. Charles Demjanovich, and two sisters, accompanied her to the convent. Demjanovich was admitted to the novitiate of the religious congregation and received the religious habit on 17 May 1925.[8] She never received an official transfer of rite, and remained a Byzantine Rite Catholic while serving as a Religious Sister in a Roman Rite congregation.[5]


Religious life and death

As a postulant and novice, Demjanovich taught at the Academy of Saint Elizabeth in Convent Station during 1925–1926. In June 1926, her spiritual director, Father Benedict Bradley, O.S.B., asked her to write the conferences for the novitiate. She wrote 26 conferences which, after her death, were published in a book, Greater Perfection.[8]


In November 1926, after a tonsillectomy, she returned to the convent but could barely walk to her room. After a few days. Demjanovich asked if she could return to the infirmary. Demjanovich's superior, skeptical that someone so young could be so sick, told her, "Pull yourself together." When Bradley saw how sick she was, he notified her brother, who called one of their sisters, a nurse. When Demjanovich's sister arrived at the convent, she took Demjanovich to the hospital, where Demjanovich was diagnosed with "physical and nervous exhaustion, with myocarditis and acute appendicitis." Doctors were concerned that she was not strong enough for an operation, and her condition worsened.[11]


Demjanovich's profession of permanent religious vows was made in periculo mortis (danger of death) on 2 April 1927. She was operated on for appendicitis on 6 May and died on 8 May 1927.[12] Her funeral was held 11 May 1927 at Holy Family Chapel in Convent Station, New Jersey, and she was buried at Holy Family Cemetery on the grounds of her order's motherhouse.


Favors and cures attributed to her intercession are continually being reported.[13]


Cause for canonization

The Sisters of Charity petitioned Rome for permission to open a cause for her beatification because of Demjanovich's saintly life, her striving for perfection in her religious life, spiritual writings, and the favors received by others after her death through her intercession with God.[9]


In the latter part of 1945, a communication was received from the Holy See authorizing Thomas H. McLaughlin, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, in which the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity is located, to institute an ordinary informative process concerning Demjanovich's life and virtues.[14] Rev. Stephen W Findlay, O.S.B, of the Delbarton School, near Morristown, New Jersey, was appointed procurator, and the official investigation began early in 1946.[15] The Sister Miriam Teresa League of Prayer was founded in the summer of 1946 to spread the knowledge of her life and mission, and to work for the cause of her beatification. The headquarters for the League is located in the Administration Building of the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth. [16] Silvia Correale is the present Postulator for the Cause of Sister Miriam Teresa in the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.[17]


On Thursday, May 10, 2012, Demjanovich was proclaimed venerable by Pope Benedict XVI.[18] On December 17, 2013, Pope Francis approved the attribution of miraculous healing to the intercession of Demjanovich, opening the way to her beatification. The cause of her beatification involved the restoration of perfect vision to a boy who had gone legally blind because of macular degeneration.[19] Msgr. Giampaolo Rizzotti of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints added that the miracle took place in 1964. Demjanovich was beatified at a ceremony on October 4, 2014, held at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark.[20][21][2] This was the first time a beatification had ever been held in the United States.[2] In 2017, Stanley Rother and Solanus Casey would become the second and third Americans to be beatified in the United States.[3]


The following day, Kurt Burnette, Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic to which Demjanovich belonged, presided at a Divine Liturgy at the parish of her baptism, Saint John the Baptist Church in Bayonne.[22]


Veneration

According to Sister Marian Jose, S.C., Vice Postulator of the Cause of Sister Miriam Teresa, Demjanovich's “message” is that “everyone is called to holiness.”[14]


Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Dumont, New Jersey has a newly commissioned painting of Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich by Juan Pablo Esteban, a seminarian and artist. The portrait will hang in the vestibule area of the church.[23]


On January 1, 2016, the Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Parish in Bayonne, New Jersey was established after the merger of St. Mary Star of the Sea and St. Andrew the Apostle churches. [24][25]


A first-class relic of Blessed Miriam Teresa is part of the Treasures of the Church Exposition



St. Maria Magdalen of Canossa


Born 1 March 1774

Verona, Republic of Venice

Died 10 April 1835 (aged 61)

Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Beatified 7 December 1941, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Pius XII

Canonized 2 October 1988, Saint Peter's Square by Pope John Paul II

Feast

10 April

8 May (Canossians & Bergamo)

9 May (Milan)[1]

Patronage Canossian Daughters, Canossian Sons




Foundress of the Daughters of Charity at Verona, Italy. Born in 1774, she was the daughter of the Marquis of Canossa, who died when Maria Magdalen was three. Her mother abandoned the family, and Maria Magdalen managed her father's estate until she was thirty-three, then founding her institute. When she died, her Daughters of Charity were widespread. She was canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul II


Childhood and obligations

Magdalene of Canossa was born on 1 March 1774 in Verona[4] to the Marquis Ottavio di Canossa (1740 – 1 October 1779) and Teresa Szluha (3 January 1753 – 19 May 1807; a Hungarian countess). An ancestor was the Countess Matilda Canossa who helped facilitate the meeting between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV. Her parents married in August 1770 in Odenburg. Their first two children Carlo Vincenzo (1771) died soon after his birth and therefore she was the third-born after Laura Maria (1772; an arrival poorly appreciated). She was baptized on 2 March 1774.


