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New Jersey CONTENTS Abachum, Jan. 19 ...... 39 , Achilleus, May 12 ...... 201 June 13 ...... 250 Adalbert, Apr. 23 ...... 174 Anthony Zaccaria, July 5 . 290 Adelaide, Dec. 16 ...... 556 Anysius, Dec. 30 ...... 572 Adeline, Oct. 20 ...... 479 Apollinaris, Jan. 8 ...... 26 Adrian of , Apollinaris, July 20 ...... 319 Jan. 9 ...... 28 Apollinaris and Compan- Agatha, Feb. 5 ...... 67 ions, Bl., Sept. 12 . . . . . 410 Agnes, Jan. 21 ...... 42 Apollonia, Feb. 9 ...... 72 Albert the Great, Nov. 15 . 515 Apollonius, Apr. 21 ...... 171 , Mar. 1 ...... 94 Aquila, July 8 ...... 296 , Apr. 22 ...... 172 Aristedes, Aug. 31 ...... 392 All Saints, Nov. 1 ...... 496 Arsenius, ...... 195 All Souls, Nov. 2 ...... 497 Assumption, Aug. 15 . . . . 363 , Athanasius, May 2 ...... 187 June 21 ...... 261 Athanasius the Athonite, , July 5 ...... 291 Aug. 1 ...... 339 Audifax, Jan. 19 ...... 39 , Dec. 7 ...... 544 Audry, June 23 ...... 267 André Bessette, Bl., Jan. 6 24 , Andrew, Nov. 30 ...... 534 May 27 ...... 226 Andrew Dung-Lac and Augustine Gazotich, Bl., Companions, Nov. 24 . 527 Aug. 3 ...... 343 Andrew Hubert Fournet, Augustine, Aug. 28 ...... 384 May 13 ...... 204 Augustine Zhao Rong and Andrew Kim Taegon and Companions, July 9 . . . 297 Companions, Sept. 20 . 423 Aurelius, July 27 ...... 333 Angela Merici, Jan. 27 . . . 52 Anne, July 26 ...... 331 , June 11 ...... 247 , Mar. 25 . . . 131 Barry, Sept. 25 ...... 431 Anselm, Apr. 21 ...... 170 Bartholomew, Aug. 24 . . . 377 Ansgar, Feb. 3 ...... 64 Basil the Great, Jan. 2 . . . 15 Anthelm, June 26 ...... 271 Bathildis, Jan. 30 ...... 56 Anthony Mary Claret, , Oct. 24 ...... 484 May 25 ...... 221 Anthony of , Jan. 17 37 Benedict, July 11 ...... 301 Anthony Middleton, Bl., (Bennet), May 6 ...... 193 Jan. 12 ...... 31 6 7 CONTENTS Benjamin, Mar. 31 ...... 140 Catherine Labouré, Benno, June 16 ...... 255 Dec. 31 ...... 575 Berard and Companions, Catherine de Ricci, Jan. 16 ...... 37 Feb. 2 ...... 62 Bernard, Aug. 20 ...... 372 , Bernardine of Siena, Apr. 29 ...... 182 May 20 ...... 214 Catherine of Sweden, , Mar. 24 ...... 128 July 2 ...... 283 Cecilia, Nov. 22 ...... 525 Bernward, Nov. 20 ...... 522 Celine, Oct. 21 ...... 480 Bertille, Nov. 5 ...... 503 Chaeremon, Dec. 22 . . . . 562 Bertin, Sept. 5 ...... 397 Charles Borromeo, Nov. 4 501 Bertrand of Garrigues, Bl., , Bl., Sept. 6 ...... 398 Mar. 2 ...... 95 Bibiana, Dec. 2 ...... 536 Charles Lwanga and Blase, Feb. 3 ...... 63 Companions, June 3 . . 237 Blessed of Com- Christmas Day, Dec. 25 . . 565 piègne, July 17 ...... 311 Christopher, July 25 . . . . . 329 , July 15 . . . . 307 Christopher Magallanes and Boniface, June 5 ...... 239 Brendan, May 16 ...... 208 Companions, May 21 . . 215 , July 23 323 Clare, Aug. 11 ...... 356 Bridgid (Bride) of Ireland, Claude de la Colombiere, Feb. 1 ...... 59 Feb. 15 ...... 78 , Oct. 6 ...... 454 Clement I, Nov. 23 ...... 525 Cleophas, Sept. 25 . . . . . 432 , Colette, Mar. 6 ...... 101 Aug. 27 ...... 383 Columban, Nov. 23 . . . . . 526 Cajetan, Aug. 7 ...... 349 Conrad of , Bl., Callistus I, Oct. 14 ...... 466 Feb. 19 ...... 83 Camillus de Lellis, July 18 . 313 Constantius, Sept. 23 . . . . 430 Canute, July 10 ...... 300 Cornelius, Sept. 16 . . . . . 416 Carmel, Our Lady of Cosmas, Sept. 26 ...... 433 Mount, July 16 ...... 310 Cunegundes, Mar. 3 . . . . 98 Casimir, Mar. 4 ...... 99 , Sept. 16 ...... 416 Castulus, Mar. 26 ...... 134 Cyril, Feb. 14 ...... 76 Catherine of , Cyril , Nov. 25 ...... 528 June 27 ...... 273 CONTENTS 8 Cyril of , day after Jan. 1) ...... 23 Mar. 18 ...... 117 Epipodius, Apr. 22 ...... 172 Ethelbert, Feb. 24 ...... 88 Damasus I, Dec. 11 . . . . . 550 Ethelreda (Audry), June 23 267 Damian, Sept. 26 ...... 433 Eucherius, Feb. 20 ...... 84 Damien de Veuster Eulogius, Mar. 11 ...... 108 of Molokai, Bl., May 10 198 Euplius, Aug. 12 ...... 358 Dedication of Churches of Vercelli, of Sts. Peter and Paul, Aug. 2 ...... 341 Nov. 18 ...... 521 Eutychius, Apr. 6 ...... 150 Dedication of St. John Evaristus, Oct. 27 ...... 488 Lateran, Nov. 9 ...... 507 Exaltation of the Holy Dedication of St. Mary of Cross, Sept. 14 ...... 414 the Snows, Aug. 5 . . . . 346 Deicolus, Jan. 18 ...... 38 Fabian, Jan. 20 ...... 40 Demetrius, Apr. 9 ...... 154 Felicity, Mar. 7 ...... 102 Denis and Companions, Felix, July 27 ...... 333 Oct. 9 ...... 459 Felix IV (III), Oct 12 . . . . . 464 Desideratus, May 8 . . . . . 194 Fiacre, Aug. 30 ...... 389 Dominic, Aug. 8 ...... 350 Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Dominic Savio, Mar. 9 . . . 106 Apr. 24 ...... 175 Donatian, May 24 ...... 220 Finbar (Barry), Sept. 25 . . 431 Donatus, Oct. 22 ...... 482 Firminus, Oct. 11 ...... 463 Dymphna, May 30 ...... 231 First Holy Martyrs of Holy Roman , June 30 280 Edward Jones, Bl., May 6 193 Flora, Oct. 5 ...... 451 Elizabeth of , , Dec. 1 ...... 535 Nov. 17 ...... 519 Florian, May 4 ...... 190 Elizabeth of , Frances Xavier Cabrini, July 4 ...... 287 Nov. 13 ...... 512 , Frances of , Mar. 9 . 105 Jan. 4 ...... 20 , Oct. 4 . . 448 Elizabeth Bichier des Francis Caracciolo, Ages, Aug. 26 ...... 380 June 4 ...... 238 Elphege, Apr. 19 ...... 168 Francis di Girolamo, Emmerammus, Sept. 22 . 426 May 11 ...... 200 , July 19 ...... 316 Francis of Paola, Apr. 2 . . 143 Ephrem, June 9 ...... 245 , Jan. 24 47 Epiphany (Jan. 6 or Sun- , Dec. 3 . . . 