Archive for November, 2020
Bl. Salvador Chuliá Ferrandis
Born: 16 April 1866 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain Died: shot at dawn on 18 September 1936 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain Venerated: 18 December 2000 by Pope John Paul II (declaration of martyrdom) Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul IIFeast day: September 18 Studied at the Conciliar Seminary of Valencia, Spain. Joined the Capuchin […]
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St. Richardis of Andlou
Born: 839 Andlau, Alsace, France Died: c.895 at Andlau, Alsace, France of natural causes relics there in an 11th century church Canonized: Pre-CongregationFeast day: September 18 Daughter of Kenneth I, the Count of Alsace (in modern France) and a Scottish emigre. Sister of King Boso of Provence. Married Charles the Fat at age 22. Crowned […]
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Novena to St. Joseph of Cupertino
FIRST DAYDear St Joseph, you were an unwanted child and were thought worthless even by your own mother. Intercede for all unwanted children that they may come to know they were born out of God’s love for them. We pray especially for (mention your request). Amen.Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. SECOND DAYDear St Joseph, […]
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Prayers to St. Joseph of Cupertino
Prayer to St. Joseph of Cupertino O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your examination only the questions you knew, obtain for me a like favour in the examinations for which I am now preparing. In return I promise to make you […]
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St. Joseph of Cupertino
Birth: 1603, Giuseppe Desa Death: 1663 (aged 60) Osimo, Marche, Papal StatesVenerated: in Roman Catholic Church (Franciscans) Beatified: 24 February 1753, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Benedict XIV Canonized: 16 July 1767, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Clement XIII Major shrine: Basilica of St. Joseph of Cupertino, Piazza Gallo, 10, Osimo, Ancona, Italy Patronage: The […]
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St. Carolus Hyon Song-Mun
Born: 1797 in Seoul, South Korea Died: beheaded on 19 September 1846 in Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea Venerated: 9 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI (decree of martyrdom) Beatified: 5 July 1925 by Pope Pius XI Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul IIFeast day: September 19 Married layman and father in the apostolic […]
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St. Alonso de Orozco Mena
Born: 17 October 1500 at Oropesa, Toledo, Spain Died: 19 September 1591 in the College of the Incarnation, Madrid, Spain of natural causes, at his funeral the people of Madrid stormed the College and broke into Alonso’s old room, looking for relics of their beloved pastor, interred in the Augustinian church in Valladolid, Spain Canonized: […]
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St. Januarius of Naples
Born: Benevento, Italy or Naples, Italy (records vary) Died: martyred c.304 at Naples, Italy or Pozzuoli, Italy (sources vary), first thrown to wild bests, when the animals would not attack him, he was beheaded Patronage: against volcanic eruptions, blood banks, Benevento, Italy, diocese of Naples, Italy, archdiocese of, Naples, ItalyFeast day: September 19 Fourth century […]
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Bl. Maximin Giraud
Feast Day: September 20 The Prophetess and Mother of the Latter Times, sent from Heaven, chose for one of Her auditors a young boy eleven years old, Blessed Maximin Giraud, who was a child like all the rest until he saw and heard the Lady in the circle of light. Later he himself wrote a […]
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St. Jean-Charles Cornay
Born: 27 February 1809 at Loudun, diocese of Poitiers, Vienne, France Died: beheaded and his body hacked to pieces on 20 September 1837 at Son Tây, Ha Tây, Vietnam Canonized: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II Feast day: September 20 Priest. Member of the Paris Society of Foreign Missions. Missionary to Vietnam, working […]
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