Her mother later gave birth to another son who died right after the birth. But in 1776 the male heir that her parents desired was born – Boniface – and after him two other girls (Rosa in 1777 and Leonora in 1779).[2] In 1779 her father died in an accident while at a villa on vacation in Grezzano. In 1781 her mother left their palace and married the widower Marquis Odoardo Zanetti from Mantua on 25 August with the permission of her father-in-law. The children were placed under the guardianship of their uncle Girolamo.


From 2 May 1791 she spent ten months in a Carmelite convent but discerned that this was not her vocation so returned home and undertook the running of her large estate;[5] her time in the convent caused her to miss her sister's wedding on 3 October 1791.[2] In 1797 Napoleon was a guest at their palace where she received him; he returned as a guest twice more in 1805 and 1807.


Canossa saw her town as one in which the poor suffered and grew worse due to all the social upheavals caused as a result of the invasions of the French forces and the opposing forces of the Austrian Empire which would gain control of Verona. This situation provoked her desire to serve the needs of the unfortunate.[5] Canossa studied under the Carmelites in Trent and then at Conegliano.[4]


Foundation and recognition

Using her inheritance she began charitable work among the poor and sick, in hospitals and in their homes, and also among delinquent and abandoned girls.[6] On 1 April 1808 she was given an abandoned convent where she took in two poor girls from the slum of the San Zeno neighborhood to care for them and to also provide them with an adequate education.[2][3] One month later on 8 May she moved out of her ancestral palace and moved into what is now the Saint Joseph Convent where other women soon joined her and with whom she formed the Canossian Daughters. In May 1810 the Servants of God Father Antonio Angelo and Brother Marco Antonio Cavanis invited her to Venice for collaboration. In the meantime, her uncle Girolamo died in July 1814, entrusting his motherless son Carlino (born c. 1797) to her care.


Canossa wanted the pope to legitimize her work by granting formal recognition to the congregation. She decided to meet with Pope Pius VII in Genoa in 1815 and arrived in Milan on 14 May to learn that the pope had left for Rome. She reached the pope on 23 May at Piacenza where she was received in an audience but she recounted later that she lost her courage before him. The pope noticed and did not wish to prolong the audience further so instructed Canossa to follow the usual protocol and send the Rule and other documents to Roman authorities for assessment. She tried again some hours later and was again brought before Pius VII who gave her the same vague response; this hurt her because she thought the audience was too formal with a lack of concrete results.


The new congregation started to care for poor children and to serve in the hospitals. Once word of their work spread, the congregation was requested to start new communities in other cities of the region. Soon there were convents of the religious established in Venice (1812) and Milan (1816) as well as in Bergamo (1820) and Trent (1824).[5] In 1824 she travelled to Rovato where she briefly collaborated with Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti. Magdalene drew up a Rule for the congregation, and it received pontifical approval from Pope Leo XII on 23 December 1828 in the papal brief "Si Nobis".


Magdalene desired to provide boys with the same care her religious sisters were providing to girls. To this end she invited the priest Francesco Luzzi to open a small chapel adjacent to the sisters' convent of Santa Lucia in Venice. He opened this house on 23 May 1831.[4] In 1833 the priest saw two laymen join him (Giuseppe Carsana and Benedetto Belloni) and who later took over the work of the place when Luzzi left to become a Carmelite friar. The men's congregation were given a religious habit in 1860 from the Patriarch of Venice, Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti, and were given a Rule in 1897 from Domenico Agostini who was a later patriarch.


Canossa maintained a partnership with Leopoldina Naudet though their mutual esteem for each other did not prevent disagreements between their individual methods, which led to the dissolution of their partnership sometime around 1816. Canossa also tried to establish a male congregation alongside Antonio Provolo sometime in the 1820s but was unsuccessful in this venture. It was in February 1820 that she first met Antonio Rosmini and Rosmini's sister Margherita became a close friend of Canossa and joined the congregation on 2 October 1824.[3] The death of Pius VII in 1823 halted work in the recognition of the congregation and she was upset that approval had not been granted since her meeting with the pope less than a decade before. Canossa believed she would have better luck with his successor Pope Leo XII and in September 1828 left to go to Rome to request of him the formal approval needed. She stopped over at Coriano to visit Maria Elisabetta Renzi and stopped at Loreto before reaching Rome in November. In the audience with the pope he asked her to present a shorter version of the Rule so that his approval could come quicker; he also appointed a commission that the Cardinal Carlo Odescalchi led to assess the rule and the request. This led to Leo XII granting approval for the congregation just before Christmas. In 1833 she was profoundly affected by the death of Margherita Rosmini who was a close friend.


Declining health and death

In 1834 she organized the Spiritual Exercises for the congregation in Verona before setting off for Venice before returning to Verona in May. That autumn she went to Bergamo and then to Milan. Canossa died on 10 April 1835 after a period of deteriorating health; she had known in January that her time was coming to an end, and returned to Verona from Milan in March.


St. Dionysius



Feastday: May 8

Death: 193


Bishop of Vienne, in Dauphine, France, successor of St. Justus. He was one of the ten missionaries sent with St. Peregrinus to Gaul, by Pope St. Sixtus I.


St. Abran


Feastday: May 8

Death: 515


Hermit also called Gibrian. From Ireland, Abran, the eldest of five brothers and three sisters, sailed to Brittany with his siblings. There all of them continued their hermitages and greatly influenced the people of the area. Abran and his brothers and sisters were all declared saints.