538 9 CONTENTS Frederick, July 18 ...... 315 Gregory VII, May 25 . . . . . 222 Fulbert, Apr. 10 ...... 155 Gregory Barbarigo, June 18 ...... 258 the , Gregory the Great, Sept. 29 ...... 438 Sept. 3 ...... 395 Gabriel of Our Lady of Gregory Nazianzen, Sorrows, Feb. 27 . . . . . 91 Jan. 2 ...... 15 Galdinus, Apr. 18 ...... 166 Guadalupe, Our Lady of, Gatian, Dec. 18 ...... 558 Dec. 12 ...... 551 Gaucherius, Apr. 9 ...... 153 Guardian , Oct. 2 . . 446 Guy (Vignotelli) of Cortona, Bl. Gaudentius of Brescia, June 12 ...... 248 Oct. 25 ...... 486 , Apr. 11 . 158 Harvey (Herve), June 17 . 256 , Jan. 3 ...... 19 Hedwig, Oct. 16 ...... 469 Gennaro, Sept. 19 ...... 421 Helena, Aug. 18 ...... 370 Geoffrey, Nov. 8 ...... 506 Henry II, July 13 ...... 304 George, Apr. 23 ...... 173 Heribert (Herbert), George, July 27 ...... 333 Mar. 16 ...... 114 George Swallowell, Bl., Hilary, Jan. 13 ...... 33 July 24 ...... 326 Hippolytus, Aug. 13 . . . . . 360 Gerald, Dec. 5 ...... 541 Holy Innocents, Dec. 28 . . 570 Gerald of Aurillac, Oct. 13 465 Hugh, Apr. 1 ...... 142 Gerard of Brogne, Oct. 3 . 447 Hyacinth, Aug. 15 ...... 364 Gerard Majella, Oct. 16 . . 471 Hyacinth, Sept. 11 ...... 407 Germaine Cousin, June 15 ...... 254 Ignatius of , Germanus, May 28 . . . . . 226 Oct. 17 ...... 472 , Gertrude, Nov. 16 ...... 518 July 31 ...... 337 Ghislain (Gislenus), Ildefonsus, Jan. 23 ...... 46 Oct. 9 ...... 461 , Gildas the Wise, Jan. 29 . 55 Dec. 8 ...... 545 Giles, Sept. 1 ...... 393 Ingrid of Sweden, Bl., Gisele, Bl., May 7 ...... 194 Sept. 2 ...... 394 Godfrey (Geoffrey), Nov. 8 . 506 , June 28 ...... 274 Gothard (Godehard), Irmina, Dec. 24 ...... 565 May 5 ...... 192 Jogues and Com- Gregory III, Dec. 10 . . . . . 548 panions, Oct. 19 ...... 476 CONTENTS 10 Isidore the Farmer, John of , Dec. 4 . 541 May 15 ...... 207 , Aug. 19 . . . . 371 Isidore of , Apr. 4 . . 146 , June 22 . . . . 264 Ita (Ida), Jan. 15 ...... 35 John of , Mar. 8 . . . . . 104 John Gualbert, July 12 . . . 303 James the Greater, July 25 328 John Ingram, Bl., July 24 . 326 , May 3 . . 188 John Joseph of the Cross, James of the March, Mar. 5 ...... 100 Nov. 28 ...... 532 John of Kanty, Dec. 23 . . . 563 , John Lateran, Dedication Aug. 18 ...... 369 of, Nov. 9 ...... 507 Januarius (Gennaro), John Leonardi, Oct. 9 . . . . 460 Sept. 19 ...... 421 John of Matera, June 20 . 260 , Sept. 30 ...... 441 John of Matha, Dec. 17 . . 557 Jerome Emiliani, Feb. 8 . . 70 John Nepomucene, Joachim, July 26 ...... 331 Mar. 20 ...... 121 , May 30 . . . . . 229 , Jan. 5 . . . 21 Joan Delanoue, Aug. 17 . 368 , John I, May 18 ...... 211 Dec. 31 ...... 574 , Dec. 27 568 , Martyrdom John Vianney, Aug. 4 . . . . 344 of, Aug. 29 ...... 386 Jordan of Saxony, Bl., Nativity of, June 24 . . . 268 Feb. 13 ...... 75 John Baptist dei Rossi, Josaphat, Nov. 12 ...... 511 May 23 ...... 218 Joseph, Mar. 19 ...... 119 John Baptist de la Salle, the Worker, May 1 . . . . 186 Apr. 7 ...... 151 , , Aug. 13 361 Aug. 31 ...... 390 , Jan. 31 . . . . 57 Joseph Calasanz, Aug. 25 379 John Boste, July 24 . . . . . 326 Joseph of Cupertino, John de Brébeuf and Sept. 18 ...... 419 Companions, Oct. 19 . . 476 Joseph of Leonissa, Feb. 4 66 John of Capistrano, Josephine Bakhita, Feb. 8 71 Oct. 23 ...... 483 Juan Diego, Dec. 9 . . . . . 547 , Jude, Oct. 28 ...... 490 Sept. 13 ...... 411 Julia Billiart, Apr. 8 ...... 152 , Mar. 30 . . 139 Juliana, Feb. 16 ...... 80 , Dec. 14 . 554 Julius I, Apr. 12 ...... 159 11 CONTENTS Junipero Serra, Bl., Margaret Clitherow, July 1 ...... 281 Mar. 25 ...... 133 Justin, June 1 ...... 235 Margaret of Scotland, Nov. 16 ...... 517 , Bl., , July 6 . . . . . 292 July 14 ...... 306 Marie Bernadette Soubi- Katharine Drexel, Mar. 3 . 96 rous, Apr. 16 ...... 163 Marie Rose Durocher, Bl., Landericus, June 10 . . . . . 246 Oct. 6 ...... 452 Lawrence, Aug. 10 ...... 355 Marius and Companions, , Jan. 19 ...... 39 July 21 ...... 320 Mark, Apr. 25 ...... 176 Lawrence Ruiz and , Jan. 19 ...... 39 Companions, Sept. 28 . 436 Martha, July 29 ...... 335 Lea, Mar. 22 ...... 125 Martin I, Apr. 13 ...... 161 Leo the Great, Nov. 10 . . . 508 , Nov. 3 . 499 , Nov. 6 . 504 Martin of Tours, Nov. 11 . 509 Liliosa, July 27 ...... 333 Mary Louis, Aug. 25 ...... 378 Annunciation of, Louis Mary de Montfort, Mar. 25 ...... 131 Apr. 28 ...... 181 Assumption of, Aug. 15 363 Louise de Marillac, Mar. 15 113 Dedication of St. Mary of Lourdes, Our Lady of, the Snows, Aug. 5 . . 346 Feb. 11 ...... 74 Immaculate Conception Lucy, Dec. 13 ...... 553 of, Dec. 8 ...... 545 Ludolph, Mar. 29 ...... 138 Most Holy Name of, Luke, Oct. 18 ...... 474 Sept. 12 ...... 408 Mother of God, Solem- Macarius, Mar. 10 ...... 107 nity of, Jan. 1 ...... 15 Marcellinus, Apr. 20 . . . . . 169 Nativity of, Sept. 8 . . . . 401 Marcellinus, June 2 . . . . . 236 Our Lady of Fatima, Marcellinus of Carthage, May 13 ...... 203 Sept. 13 ...... 413 , Marcellus I, Jan. 16 . . . . . 36 Dec. 12 ...... 551 Marcellus the Centurion, , Oct. 30 ...... 493 Feb. 11 ...... 74 , Our Lady of Mount Oct. 16 ...... 470 Carmel, July 16 . . . . 310 CONTENTS 12 Our Lady of the , Narcissus, Oct. 29 ...... 491 Oct. 7 ...... 455 Nathalia, July 27 ...... 333 Our Lady of Sorrows, Nativity of Mary, Sept. 8 . . 401 Sept. 15 ...... 415 Nereus, May 12 ...... 201 Presentation of, Nov. 21 524 Nicholas of Flue, Mar. 21 . 