Archive for June 4, 2019
Daily Reflection 05.06.2019
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Novena to St. Filippo Smaldone
(Please recite this novena for for 9 days.) Dear St. Smaldone, in your earthly life you were a model of charity. Your love for those with disabilities especially the deaf brought you the beloved name “Apostle of the Deaf”. In your heavenly home please intercede for us here on earth that we may see Jesus […]
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Prayers to St. Filippo Smaldone
Prayer to St. Filippo Smaldone O holy and charitable St. Filippo Smaldone, patron saint of the deaf and those with ear ailments, I come to you seeking your intercession for (name person) and all who suffer with ear problems. I know you spent your life dedicated to those who could not hear – to their […]
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St. Filippo Smaldone
Born: 27 July 1848 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Died: 4 June 1923 (aged 74) Lecce, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 12 May 1996, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by John Paul II Canonized: 15 October 2006, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI Feast: 4 June Patronage: […]
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St. Petroc
Born: Wales Died: c. 564 Treravel, Padstow, Cornwall, England Venerated: in Catholic Church Anglican Communion Western Orthodoxy Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: St Petroc’s Church, Bodmin, Cornwall, England Feast: 4 June Patronage: Devon Cornwall Saint Petroc or Petrock (Medieval Latin: Petrocus; Welsh: Pedrog; French: Perreux; died c. 564) was a British prince and Christian saint. Probably born […]
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St. Francis Caracciolo
Born: October 13, 1563 Villa Santa Maria, Province of Chieti, Region of Abruzzo, Kingdom of Naples (modern-day Italy) Died: June 4, 1608 (aged 44) Agnone, Province of Isernia, Region of Molise, Kingdom of Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: June 4, 1769, Rome by Pope Clement XIV Canonized: May 24, 1807, Rome by Pope […]
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