Saint Abran (Breton for 'Abraham'), was a 6th-century Irish hermit in Brittany.

Life

Abran was born in Ireland and was a brother of Gibrian.[1] Abran and Gibrain traveled to Brittany with their siblings. The five brothers and three sisters chose a life of devotion to God in consecrated religious life. Abran lived in a hermitage on the Marne River, which had been given to him by Saint Remigius.

Abran and his siblings are all considered saints for their positive Christian influence upon the Breton people.

Saint Abran's feast day is 8 May on the Western Rite Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church calendars.



St. Peter of Tarantaise

டரென்டைஸ் நகர் புனிதர் பீட்டர் 

டரென்டைஸ் பேராயர்:

பிறப்பு: கி.பி. 1102

புனித மௌரிஸ்-இ'எக்ஸில், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

இறப்பு: செப்டம்பர் 14, 1174 (வயது 72)

பெல்லேவாக்ஸ் துறவுமடம், ஃபிரான்ஸ்

ஏற்கும் சமயம்: 

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 10, 1191

திருத்தந்தை மூன்றாம் செலேஸ்டின்

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: மே 8

பாதுகாவல்:

டரென்டைஸ் (Tarentaise)

புனிதர் பீட்டர் (Saint Peter of Tarentaise) ஒரு ஃபிரெஞ்ச் ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க துறவு மடாதிபதியும் (French Roman Catholic abbot), கி.பி. 1141ம் ஆண்டு முதல், தமது மரணம் வரை “டரென்டைஸ்” (Tarentaise) உயர்மறைமாவட்ட பேராயராக பணியாற்றியவருமாவார்.

அவரது குழந்தை பருவத்திலும், இளமை பருவத்திலும் அவர் பிறருக்கு முன்மாதிரியாக வாழ்ந்தார். அவரது பெற்றோர் மற்றும் உடன்பிறந்தவர்கள் அனைவருமே மத வாழ்க்கையில் அவரைப் பின்பற்றினர். அவர் ஒரு புதிய துறவு மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியாக பணியாற்றினார். புனிதர் பெர்னார்ட் (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux) உள்ளிட்ட உயர் பொருப்பிலிருந்தவர்கள் இவரை உயர் பதவிகளை ஏற்குமாறு வற்புறுத்தினர். ஆனால் இவர் அவற்றையெல்லாம் மறுத்தார். ஆனால் அவரது இதயம், அவரது எளிய மற்றும் பக்தியான வாழ்க்கைக்காக, ஒரு துறவி என்ற இழப்புக்காக துபுற்றது. அவர் ஒருமுறை கான்வென்ட் வரை ஓடி வந்து, மறைந்து வாழ முயற்சித்தார். அவர் ஊழல் மற்றும் ஒழுக்கங்கெட்ட குருக்கள் அனைவரையும் அகற்றினார். ஏழைகளுக்கும், வீடற்றவர்களுக்கும் உதவும் நல்லெண்ணத்தில், அவர் கடுமையான வானிலைகளின்போது, தனது சொந்த வாழ்க்கையை ஆபத்திற்குள்ளாக்கி இருந்துள்ளார்.

பியர்ரே (Pierre) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட பீட்டர், கி.பி. 1102ம் ஆண்டு, ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் "ரோன்-ஆல்ப்ஸ்" மலைகளின் (Rhône-Alpes mountains) நகர்ப் பகுதியொன்றில் பிறந்தார். "சிஸ்டர்சியன் துறவியர் சபையில்" (Cistercian monastic order) இணைந்த இவர், கி.பி. 1132ம் ஆண்டு, "டமீ" (Tamié) என்னுமிடத்திலுள்ள துறவு மடத்தின் மடாதிபதியானார்.

1142ம் ஆண்டு, "டரென்டைஸ்" உயர் மறை மாவட்டத்தின் (Archbishop of Tarentaise) பேராயர் பதவியை தயக்கத்துடன் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். ஒரு துறவு மடாதிபதியாக தாம் கற்றுக்கொண்ட "சிஸ்டர்சியன் கொள்கைகளை" (Cistercian principles) சிதைந்து கொண்டிருந்த தமது மறை மாவட்டத்தில் நடைமுறைப்படுத்தினார். அதில் வெற்றியும் கண்டார்.

இவர் ஸ்விட்சர்லாந்து (Switzerland) மற்றும் இத்தாலி (Italy) நாடுகளினிடையே பயணம் செய்பவர்களின் நலன்களிலும் அக்கறை காட்டினார். பொதுவாகவே, பீட்டர் தமது ஆயர் பதவியினால் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் காணப்படவில்லை. அவர் அடிக்கடி காணாமலும் போனார். இடையில் ஒரு வருடம் (1155) அவர் காணாமல் போய் ஸ்விட்சர்லாந்தின் ஒரு தொலைதூர துறவியர் மடத்தில் காணப்பட்டார் என்பர்.

ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அரசன் ஏழாம் லூயிஸ் (King Louis VII of France) மற்றும் இங்கிலாந்தின் அரசன் இரண்டாம் ஹென்றி (King Henry II of England) ஆகியோரிடையே நடந்த பேச்சுவார்த்தைகளில் திருத்தந்தை மூன்றாம் அலெக்சாண்டரின் (Pope Alexander III) சார்பில் பீட்டர் கலந்துகொண்டார். ஒருமுறை அதேபோன்றதொரு பேச்சுவார்த்தையில் கலந்துகொண்டு திரும்புகையில், ஃபிரான்ஸின் "பெல்லேவாக்ஸ்" (Monastery at Bellevaux) துறவு மடத்தில் மரித்தார்.


Church Roman Catholic Church

Archdiocese Tarentaise

See Tarentaise

Appointed September 1141

Term ended 14 September 1174

Predecessor Bozon

Successor Isdrael

Orders

Consecration 1141

Rank Archbishop

Personal details

Born Pierre

1102

Saint-Maurice-l'Exil, Kingdom of France

Died 14 September 1174 (aged 72)

Bellevaux Abbey, Cirey, Franche-Comté, Kingdom of France

Sainthood

Feast day

14 September

8 May (Tarentaise)

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Canonized 10 May 1191

Old Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States

by Pope Celestine III

Attributes

Episcopal attire

Cistercian habit

Patronage Tarentaise

 


Cistercian archbishop. Peter was born near Vienne, in Dauphine, France, and joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of twenty with his two brothers and father. Known for his piety, at age thirty he was sent to serve as the first abbot of Tamie, in the Tarantaise Mountains, between Geneva and Savoy. There he built a hospice for travelers. In 1142, he was named the archbishop of Tarantaise against his wishes, and he devoted much energy to reforming the diocese, purging the clergy of corrupt and immoral members, aiding the poor, and promoting education. He is also credited with starting the custom of distributing bread and soup the so called May Bread just before the harvest, a custom which endured throughout France until the French Revolution. After thirteen years as bishop, Peter suddenly disappeared. Eventually he was discovered serving as a lay brother in a Cistercian abbey in Switzerland and was convinced to return to Tarantaise and resume his episcopal duties. Trusted as an advisor by popes and kings, he defended papal rights in France and was called upon to assist in bringing about a reconciliation between King Louis VII of France and then Prince Henry II of England. Peter was canonized in 1191. He should not be confused with Peter of Tarantaise, who became Pope Innocent V.



Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel


It is recorded that Saint Michael, in a vision, admonished the bishop of Siponto to build a church in his honour on Mount Gargano, now called Monte-de-Sant-Angelo, in the Capitanate, near Manfredonia, in the kingdom of Naples. This history is confirmed by Sigebert in his chronicle, and by the ancient tradition of the churches of that country, and is approved authentic by the judicious critic Mabillon, who visited those places, and examined the records and monuments. This church was erected in the fifth century, and is a place of great devotion.



When the Emperor Otho III had, contrary to his word, put to death, for rebellion, Crescentius, a Roman senator; being touched with remorse, he cast himself at the feet of Saint Romuald, who, in satisfaction for his crime, enjoined him to walk barefoot, on a penitential pilgrimage, to Saint Michael's on Mount Gargano: which penance he performed in 1002, as Saint Peter Damian relates. In France, Aubert, bishop of Avranches, moved, it is said, by certain visions, built, in 708, a church in honour of Saint Michael, on a barren rock which hangs over the sea, between Normandy and Brittany. In the tenth age, this collegiate church was changed into a great Benedictin abbey. In imitation of this was the famous church of Saint Michael refounded in Cornwall, in the reign of William the Conqueror, by William earl of Moreton, on a mountain which the tide encompasses. It is said by Borlace, the learned and accurate antiquarian of Cornwall, that this church of Saint Michael was first built in the fifth century.


The Greeks mention, in their Menaea, a famous apparition of Saint Michael at Chone, the ancient Colossae in Phrygia. Many apparitions of good angels in favour of men are recorded, both in the Old and New Testament. It is mentioned in particular of this special guardian and protector of the church, that, in the persecution of Antichrist, he will powerfully stand up in her defence: At that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people. He is not only the protector of the church, but of every faithful soul. He defeated the devil by humility; we are enlisted in the same warfare. His arms were humility and ardent love of God; the same must be our weapons. We ought to regard this archangel as our leader under God: and, courageously resisting the devil in all his assaults, to cry out: Who can be compared to God?



Blessed Ulrika Fransiska Nisch


Also known as

Fransiska Dettenrieder


Profile

Oldest of eleven children born to Ulrich Nisch, who cleaned stables, and Klothilde Dettenrieder, a servant in a village inn. The couple was so poor that their families and the local authorities refused to allow their marriage; they forced the issue with the birth of Fransiska. The baby was baptized at the age of one day. Only four Fransiska's siblings reached adulthood.



Fransiska spent her early childhood in Oberdorf, Germany, raised by her grandmother and maternal aunt, Gertrud Dettenrieder. When she was returned to her parents at age seven, she had so much trouble fitting in that she eventually returned to Oberdorf to live with her aunt and finish school. Known as a pious child, Fransiska early felt a call to religious life, but beginning in 1894 she worked as a maid in serveral homes to support her family. She made her First Communion on 21 April 1895, and was confirmed later that year. In 1898 she worked at a general store and cheese factory in Sauggart, Germany. Worked at a combination bakery, brewer and tavern in Biberach, Germany in 1899. Servant in the house of a teacher in Rorschach, Switzerland in 1901.