124 Presentation of the Nicholas, Dec. 6 ...... 542 Lord, Feb. 2 ...... 60 and Com- Queenship of, Aug. 22 . 375 panions, Nov. 14 . . . . . 514 Visitation of, May 31 . . 233 Nicholas of Tolentine, , July 22 . 321 Sept. 10 ...... 406 Mary Magdalene de’ Nino, Jan. 14 ...... 34 Pazzi, May 25 ...... 223 Norbert, June 6 ...... 241 Mathilda, Mar. 14 ...... 111 Odran, Oct. 27 ...... 489 Mathilda (), Olympias, July 25 ...... 330 Nov. 19 ...... 522 , Feb. 15 ...... 79 Matthew, Sept. 21 ...... 424 Oswald, Feb. 29 ...... 93 Matthias, May 14 ...... 205 Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Pachomius, May 9 ...... 196 Aug. 14 ...... 362 Pacific of San Severino, Maximin of Mesmin, Sept. 24 ...... 431 Dec. 15 ...... 555 Pancras, May 12 ...... 202 Maximinus of Trier, May 29 228 Paschal Baylon, May 17 . 209 Maximus, Apr. 14 ...... 162 , Maximus, Nov. 27 ...... 531 Apr. 26 ...... 178 Mechtilde (Mathilda), Paternus, Apr. 15 ...... 163 Nov. 19 ...... 522 Patrick, Mar. 17 ...... 115 Medard, June 8 ...... 243 Paul, June 29 ...... 275 Medericus, Aug. 29 . . . . . 388 Conversion of, Jan. 25 . 49 Methodius, Feb. 14 . . . . . 76 Paul Chong Hasang and Methodius, June 14 . . . . . 252 Companions, Sept. 20 . 423 the Archangel, Paul of the Cross, Oct. 20 478 Sept. 29 ...... 438 and Companions, Miguel Agustin Pro, Bl., Feb. 6 ...... 68 Nov. 23 ...... 527 Paulinus of Aquileia, Monica, Aug. 27 ...... 381 Jan. 11 ...... 30 Most Holy Name of , Paulinus of , June 22 263 Jan. 3 ...... 18 Paulinus of , Oct. 10 . 462 13 CONTENTS Pelagia, Oct. 8 ...... 458 Raymond of Peñafort, Perpetua, Mar. 7 ...... 102 Jan. 7 ...... 25 Peter, June 29 ...... 275 Regina, Sept. 7 ...... 400 Chair of, Feb. 22 . . . . . 86 Richard, Apr. 3 ...... 144 Peter and Paul, Dedication Richard of Lucca, Feb. 7 . 69 of Churches of, Rita of Cascia, May 22 . . . 217 Nov. 18 ...... 521 , , Dec. 21 . . 561 Sept. 17 ...... 418 , Apr. 28 . . . 180 Robert of Molesmes, , July 30 ...... 336 Apr. 17 ...... 165 , Sept. 9 . . . . 404 Robert of Newminster, , Feb. 21 . . . 85 June 7 ...... 242 Peter Eymard, Roderick, Mar. 13 ...... 110 Aug. 2 ...... 342 Rogatian, May 24 ...... 220 Peter, , June 2 . . . . 236 Roger Dickenson, Bl., , May 3 . 188 July 7 ...... 294 Philip Neri, May 26 ...... 224 Romanus, Feb. 28 ...... 92 Philogonius, Dec. 20 . . . . 560 Romanus, Aug. 9 ...... 354 Pio of Pietrelcina, Sept. 23 427 Romaric, Dec. 8 ...... 546 Pius V, Apr. 30 ...... 184 Romuald, June 19 ...... 258 Pius X, Aug. 21 ...... 374 , Sept. 4 ...... 396 , Feb. 23 ...... 86 Rosary, Our Lady of the, Pontian, Aug. 13 ...... 360 Oct. 7 ...... 455 Porphyrius, Feb. 26 . . . . . 90 , Aug. 23 . . . 376 Presentation, Feb. 2 . . . . . 60 Rose Philippine , Duchesne, Nov. 18 . . . 520 Nov. 21 ...... 524 Prisca, July 8 ...... 296 Rupert of Salzburg, Mar. 27 135 Prosper of Reggio, Rusticus, Oct. 26 ...... 487 June 25 ...... 270 Protase, Sept. 11 ...... 407 Samson of Dol, July 28 . . 334 Saturninus, Nov. 29 . . . . . 533 Queenship of Mary, Saturninus and Compan- Aug. 22 ...... 375 ions, Feb. 12 ...... 74 Scholastica, Feb. 10 . . . . 72 Ralph Milner, Bl., July 7 . . 294 Sebastian, Jan. 20 ...... 40 the Archangel, Sebastian of Aparicio, Bl., Sept. 29 ...... 438 Feb. 25 ...... 89 CONTENTS 14 Seven Founders of the of Villanova, Order of Servites, Sept. 8 ...... 402 Feb. 17 ...... 81 Tiburtius, Apr. 14 ...... 162 Sharbel Makhlouf, July 24 325 Timothy, Jan. 26 ...... 50 Sidonius, Nov. 15 ...... 516 Titus, Jan. 26 ...... 50 Silverius, Dec. 2 ...... 537 Transfiguration, Aug. 6 . . . 347 Simon, Oct. 28 ...... 490 Toribio de Mogrovejo, Siricius, Nov. 26 ...... 530 Mar. 23 ...... 127 Sixtus II and Companions, Aug. 7 ...... 348 Ulric, July 4 ...... 288 Solange, May 10 ...... 199 Urban V, Bl., Dec. 19 . . . . 559 of Mary, Mother of God, Jan. 1 ...... 15 Valentine, Feb. 14 ...... 77 , Mar. 13 ...... 110 Valerian, Apr. 14 ...... 162 Sorrows, Our Lady of, Veronica, Feb. 4 ...... 65 Sept. 15 ...... 415 , July 9 . 298 Stanislaus, Apr. 11 ...... 156 Viator, Oct. 21 ...... 481 Stephen, Aug. 16 ...... 366 Vincent de Paul, Stephen, Dec. 26 ...... 568 Sept. 27 ...... 434 Stephen Harding, Mar. 28 136 Vincent Ferrer, Apr. 5 . . . . 148 Sylvester I, Dec. 31 . . . . . 573 Vincent Pallotti, Jan. 22 . . 45 Sylvia, Nov. 3 ...... 500 Vincent of Saragossa, Symmachus, July 19 . . . . 317 Jan. 22 ...... 44 Visitation of the Blessed Tarasius, Feb. 18 ...... 81 Mary, May 31 . . . 233 Theophanes the Chroni- Volusian, Jan. 18 ...... 38 cler, Mar. 12 ...... 109 Teresa of Avila, Oct. 15 . . 468 Wenceslaus, Sept. 28 . . . 437 Teresa Benedicta of the William, Jan. 10 ...... 29 Cross, Aug. 9 ...... 352 Willibrord, Nov. 7 ...... 505 Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Wolfgang, Oct. 31 ...... 494 Oct. 1 ...... 443 Wulfran, Mar. 20 ...... 123 , Wulstan, Jan. 20 ...... 41 July 3 ...... 284 , Jan. 28 53 Yves, May 19 ...... 212 , Dec. 29 . 571 , June 22 . . 264 Zita, Apr. 27 ...... 179 JAN. 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 20

ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON, Religious January 4 LIZABETH SETON was born in 1774, of Ea wealthy and distinguished Episcopalian family, parishioners at Trinity Church in New York, and was a faithful, fervent adherent of the Episcopal Church until her conversion to Catholi - cism. In 1794, Elizabeth married William Seton, and they reared five children in the midst of suffering and sickness. Elizabeth and her sick husband traveled to Leghorn, , and there William died. While in Italy, Elizabeth became ac - 21 St. John Neumann JAN. 5 quainted with Catholicism and in 1805 she made her Profession of Faith in the Church. Elizabeth established her first Catholic school in Baltimore in 1808; in 1809 she established a religious community in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mother Seton saw her small community of teaching sisters grow and expand from Emmits - burg (1809) to New York (1814), Cincinnati (1829), Halifax (1849), New Jersey (1859), Greensburg (1870), and St. Louis (1909). She died on January 4, 1821. She was beatified in 1963 and canonized on September 14, 1975 by Paul VI. PRAYER Lord God, You blessed St. Elizabeth Seton with gifts of grace as wife and mother, ed - ucator and foundress, so that she might dedicate her life to the service of Your people. Through her example and prayers may we learn to ex - press our love for You in love for others. Amen.

ST. JOHN NEUMANN, January 5 OHN NEUMANN was born in Bohemia on JMarch 28, 1811. Since he had a great desire to dedicate himself to the American missions, he came to the United States as a cleric and was or - dained in New York in 1836 by Bishop Dubois. On January 16, 1842, John made his profession as a Redemptorist, the first to do so in America. He labored in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. In 1852, he was consecrated Bishop of Philadel - JAN. 5 St. John Neumann 22

phia. There he worked hard for the establishment of schools and for the erection of many , especially national parishes for the nu - merous immigrants. He was also the first Bishop of the United States to prescribe the Forty Hours Devotion in his diocese. Bishop Neumann died on January 5, 1860, and was canonized on June 19, 1977 by Pope Paul VI. PRAYER Almighty God, you called St. John Neumann to a life of service, zeal, and compas - sion in guiding Your people in the new world. By his prayers enable us to build up the community of the Church through our dedication to the Christian education of youth and through our witness of brotherly love. Amen. ST. JOSEPH, Husband of Mary March 19— Patron of the Universal Church and a Happy Death T. JOSEPH, the pure spouse of the Blessed Vir - Sgin Mary and foster-father of our Blessed Lord, was descended from the royal house of . He is the “just man” of the , the lowly village carpenter of , who among all men of the world was the one chosen by God to be the husband and protector of the Virgin Mother of Jesus , God Incarnate. To his faithful, loving care was entrusted the childhood and youth of the Redeemer of the world. 119 MARCH 19 St. Joseph 120 After the Mother of God, not one of the chil - dren of men was ever so gifted and adorned with natural and supernatural virtues as was St. Joseph, her spouse. In purity of heart, in chastity of life, in humility, patience, fortitude, gentleness, and manliness of character, he reveals to us the perfect type and model of the true Christian. Poor and obscure in this world’s possessions and honors, St. Joseph was rich in grace and merit, and eminent before God in the nobility and beauty of holiness. Because St. Joseph was the representative of the Eternal Father on earth, the divinely appointed head of the , which was the beginning of the great Family of God, the Church of Christ, on December 8, 1870, Pope Pius IX, solemnly proclaimed the foster-father of Jesus as Patron of the Universal Church, and from that time his feast has been celebrated on March 19 as one of high rank. In some places it is observed as a Holyday of Obligation. Devotion to St. Joseph, fervent in the East from the early ages, has in later times spread and in - creased in such a marvelous way that in our day the Catholics of all nations vie with one another in honoring him. Besides the feast of March 19 there is another feast, that of St. Joseph the Worker, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (May 1). Pro - mulgated in 1955, it replaced the older “Solemnity of St. Joseph” which had been celebrated since 1847—first as the “Patronage of St. Joseph” on the third Sunday after Easter and after 1913 as the 121 St. John Nepomucene MARCH 20 “Solemnity of St. Joseph” on the Wednesday be - fore the third Sunday after Easter. John XXIII in - serted the name of St. Joseph in the Roman Canon or Eucharistic Prayer I. From his throne of glory in , St. Joseph watches over and protects the Church Militant, and no one who calls on him in need ever calls in vain. He is the model of a perfect Christian life and the patron of a happy death. His patronage extends over the Mystical Body of Christ, over the Christian family, the Christian school, and all individuals who in their need appeal to his charity and powerful , especially in the hour of death; for he who, when dying, re - ceived the affectionate ministry of his foster-Son, Jesus, and his Virgin spouse, Mary, may well be trusted to obtain for us the mercy of God and the grace of a peaceful and holy death. PRAYER Almighty God, You entrusted to the faithful care of Joseph the beginnings of the mys - teries of our salvation. Through his intercession may Your Church always be faithful in her ser - vice so that Your designs will be fulfilled. Amen.

ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE, and Martyr March 20*— Patron of N his early childhood, John Nepomucene was I cured of a disease through the prayers of his good parents. In thanksgiving, they consecrated him to the service of God. ILLUSTRATED OF L IVES THE SAINTS II

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HI S new book of short biographies of the TSaints is a companion to the best-selling vol - ume Lives of the Saints originally written by Father Hugo Hoever, S.O.Cist. whose latest revi - sion appeared in 2005. Father Hoever’s book in - cludes all the Saints who appear in the official post-Vatican II liturgical calendar for the Univer - sal Church and for the United States. Over the years, readers have asked for the bi - ographies of other Saints who do not form part of that calendar. Accordingly, this companion book contains a new series of saintly men and women for each day of the year—many of them newly canonized or beatified by the latest . Other Saints given are taken from the 2004 Edition of the Roman Martyrology . The dates assigned to the Saints are those given for them in the Martyrology . Most of the Saints are assigned to the date of their death, their birth - day into heaven. If this fact is not known, they are given the traditional date on which their feast was celebrated. The ultimate source for the data of many of the early Saints is Butler’s Lives of Saints (1756-1759). A diligent attempt has been made to include in this selection of Saints a wider circle of persons— lay as well as clergy, women as well as men. In this way, a greater range of people, vocations, and 5 PREFACE 6 virtues is offered to today’s for edifica - tion and imitation. A new feature of this volume is the Reflection at the end of each biographical entry. This addition is intended to make it easier for readers to recall and emulate one of the outstanding characteristics of each . After the Reflection , there is a Prayer patterned after the official liturgical prayers of the Church. This feature enables readers to ask God’s help in imitating the Saint who is in the final analysis an imitator of Christ, the of all Saints. Inserted throughout the book are over sixty new inspiring illustrations of Saints. They are an invaluable aid to our readers in getting to know, love, and imitate the Saints. By becoming familiar with the Saints, we cannot help but arrive at a fuller, deeper, and more practi - cal knowledge of Jesus—a knowledge of Him as He is coupled with the desire to follow Him. In turn, this knowledge of our Lord is a knowledge also of God the Father: “If you had known Me, you would also have known My Father” (:7). It is this knowledge of God the Father and the Son that is the fulfillment of every Christian’s life—the beginning as well as the end of everlast - ing life: “Now this is everlasting life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Him Whom You have sent, Jesus Christ” (:3). CONTENTS Aaron, July 1 ...... 309 Guerrero, Abdon, July 30 ...... 354 Bl., Mar. 2 ...... 104 , Oct. 9 ...... 466 Angelo, May 5 ...... 215 Acacius, May 8 ...... 222 Anna, Feb. 3 ...... 67 Adalhard (Adelard), Jan. 2 . 17 Anne Line, Feb. 27 ...... 99 Adelaide of Bellich, Feb. 5 . 70 Anne of St. Bartholomew, Bl., , Apr. 8 ...... 170 June 7 ...... 270 Agnes of Assisi, Nov. 16 . . 522 Anselm of Nonantola, Mar. 3 106 Agnes of Montepulciano, Antherus, Jan. 3 ...... 18 Apr. 20 ...... 190 Antonina, May 4 ...... 214 Alberic, Jan. 26 ...... 55 Antony of Lérins, Dec. 28 . . 582 Albert of Jerusalem, Apphia, Nov. 22 ...... 531 Sept. 14 ...... 425 Aquilinus, Oct. 19 ...... 482 Albert of Krakow, Dec. 25 . . 579 Arbogast, July 21 ...... 336 , Aug. 7 . . . 369 Arnold Janssen, Jan. 15 . . . 38 Alexander, Mar. 18 ...... 130 Arnold Reche, Bl., Oct. 23 . 488 Alexander of Comana, Arnulf, Aug. 14 ...... 378 Aug. 11 ...... 374 Asterius, Aug. 23 ...... 391 Alferius, Apr. 12 ...... 175 Athanasia, Apr. 18 ...... 187 Alodia, Oct. 22 ...... 487 Auxentius, Feb. 14 ...... 81 , Bl., Feb. 10 ...... 77 Babylas, Jan. 24 ...... 52 Altman, Aug. 8 ...... 370 Barbara, Dec. 4 ...... 549 Alvarez of Cordova, Bl., Barlaam, Nov. 19 ...... 526 Feb. 19 ...... 87 Amalburga, July 10 ...... 320 Bartholomea Capitanio, Amatus, Sept. 13 ...... 423 July 26 ...... 345 , June 15 ...... 284 Bartholomew of Rossano, Anastasius I, Dec. 19 . . . . . 570 Nov. 11 ...... 516 Anastasius II, Apr. 20 . . . . . 191 Beatrice da Silva Meneses, Ancestors of Jesus Christ, Aug. 17 ...... 383 All the Holy, Dec. 24 . . . . 578 Bega (Bee), Sept. 6 ...... 412 Andrew Avellino, Nov. 10 . . 514 Begga, Dec. 17 ...... 567 , May 16 . . . 238 Benedict the Black, Apr. 4 . 157 Angadrisma, Oct. 14 ...... 473 Benildus, Aug. 13 ...... 377 , Bl., , Bl., Jan. 4 ...... 20 Oct. 30 ...... 497 7 CONTENTS 8 Bertha, July 4 ...... 313 Clement Mary Hofbauer, Bertilla Boscardin, Oct. 20 . 485 Mar. 15 ...... 126 Bertrand, June 30 ...... 306 Cletus, Apr. 26 ...... 202 Bertrand, Oct. 16 ...... 475 Clotilda, June 3 ...... 265 Bertulf, Aug. 19 ...... 385 Cloud (Chlodoard), Sept. 7 414 Blane, Aug. 10 ...... 373 Colman of Cloyne, Nov. 24 532 Boris, July 24 ...... 341 Colman of Kilmacduagh, Bruno, July 18 ...... 331 Oct. 29 ...... 496 Bruno of Würzburg, May 27 255 Columba, June 9 ...... 272 Columba of Cordova, Calocerus, May 19 ...... 242 Sept. 17 ...... 433 Cassian, Dec. 3 ...... 547 Columba of Sens, Dec. 31 . 587 Cassius, June 29 ...... 305 , Apr. 21 192 Catherine of , Mar. 9 116 Crispin, Oct. 25 ...... 491 , Crispina, Dec. 5 ...... 550 Sept. 15 ...... 426 Crispinian, Oct. 25 ...... 491 Catherine of Palma, Apr. 5 . 161 , Mar. 20 ...... 