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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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St. Eustachius
Born: as Placidas Died: cooked to death in a bronze bull in 188 in Rome, Italy Patronage: difficult situations, fire prevention; against fire, firefighters, hunters, huntsmen, hunting, torture victims; against torture, trappers, diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy, Madrid, Spain, Poli, Italy Feast day: September 20 Pagan Roman general in the army of the emperor Trajan. […]
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St. Jacques Honoré Chastán
Born: 7 October 1803 in Marcoux, Basses-Alpes, France Died: beaten with a bastinado and beheaded on 21 September 1839 at Saenamteo, Seoul, South Korea Canonized: 6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II in Korea Feast day: September 21 Ordained in 1826. Joined the Paris Society of Missions in 1827. Missionary in Thailand, then Malaysia, and […]
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St. François Jaccard
Born: 16 September 1799 at Onion, Haute-Savoie, France Died: strangled to death on 21 September 1838 in Nhan Bieu, Quang Tri, Tonkin, Indo-China (modern Vietnam), buried near Tonkin by local Christians, later moved to the Seminary for Foreign Missions, Paris, France Venerated: 2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom) Beatified: 27 May 1900 […]
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Novena to St. Matthew the Apostle
Opening PrayerGod of mercy you chose a tax collector, Saint Matthew, to share the dignity of the apostles. By his example and prayers help us to follow Christ and remain faithful in your service. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one […]
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Prayers to St. Matthew the Apostle
Prayer to St. Matthew the Apostle for Grace O Glorious Saint Matthew, in your Gospel you portray Jesus as the longed-for Messiah who fulfilled the Prophets of the Old Covenant and as the new Lawgiver who founded a Church of the New Covenant. Obtain for us the grace to see Jesus living in his Church […]
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St. Matthew the Apostle
Patronage: accountants; bookkeepers, bankers, customs officers, financial officers; money managers, guards; security forces; security guards, stock brokers, tax collectors, diocese of Trier, Germany, archdiocese of Washington, DC, 5 cities Feast day: September 21 One day, as Our Lord was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw, seated in his customs bureau, Levi the publican, […]
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