In 1903 she began suffering from a severe form of erysipelas in 1903; in hospital she was treated by the Sisters of Charity of Holy Cross, and was so impressed by them that she followed her call to religious vocation by joining the Sisters on 17 October 1904 at the Hegne monastery in Konstanz, Germany, taking the name Ulrika in honour of her father. She spent her few remaining years working in the kitchens of several houses in her Order amd dealing with a series of deep mystical experiences.


Born

18 September 1882 in Oberdorg-Mittelbiberach, Germany as Fransiska Dettenrieder, named for a great-grandmother


Died

8 May 1913 at the Saint Elizabeth hospital in the House of Hegne, Baden-Baden, Germany of tuberculosis


Beatified

• 1 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II

• beatification celebrated at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II

• the beatification miracle involved the healing of incurable liver disease of Hildis Burchard Gerhards in Cologne, Germany by the intercession of Blessed Ulrika



Blessed Clara Fey

புனித.கிளாரா ஃபாய் (St.Klara Foy)  

துறவி, சபை நிறுவுனர்                                                                                       

பிறப்பு 11 ஏப்ரல் 1815 ஆஹன்(Aachen), ஜெர்மனி                                   

இறப்பு 8 மே 1848 சிம்பல்பெல்டு(Simpelfeld), ஹாலந்து

இவர் தனது கல்வியை முடித்தபின் துறவற சபைகளை பற்றி தெரிந்து கொள்ள பல புத்தகங்களை படித்தார். ஆஹனில் பிற ந்த இவர், தனது பங்குதந்தை பவுல் உதவியுடன், பல சமூக பணி களில் தன்னை ஈடுபடுத்தினார். சிறப்பாக இளைஞர்களிடத்தில் அதிக அன்பு காட்டினார். 1837 ஆம் ஆண்டு தனது 22 ஆம் வயதில் ஆஹனில் இளைஞர்களுக்கென்று ஓர் பள்ளியை நிறுவினார். இப்பள்ளிக்கு தேவையான உதவிகளை செய்வதற்கு, இவரின் சமூக சேவை பணிக்குழுவில் இருந்தவர்கள் முன் வந்தனர். இவ ர்கள் அனைவரும் ஒன்றாக சேர்ந்து சமூக சேவையோடு, 1844 ஆம் ஆண்டு இறைவனின் பணிகளிலும் தங்களை ஈடுபடுத்திகொ ண்டனர். இதன் விளைவாக 1848 ஆம் ஆண்டு கிளாரா ஃபாய் அவ ர்கள் "குழந்தை இயேசுவின் ஏழைகள்" என்ற சபையை நிறுவி னார். ஏராளமான ஏழை குழந்தைகளை ஒன்று சேர்த்து அவர் களை பராமரித்தார்கள் இச்சபை கன்னியர்கள். அதோடு கல்வி கற்றுக் கொடுத்து, வாழ்விற்கு வழிகாட்டி, தாய்க்குத் தாயாக இருந்து பராமரித்தார்கள். நாளடைவில் குழந்தைகளின் எண் ணிக்கை பெருகவே மீண்டும் ஓர் துறவற இல்லத்தை நிறுவி னார். இதில் பல கைவிடப்பட்ட பெண்களும், விதவைகளும் வந்து சேர்ந்தனர். கிளாரா இச்சபையை தொடங்கிய 15 ஆம் ஆண்டுகளில் ஜெர்மனி முழுவதும் 19 துறவற மடங்களை துவ ங்கினார். சில கலாச்சார வேறுபாடுகளின் அடிப்படையில் இவ ரது சபை ஹாலந்து நாட்டிலும் தொடங்கப்படவேண்டியதாக இருந்தது. இதனால் ஹாலந்து நாட்டில் ஓர் துறவற மடம் தொடங் கப்பட்டு, அந்த மடமே பிற்காலத்தில் இச்சபையின் தலைமை இல்லமாகவும் அமைந்தது. இச்சபையின் முதல் சபைத்தலைவி யாக கிளாரா ஃபாய் அவர்களே பொறுப்பேற்றார். பல ஏழை குழ ந்தைகளுக்கும், கைவிடப்பட்ட பெண்களுக்கும், விதவைகளுக் கும் தாயான இவர் இறந்தபிறகு ஹாலந்து நாட்டிலுள்ள சிம்பல் பெல்டு என்ற ஊரில் அடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டு, இவரை முன் மாதி ரியாக கொண்டு இன்றுவரை இச்சபைத்துறவிகள் பணியா ற்றிவருகிறார்கள்

Also known as

Klara


Profile

Fourth of five children born to Louis and Katherine Fey; her father was a wealthy textile industrialist who died of a stroke in 1820 when Clara was five years old. The girl grew up well off, but became acutely concerned about the plight of the poor in her city. Her family was active in the Church; Clara's brother became a priest, and she was acquainted with Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt and Blessed Franziska Schervier. In 1835 she began reading the work of Saint Teresa of Ávila, and was drawn to Carmelite spirituality. In 1837 she and some like-minded friends she set up a school for poor children in Aachen, Germany. In 1841, following the recommendation of her spiritual director, she began studying the work of Saint Francis de Sales. Founded the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus on 2 February 1844 in Aachen with a Rule based on the teaching of Saint Augustine, and with a mission to educate children in religion and in secular matters in a religious environment; Mother Clara served the rest of her life as their first superior. She received diocesan approval on 28 January 1848 and made her profession in 1850. The Sisters received a papal decree of praise on 11 July 1862 from Pope Pius IX; in 1875, during the anti–Catholic German Kulturkampf, the Sisters moved to Simpelveld, Netherlands, though there are plans to move back to Aachen in the near future; they received full papal approval from Pope Leo XIII on 15 June 1888, and continue their good work today with over 500 sisters in 12 nations of Europe, South America, and Asia.