134 Celsus of Armagh, Apr. 1 . . 152 Cuthbert Mayne, Nov. 30 . . 539 Celsus, July 28 ...... 351 Cyprian and Comps., Oct 12 471 Cesar de Bus, Bl., Apr. 15 . 180 Cyriac Elias Chavara, Bl., Chaeremon and Comps., Jan. 3 ...... 19 Dec. 22 ...... 574 and Companions, Aug. 8 ...... 371 Charles of Blois, Bl., Sept. 29 ...... 453 Damian dei Fulcheri, Bl., Charles of Sezze, Jan 6 . . . 23 Oct. 26 ...... 492 Christina Ciccarelli, Bl., and Comps., Oct. 10 467 Jan 18 ...... 43 Daniel Brottier, Bl., Feb. 28 100 Christine of Spoleto, Bl., Daniel the Stylite, Dec. 11 . 558 Feb. 13 ...... 80 David, Mar. 1 ...... 103 Chrodegang, Mar. 6 ...... 110 David, Dec. 29 ...... 585 Chromatius of Aquileia, Deogratias, Jan. 5 ...... 22 Dec. 2 ...... 543 Desiderius, May 23 ...... 247 Clare of Montefalco, Dionysius, Bl., Nov. 29 . . . . 538 Aug. 17 ...... 381 Dominic of Silos, Dec. 20 . . 571 Claudius, Aug. 23 ...... 391 Domitilla, May 7 ...... 220 Clelia Barbieri, July 13 . . . . 323 Dorotheus of Tyre, June 5 . 267 9 CONTENTS Edbert, May 6 ...... 218 Eustace (Eustachius), Edith of Wilton, Sept. 16 . . . 428 Sept. 20 ...... 437 Edmund the Martyr, Nov. 20 528 Eustochium, Sept. 28 . . . . . 451 Edward Cheevers, Bl., Euthymius the Great, Jan. 20 46 July 5 ...... 314 Eutychian, Dec. 8 ...... 553 Egwin, Dec. 30 ...... 586 , July 23 ...... 340 Eleazar, Aug. 1 ...... 359 Ezra, July 13 ...... 325 Eligius (Eloi), Dec. 1 ...... 541 Fabiola, Dec. 27 ...... 581 , July 20 ...... 335 Faro, Oct. 28 ...... 495 Elisha, June 14 ...... 281 , Oct. 5 . 460 Elizabeth, Sept. 23 ...... 443 Felix and Comps., Oct. 12 . 471 Elizabeth of Mantua, Bl., Felix of Nola, Jan. 14 . . . . . 37 Feb. 19 ...... 88 Ferdinand III of Castile, Elizabeth of Schönau, May 30 ...... 258 June 18 ...... 287 Fillan, Jan. 9 ...... 30 Elizabeth of the Trinity, Bl., Fintan of Cloneenagh, Nov. 9 ...... 513 Feb. 17 ...... 85 Elzear, Sept. 27 ...... 450 Firmin, Sept. 25 ...... 446 Emerentiana, Jan. 23 . . . . . 51 Flannan, Dec. 18 ...... 568 Emily de Rodat, Sept. 19 . . 435 Foillan, Oct. 31 ...... 499 Enda, Mar. 21 ...... 137 Franca Visalta, Apr. 25 . . . . 200 Engelbert, Nov. 7 ...... 511 Francis de Posadas, Bl., Epiphanius of Pavia, Jan. 21 48 Sept. 20 ...... 436 Epiphanius of Salamis, Francis Solano, July 14 . . . 326 May 12 ...... 230 Fructuosus of Braga, Apr. 16 182 (Elmo), June 2 . . . 263 Fulgentius of , Jan. 1 15 Eric of Sweden, May 18 . . . 240 Fursey, Jan. 16 ...... 40 Ethelburga, July 7 ...... 317 Galla, Apr. 6 ...... 163 Ethelwold, Aug. 1 ...... 358 Gelasius I, Nov. 21 ...... 529 Eugene of Mazenod, Genesius, Aug. 25 ...... 393 May 21 ...... 244 George the Younger, Apr. 7 168 Eulalia of Mérida, Dec. 10 . 557 Gerard Sagredo, Sept. 24 . 444 Eulogius, June 13 ...... 279 Gerinius, Oct. 2 ...... 456 Euphrasia, July 24 ...... 343 Gerlac of Valkenburg, Eusebia, Mar. 16 ...... 128 Jan. 5 ...... 21 Eusebius, June 22 ...... 294 Germanicus, Jan. 19 . . . . . 44 CONTENTS 10 Gertrude of Nivelles, Mar. 17 129 Irenaeus of Sirmium, Apr. 6 162 Gideon, Sept. 26 ...... 448 Irmina, Dec. 24 ...... 577 Gleb, July 24 ...... 341 Isaac of Spoleto, Apr. 11 . . 174 Gorgonia, Dec. 9 ...... 555 , May 9 ...... 225 Guido Maria Conforti, Bl., Ischyrion and Companions, Nov. 5 ...... 509 Dec. 22 ...... 574 Guy of Anderlecht, Sept. 12 422 Isidore of St. Joseph, Bl., Oct. 6 ...... 461 , Dec. 2 ...... 546 , June 10 ...... 274 , Dec. 16 ...... 566 Helen of Bologna, Bl., Jarlath, June 6 ...... 268 Sept. 23 ...... 442 , May 1 ...... 210 Helen Enselmini, Bl., Nov. 4 507 Joan de Lestonnac, Feb. 2 . 65 Helen of Skövde, July 31 . . 355 Joan of Toulouse, Bl., Helen of Udine, Bl., Apr. 23 195 Mar. 31 ...... 151 Heliodorus, July 3 ...... 312 Joannicius, Nov. 3 ...... 506 Henry of , Jan. 20 . . 45 , May 10 ...... 228 Hermenegild, Apr. 13 . . . . . 177 , Oct. 19 ...... 484 Hesychius, Oct. 3 ...... 458 John of Avila, May 10 . . . . . 227 , Oct. 21 ...... 486 , Feb. 4 . . . . . 69 Hilary, Feb. 29 ...... 101 , July 23 . . . . 339 Hilda, Nov. 17 ...... 524 , Oct. 17 . . . . 477 , John Jones, July 12 ...... 322 Sept. 17 ...... 430 John Massias, Sept. 16 . . . 429 Honorius of Canterbury, , Mar. 10 . . . . . 118 Sept. 30 ...... 454 John Payne, Apr. 2 ...... 155 Hormisdas, Aug. 6 ...... 367 John Gabriel Perboyre, , Oct. 17 ...... 478 Sept. 11 ...... 421 , Apr. 29 . . . . 206 John of Pinna, Mar. 19 . . . . 132 Hugh of Rouen, Apr. 9 . . . . 171 John of Reomay, Jan. 28 . . 58 Humbeline, Bl., Feb. 12 . . . 79 John of Sahagún, June 11 . 276 Humility, May 22 ...... 246 John of Salerno, Bl., Aug. 9 372 John of Warneton, Bl., Ia, Aug. 4 ...... 363 Jan. 27 ...... 57 Ida of Herzfeld, Sept. 4 . . . . 408 , Sept. 21 ...... 439 Ignatius of Laconi, May 11 . 229 Josemaria Escrivá de Iñigo, June 1 ...... 261 Balaguer, June 26 ...... 300 11 CONTENTS Joseph Cottolengo, Apr. 30 207 Macarius the Wonderworker, Josepha Naval Girbes, Bl., Aug. 18 ...... 384 Feb. 24 ...... 96 Macrina the Younger, Josepha Rossello, Dec. 7 . 552 July 19 ...... 332 Joshua, Sept. 1 ...... 404 Madeleine Fontaine and Juliana Falconieri, June 19 . 290 Companions, June 26 . . . 299 Juliana of Mount Cornillon, Madeleine Sophie Barat, Apr. 5 ...... 160 May 25 ...... 251 Juliana of Norwich, Bl., Magdalen Panattieri, Bl., May 13 ...... 232 Oct. 13 ...... 472 Justin de Jacobis, July 31 . 356 Magnericus, July 25 ...... 344 , Aug. 6 ...... 366 , Dec. 18 ...... 569 Marcella, Jan. 31 ...... 63 Kieran, Sept. 9 ...... 419 Marcellina, July 17 ...... 330 Kilian, July 8 ...... 318 Marcellus Akimetes, Largus and Companions, Dec. 29 ...... 584 Aug. 8 ...... 371 Margaret (Marina), July 20 . 334 Laura Vicuña, Bl., Jan. 22 . 49 Margaret Bourgeoys, Jan. 12 34 Lawrence Justinian, Jan. 8 . 