Born

11 April 1815 in Aachen, North Rhein-Westphalia, Germany


Died

8 May 1894 in Simpelveld, Limburg, Netherlands of natural causes


Beatified

• 5 May 2018 by Pope Francis

• beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Aachen, North Rhein-Westphalia, Germany


Patronage

Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus




Blessed Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin


Also known as

• Catherine Symon of Longprey

• Marie-Catherine Simon de Longpré

• Marie-Catherine Symon de Longprey

• Mary Catherine of Saint Augustine



Profile

Raised primarily by her grandparents, Marie-Catherine was a pious girl noted for her concern for the poor and sick. She became a Augustinian canoness regular sister in the Hospitaller Sisters of the Mercy on 24 October 1644, taking the name Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin and serving in the Hôtel-Dieu, the hospital that the Order operated in Bayeux, France.


In 1648 she volunteered to help establish the hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, to provide medical services to the region around Quebec in New France. While travelling, Sister Marie-Catherine became severely ill; she attributed her cure to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the new hospital, while serving as the organization’s treasurer, she was known for caring for the physical and spiritual well-being of her patients. She learned the languages of the area First Peoples in order to better care for them. Novice mistress to the new Augustinians brought to the order by the work of the sisters. She spent her spare time in prayer and penance in support of the hospital mission. For her endless work and devotion, Mother Catherine is honoured as one of the six founders of the Catholic Church in Canada.


Born

3 May 1632 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Normandy, France


Died

• 8 May 1668 in the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec City, New France (modern Canada) of natural causes

• relics enshrined at the Centre Catherine-de-Saint-Augustin next to the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec


Beatified

23 April 1989 by Pope John Paul II




Blessed Henri Vergès


Also known as

Enric Vergés


Profile

Educated from age 12 by the Marist Brothers of the Schools, he studied in Espirá de l'Aglí and Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux in France. Enric joined the Marists himself in 1945, and made his perpetual vows on 26 August 1952. Elementary school teacher in Nimes, France in 1947. The combination of work, study and Marist frugality led to health problems, and in 1950 Henri had to spend time in hospital in Osséja, France. Teacher in Le Cheylard, France in 1952. Novice instructor in Aubenas and Bordeaux in France. Sub-master of the novices at Notre-Dame de Lacabane, Corrèze, France from 1958 to 1966. Marist superior in Bourg-de-Péage and Ganges in France. Delegate to the Marist general chapter in 1967. Received a degree in philosophy in Montpellier, France in 1968. After studying Arabic, he was appointed director of the Saint-Bonaventure school in Algiers from 1969 till 1976 when the school was nationalized by the Algerian government. Professor of mathematics at the school of Sour-El-Ghozlane from 1976 to 1988. Director of the library of the Archdiocese of Algiers on Ben Cheneb Street in the casbah from 1988 until his death. Murdered by Muslim fundamentalists. Martyr.



Born

15 July 1930 in Matemale, Pyrénées-Orientales, France


Died

• shot twice in the head on 8 May 1994 in the Archdiocese library in Algiers, Algeria

• buried in Algiers on 12 May 1994


Beatified

8 December 2018 by Pope Francis



Pope Saint Boniface IV


Profile

Son of a physician named John. Student under Saint Gregory the Great. Benedictine monk at the Saint Sebastian Abbey in Rome, Italy. Served as deacon under Saint Gregory the Great; dispenser of alms and patrimonies. Chosen 67th Pope in 608.



Converted the Roman temple of the old gods, the Pantheon, to a Christian church dedicated to Our Lady and all the Martyrs in 609, the first such conversion of a temple from pagan to Christian use in Rome. Supported the expansion of the faith into England, and met with the first bishop of London. Encouraged reforms among the clergy, and balanced it with improvements in their living and working conditions. Corresponded with Saint Columba. Worked to alleviate the sufferings in Rome due to famine and the disease that follows it. Late in life he converted his own house into a monastery and lived there, dividing his time between his papal work and life as a prayerful monk.


Born

c.550 at Valeria, Abruzzi, Italy


Papal Ascension

25 August 608


Died

• 615 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

• relics moved c.1100

• relics moved in the late 13th century by order of Pope Boniface VIII

• relics re-interred in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy on 21 October 1603



Blessed Paul-Hélène Saint Raymond


Also known as

Madame Encyclopédie


Profile

Eighth of ten children born into a pious family. Paul-Hélène studied engineering at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, but felt a call to religious life, and joined the Little Sisters of the Assumption in 1952, making her final vows in 1960. Family social worker in Creil, France from 1954 until 1957 when she began studying to be a nurse. She worked as a nurse in poor, working class neigbbourhoods in Rouen, France. Assigned to work as a nurse and social worker in Algeria in 1964 where she served for 30 years. She is remembered as intelligent, educated, helpful, generous, prayerful, and honest to the point of sometimes being blunt and tactless. Retiring from medical and social work, she assisted Blessed Henri Vergès at the archdiocese library where she was known for welcoming children and teenagers. Murdered by Muslim fundamentalists who entered the library disguised as police officers. Martyr.