28 Margaret of Cortona, Feb. 22 92 Lawrence O’Toole, Nov. 14 520 Margaret of Lorraine, Bl., Lazarus, Mar. 14 ...... 125 Nov. 2 ...... 505 Leander of Seville, Mar. 13 122 Margaret Pole, Bl., May 29 . 256 Leo III, June 12 ...... 278 , Bl., Leo IX, Apr. 19 ...... 188 June 27 ...... 302 Leobinus, Mar. 14 ...... 123 Mariana of Quito, May 26 . . 253 Leodegarius (Leger), Oct. 2 456 Mark, Mar. 29 ...... 148 Leonard of Port Maurice, Mark, Oct. 7 ...... 462 Nov. 26 ...... 534 Martin of Vertou, Oct. 24 . . 490 Leopold of Austria, Nov. 15 521 Maruthas, Feb. 16 ...... 84 Leopold Mandic, July 30 . . . 353 Mary of Cleophas, Apr. 24 . 197 Leutfridus (Leufroy), June 21 293 , Apr. 1 . . . . . 153 Lucian of Antioch, Jan. 7 . . 25 Mary Fontanella, Bl., Lucy Filippini, Mar. 25 . . . . . 142 Dec. 16 ...... 564 Ludgar, Mar. 26 ...... 143 Mary of the Incarnation, Bl., , June 16 ...... 285 Apr. 18 ...... 186 Luxorius, Aug. 21 ...... 388 Mary de Matthias, Aug. 20 . 386 Lydwina, Apr. 14 ...... 179 Mary Mazzarello, May 14 . . 235 CONTENTS 12 Mary of Oignies, Bl., June 23 295 , Mar. 22 . . . 138 Mary di Rosa, Dec. 15 . . . . 562 Nicholas Pieck and Comps., Mary Soledad, Oct. 11 . . . . 468 July 9 ...... 319 Mary Ann of Jesus Navarro, Nilus the Elder, Nov. 12 . . . 517 Bl., Apr. 17 ...... 184 Noel Pinot, Bl., Feb. 21 . . . . 91 Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, Nonna, Aug. 5 ...... 364 Apr. 24 ...... 198 Notburga, Sept. 14 ...... 424 Mary-Magdalen Martinengo, Nunilo, Oct. 22 ...... 487 Bl., July 27 ...... 348 Nuntius Sulprizio, Bl., May 5 216 Mary-Magdalen Postel, July 16 ...... 329 , Nov. 19 ...... 527 Matthew Lambert, Bl., Odilia, Dec. 13 ...... 560 July 5 ...... 314 Odo of Cluny, Nov. 18 . . . . 525 Maura, May 3 ...... 213 Olaf of , July 29 . . . 352 Maura of Troyes, Sept. 21 . 438 Olga, July 11 ...... 321 Maurice and Companions, Oliver Plunket, July 1 . . . . . 307 Sept. 22 ...... 441 Opportuna, Apr. 22 ...... 194 , Aug. 26 . . . . . 396 Osanna of Mantua, Bl., Mercurius, Nov. 25 ...... 533 June 18 ...... 288 Methodius, June 20 ...... 292 Oswald of , Metrophanes, June 4 . . . . . 266 Aug. 5 ...... 365 , Dec. 21 ...... 573 Ouen (Owen), Aug. 24 . . . . 392 Michael de Sanctis, Apr. 10 172 Miguel Cordero, Feb. 9 . . . . 75 Palladius, July 6 ...... 315 Milburga, Feb. 23 ...... 95 Pammachius, Aug. 30 . . . . 401 Monegundis, July 2 ...... 310 Pamphilus, Apr. 28 ...... 205 , Feb. 7 ...... 72 Pantaleon (Panteleimon), Moses, Sept. 4 ...... 409 July 27 ...... 349 , Aug. 28 . 398 Parthenius, May 19 ...... 242 Mutien Marie Wiaux, Jan. 30 61 Pastor, Aug. 6 ...... 366 Patrick Cavanagh, Bl., July 5 314 , Dec. 1 ...... 542 Paul I, June 28 ...... 303 Namatius, Oct. 27 ...... 494 Paula Frassinetti, June 11 . 275 Nazarius, July 28 ...... 351 Pelagius, June 26 ...... 298 Neon, Aug. 23 ...... 391 Peregrine of Falerone, Bl., Nicetas, Apr. 3 ...... 156 Mar. 27 ...... 145 Nicholas I, Nov. 13 ...... 519 Peregrine Laziosi, May 1 . . 209 13 CONTENTS Peter of Alcántara, Oct. 18 . 481 Sabina, Aug,. 29 ...... 400 Peter of Anagni, Aug. 3 . . . 362 , Apr. 24 ...... 197 Peter Armengol, Apr. 27 . . . 204 , Aug. 20 ...... 387 Peter Nolasco, May 6 . . . . . 219 Secundulus, Mar. 24 ...... 140 Peter Paul Novarra and Sennen, July 30 ...... 354 Companions, Bl., Nov. 1 . 500 Seraphina (Fina), Bl., Peter Orseolo, Jan 10 . . . . . 31 Mar. 12 ...... 121 Peter Paschasius, Bl., Dec. 6 551 Seraphina Sforza, Bl., Peter of Verona, Apr. 6 . . . . 167 Sept. 8 ...... 418 Petronilla, May 31 ...... 260 Sergius I, Sept. 8 ...... 417 Petronius, Oct. 4 ...... 459 Servatius (Servais), May 13 234 Philemon, Nov. 22 ...... 531 Servulus, Dec. 23 ...... 576 Philip Benizi, Aug. 22 . . . . . 389 Seven Holy Maccabees, Pionius, Mar. 11 ...... 120 Aug. 1 ...... 359 Placida Viel, Bl., Mar. 4 . . . 107 Severinus, May 15 ...... 237 (Pastor), Aug. 27 . 397 Severinus of Noricum, Poppo, Jan. 25 ...... 54 Jan. 8 ...... 27 Porcarius and Companions, Sibyllina of Pavia, Bl., Aug. 12 ...... 376 Mar. 19 ...... 133 Proterius, Mar. 28 ...... 146 Sigebert III of Austrasia, Publia, Oct. 9 ...... 465 Feb. 1 ...... 64 Pulcheria, Sept. 10 ...... 420 , Feb. 3 ...... 67 Raymond Nonnatus, Aug. 31 402 Simeon Stylites the Younger, Redemptus, Bl., Nov. 29 . . 538 May 24 ...... 249 Remaclus, Sept. 3 ...... 407 Simplicius, June 24 ...... 296 Reparata, Oct. 8 ...... 464 Smaragdus and Companions, Restituta, May 17 ...... 239 Aug. 8 ...... 371 Richard Thirkeld, Bl., May 29 257 Solomon Le Clerq, Bl., Richardis, Sept. 18 ...... 434 Sept. 2 ...... 405 Robert Anderton, Bl., Apr. 25 201 Soteris, Feb. 11 ...... 78 Robert Meyler, Bl., July 5 . . 314 Spiridion, Dec. 12 ...... 559 Roch (Rocco), Aug. 16 . . . . 380 Stephen I, Aug. 2 ...... 360 Romanos the Melodist, Stephen Bellesini, Bl., Feb. 2 66 Oct. 1 ...... 455 Stephen of Muret, Feb. 8 . . 73 Rosalina, Jan. 17 ...... 41 Stephen of Obazine, Mar. 8 113 Rufinus, June 14 ...... 280 Stephen of Sweden, June 2 262 CONTENTS 14 Stephen the Younger, , Sept. 1 ...... 403 Nov. 28 ...... 536 Victor, Feb. 26 ...... 98 Sulpicius Severus, Jan. 29 . 59 Victor Maurus, May 8 . . . . . 221 , Nov. 2 502 Tarcisius, Aug. 15 ...... 379 Vincentia Gerosa, June 28 . 304 Teresa of Calcutta, Bl., Vincentia Maria Lopez y Sept. 5 ...... 411 Vicuña, Dec. 26 ...... 580 Teresa of Jesus Ibars, , Mar. 5 ...... 109 Aug. 26 ...... 395 Virgil, Nov. 27 ...... 535 Teresa Margaret Redi, (Guy), June 15 ...... 283 Mar. 7 ...... 111 Vladimir of Kiev, July 15 . . . 327 of Kitzengen, Oct. 15 474 Themistocles, Dec. 21 . . . . 572 Walburga, Feb. 25 ...... 97 Theodore of Pavia, May 20 243 Walfrid, Feb. 15 ...... 83 Theodosius the Cenobiarch, Walter of Pontoise, Mar. 23 139 Jan. 11 ...... 32 Wandrille (Wandregisilus) Theophylact, Mar. 8 ...... 115 July 22 ...... 337 Theotonius, Feb. 18 ...... 86 Wiborada, May 2 ...... 211 Theresa Couderc, Sept. 26 447 Willehad, Nov. 8 ...... 512 Theresa of Jesus William of Eskilsoë, Apr. 6 . 165 Gerhardinger, Bl., May 9 . 224 William Marsden, Bl., Theresa of Portugal, Apr. 25 ...... 201 June 17 ...... 286 William of Vercelli, June 25 297 Thomas Tsugi, Bl., Sept. 7 . 416 , June 8 . . . . 271 Timothy, May 3 ...... 213 Winifred, Nov. 2 ...... 503 , Bl., July 26 346 Winnoc, Nov. 6 ...... 510 Trudo, Nov. 23 ...... 532 Turibius, Apr. 16 ...... 181 Yvette (Jutta) of Huy, Bl., Tyrannio, Feb. 20 ...... 89 Jan. 13 ...... 35

Valerius, June 14 ...... 280 Zechariah, Sept. 6 ...... 413 Vedast (Foster), Feb. 6 . . . . 71 Zechariah, Sept. 23 ...... 443 Venantius Fortunatus, , Dec. 3 ...... 548 Dec. 14 ...... 561 Zozimus, Mar. 30 ...... 149 251 St. Madeleine Sophie Barat MAY 25 PRAYER Father in Heaven, as we await the Sec - ond Coming of Your Son, You bid us draw closer to You in prayer, virtue, and good works. Through the in - tercession of St. Simeon Stylites the Younger, grant us the grace always to keep in mind our personal sal - vation and the evangelization of others through well- lived lives. This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE BARAT, Virgin May 25 ADELEINE Sophie Barat was born on De- M cember 12, 1779, at Joigny in Burgundy, . Her older , who was studying for the priesthood, saw to Madeleine’s early educa - tion and discipline. Since she was a very attrac - tive young lady, her priest-brother was afraid that she would be led astray, and thus he moved her to where he lived. Since she had great interest in the Christian ed - ucation of young ladies, on November 21, 1800, Madeleine entered religious life, and one year later she went to to found the first school and of her new congregation of , the Soci - ety of the of Jesus. She was ap - pointed superioress at the age of twenty-three and she held that office for sixty-three years. Many other branches continued to open, and in 1818, Rose-Phillippine Duchesne was sent MAY 25 St. Madeleine Sophie Barat 252 with four companions to work in North America. In 1826, with the approval of Pope Leo XII, the Society of the Sacred Heart was formally estab - lished. Madeleine died on May 25, 1865, at the age of eighty-six. She was canonized in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. REFLECTION Although possessed of great natural beauty and a multiplicity of talents, St. Madeleine So - phie Barat responded to the call for the Christian edu - cation of youth. She gathered a small group to begin the religious life, and in a short time she was ap - pointed superior of the fledgling organization. Under her very capable leadership, Madeleine’s congrega - tion opened foundations in twelve countries on two continents, and she continued in her office as superi - OCT. 18 St. Peter of Alcántara 480 481 St. Peter of Alcántara OCT. 18 ST. PETER OF ALCÁNTARA, Priest October 18 —Patron of Brazil ETER was born at Alcántara, a small town in PEstremadura, , in 1499. Like that of most of the Saints, his childhood was virtuous. After studying Philosophy at home and Canon Law at Salamanca, he resolved to enter . At six - teen years of age he received the habit of the Fran - ciscans in the solitary convent of Manjarez. From the beginning of his religious life his characteristic virtue, mortification, manifested it - self. About three years after his profession, though he was but twenty years old, he became superior of a small convent at Badajoz, and at the expiration of his term he was promoted to the priesthood, in 1524, and soon after was em - ployed in preaching. His greatest delight was solitude, and he obtained permission of his supe - riors to take up his abode in the convent of St. , situated in a most remote locality. In 1538, he became provincial of the province of St. Gabriel in Estremadura, and upon the expi - ration of his term, in 1541, he went to to join Father Martin, who was laying the founda - tion of an austere of the Order. In 1555, he began a reformation of his own, which was characterized by its extraordinary rigor, and which bears the name Strictest Observance. The following year he was appointed commissary of his Order in Spain, and in 1561 he was chosen provincial of his reformed Order. OCT. 19 St. Aquilinus 482 Two years previously, while making the visi - tation of some of his at Avila, he met St. Teresa, who was then suffering much in endeavoring to reform her own Order. He ren - dered her great assistance by his encouragement and advice. St. Peter was then approaching the end of his career, for he died soon after in his convent of Arenas, in 1562. Peter was canonized by Pope Clement IX in 1669 and was declared Patron of Brazil by Pope Pius IX in 1862. REFLECTION The life of St. Peter of Alcántara is a providential reminder that one of the essential ele - ments of any spirituality is a spirit of penance and austerity. Such austerity aims to root out those char - acteristics that are opposed to the essentials of a vir - tuous life. PRAYER O God, Your servant St. Peter of Alcán - tara has shown us how to suppress our personal de - sires so that Your presence to us might grow more and more. Through his intercession, may we always strive to be faithful to his good example. This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

ST. AQUILINUS, Bishop of Evreux October 19 T. Aquilinus was born about 620 in Bayeux, SFrance, and was part of the courts and wars of Clovis II. On coming back from a battle