Born

24 January 1927 in Paris, France


Died

• shot in the neck on 8 May 1994 in the Archdiocese library on Ben Cheneb Street in the Kasbah in Algiers, Algeria

• funeral Mass celebrated at the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa


Beatified

8 December 2018 by Pope Francis



Our Lady of Luján


Profile

The Virgin is a two feet tall terracotta statue of Our Lady. It was made in Brazil and sent to Argentina in May 1630. Its original appearance seemed inspired by Murillo's Immaculates. In 1887, to preserve and protect it, the image was given a solid silver covering. It is usually clothed with a white robe and sky blue cloak, the colors of the Argentinian flag. Only the dark oval face with big blue eyes and the hands folded in prayer are now visible.



Tradition says that an ox-drawn wagon was taking the statue from Buenos Aires to Santiago del Estero. The animals stopped at the Luján River and refused to cross. Through trial and error the teamsters discovered that it the box with the Virgin was in the wagon, the oxen would not move; if it was removed, then away they went. After testing this several times, the people realized that Our Lady wanted to stay in Luján, and so she is there today.


The image was first taken to the nearby home of Don Rosendo. He built a primitive chapel for it which lasted 40 years. A bigger shrine was completed in 1685. A new sanctuary was built in the 19th century. The image was crowned canonically in 1887. In 1930 Pope Pius XII gave the sanctuary the title of Basilica.


Patronage

• Agentina (proclaimed on 8 September 1930 Pope Pius XI)

• Argentinian military chaplains

• Paraguay

• Uruguay



Saint Acacius of Byzantium


Also known as

• Acacius of Constantinople

• Acato of Avila

• Acathius

• Achatius of Byzantium

• Agathius of Byzantium

• Agathus of Byzantium

• Agazio (in Calabria)

• Cuenca (in Spain)



Additional Memorial

• 16 January (translation of relics)

• 17 April (Orthodox calendar)


Profile

Christian centurian in the imperial Roman army stationed in Thrace. Tortured and executed in the persecutions of Diocletian. Several churches in Constantinople dedicated to him, including one dedicated by Constantine the Great. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.


Born

Cappadocian


Died

tortured, scourged, and beheaded c.303 in Constantinople


Patronage

• against headaches

• soldiers




Saint Victor Maurus


Also known as

• Victor the Moor

• Viktor; Vittore; Vittorio


Profile

Soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard. A Christian from his youth, Victor lived in quiet praise of God. Around 303, the elderly Victor was arrested in Milan, Italy in the persecutions of Maximian. He was tortured for his faith, basted in molten lead, and killed. Martyr. Saint Gregory of Tours wrote of miracles that occurred at Victor's grave.



Born

3rd century in Mauretania, Africa


Died

• beheaded c.303

• buried outside Milan, Italy

• a church was later erected over the grave

• relics translated in 1576 to an Olivetan church dedicated to him in Milan


Patronage

• Asigliano, Italy

• Balangero, Italy

• Borghetto, Italy

• Canale, Italy

• Caselle Torinese, Italy

• Feletto, Italy

• Odolengo, Italy

• Quagliuzzo, Italy

• Rho, Italy

• San Vittore Olona, Italy

• Varese, Italy

• Verbania, Italy


Representation

• man being thrown into a furnace

• man roasted in a bronze bull

• man roasted in an oven

• Moorish soldier trampling on a broken pagan altar

• bull

• fire



Saint Amatus Ronconi


Also known as

Amato



Profile

Born to a wealthy family, Amatus was orphaned when very young and grew up in the home of his older brother Giacomo. Feeling a call to live according to the gospel, he devoted himself to caring for the poor and helping pilgrims. Franciscan tertiary. Constructed combination chapel and shelters for pilgrims including the Beato Amato Ronconi Nursing Home which still exists. Made four pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Benedictine lay brother.


Born

c.1225 in Saludécio, Rimini, Italy


Died

• 8 May 1292 in Saludécio, Rimini, Italy of natural causes

• interred in the chapel shelters he had built

• relics transferred to the Pieve di San Biagio in May 1330 after the chapel shelters were destroyed by fire


Beatified

• 17 April 1776 by Pope Pius VI (cultus confirmation)

• 9 October 2013 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)


Canonized

23 November 2014 by Pope Francis


Patronage

Saludécio, Italy




Blessed Aloysius Luis Rabata


Profile

Carmelite priest. Prior of the reformed convent in Randazzo, Italy.


Born

c.1430 at Erice, Sicily



Died

• murdered in 1490 in Trapani, Italy by a head wound

• before he died he forgave his attacker, and refused to say who it was for fear the person would be punished

• buried under the main altar at the church at the Carmelite convent in Trapani

• some relics transferred to Sicily in 1617

• relics transferred to an urn under the altar of the Assumption in the basilica of Santa Maria on 13 August 1913


Beatified

10 December 1841 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmed)




Blessed Angelo of Massaccio


Also known as

• Angelo of Cupramontana

• Angel...


Profile

Camaldolese monk at the Santa Maria della Serra monastery near Cupramontana, Italy. Prior of his house. Priest. Martyr by Berlotani heretic wood cutters when he chastised them for ignoring the Sabbath.



Born

late 14 century in Massaccio (modern Cupramontana), Italy


Died

• hit with an axe c.1458 near the monastery of Santa Maria della Serra near Cupramontana, Italy

• by 1492 he was interred under the altar in the church at Santa Maria della Serra, now known as the church of Sant Angelo


Beatified

27 September 1842 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation)


Patronage

Cupramontana, Italy



Saint Ida of Nivelles


Also known as

• Ida of Metz

• Iduberga; Ita; Itta; Itte



Profile

Daughter of Bishop Arnoald of Metz. Sister of Saint Modoald of Trier and Saint Severa. Married to Saint Pepin of Landen. Mother of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, Saint Begga of Ardenne, and Grimoald, mayor of the palace. Grandmother of Pepin of Herstal. Friend of Saint Amand of Maastricht. Widowed, she built a Benedictine double monastery at Nivelles, Belgium under the leadership of her daughter, Saint Gertrude; Ida spent the rest of her life there as a nun.


Born

592


Died

8 May 652 in Nivelles, Belgium of natural causes


Patronage

• against erysipelas; erysipelas patients

• against toothache; toothache sufferers



Pope Saint Benedict II


Profile

Son of John. Studied at the schola cantorum, and was early known as a Bible scholar; noted singer, too. Priest, known for his care for the poor. Pope; the delay in his ascension was caused by waiting for imperial confirmation.



Obtained the decree that abolished imperial confirmation of popes. Adopted Constantine's two sons. Fought Monothelitism, and worked with Spanish bishops to restore orthodoxy in their dioceses. Restored many churches in Rome, and endowed deaconries to care for the poor.


Born

at Rome, Italy


Papal Ascension

• elected in 683

• ascended on 26 June 684


Died

• 8 May 685

• buried at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy



Saint Desideratus of Bourges


Also known as

Desire, Dezydery, Desiderato


Profile

His was a pious family; his parents turned their home into a hospital, and his brothers, Deodato and Didier, died as a martyrs. Desideratus was a courtier and advisor to king Clotaire. Fought simony and heresy. He wished to retire to life as a monk, but was chosen to serve as bishop of Bourges, France in 541. Attended the 5th Council of Orleans in 549, and the 2nd Council of Auvergne. Fought against Nestorianism.


Born

Soissons, France


Died

• 8 May 550 of natural causes

• buried in the basilica of Sant'Ursino, Bourges, France, the building of which he began



Saint Metrone of Verona


Also known as

Metro, Metron, Metronius



Profile

8th-century penitent who chained himself to a stone in front of the cathedral of Verona, Italy, threw the key into Adige River, and lived there on the street for seven years in penance. The key to his chains was found in the belly of a fish by two fishermen who took the key to the local bishop. The bishop took the return to the key as a sign, freed Metrone from his chains, and welcomed him to active Communion in the Church.


Died

• miracles reported at his grave

• relics enshrined in Verona, Italy



Saint Otger of Utrecht


Also known as

Odger; Odgero; Oteger


Profile

Worked with Saint Wiro of Utrecht to found a monastery at Odilienburg, Netherlands.


Born

England


Died

• c.746 of natural causes

• relics in Odilienberg, France

• relics taken to Roermond, Netherlands in 1361

• relics disappeared during the time of the Protestant Reformation

• relics re-discovered in 1594

• relics re-enshrined in 1881


Saint Wiro of Utrecht


Also known as

Wirone


Profile

Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands. One of the Apostles of Frisia. He and his two companions founded a monastery at Odiliënberg, Netherlands.


Born

British Isles (location varies from source to source)


Died

• c.753 of natural causes

• buried in Roermond, Netherlands

• tomb re-discovered in August 1881



Blessed Raymond of Toulouse


Profile

Son of the Count de Montfort. Cousin of Blessed George of Lauria. While on pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Montserrat, Raymond decided to join the Mercedarians, and took the habit at the convent of Santa Eulalia in Barcelona, Spain. Zealous preacher. Created cardinal-priest in 1335 by Pope Benedict XII.



Saint Gibrian


Also known as

Abran, Gybrian, Gobrian, Gibriano


Profile

Brother of Saint Tressan, Saint Helan, Saint Germanus, Saint Abran, Saint Petran, Saint Franca, Saint Promptia, and Saint Possenna. Hermit in Brittany in northern France. Priest. Worked with Saint Remigius.


Born

Ireland


Died

c.515



Blessed Domenico di San Pietro


Profile

Mercedarian. Helped ransom 187 Christians held in slavery by North African Moors.



Blessed Pietro de Alos


Profile


Mercedarian. Helped ransom 187 Christians held in slavery by North African Moors.



Saint Helladius of Auxerre


Profile

Bishop of Auxerre, France for 30 years. Converted Saint Amator, his successor as bishop, to the faith.


Died

387 of natural causes



Saint Arsenio of Scetis


Profile

Deacon. Hermit at Mount Scetis, Egypt.


Born

4th century


Died

5th century



Saint Martin of Saujon


Profile

Sixth century priest, monk and abbot in Saujon, Saintes, France.



Saint Peter of Besançon


Profile

Bishop of Besançon, France.



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• Our Lady of Divine Providence

• Our Lady of Grace

• Our Lady of Sterpeto

• Bernardino of Bustis

• Giovanni Vici of Stroncone

• Peter Petroni