(from the thousands!) Born on 25 Nov as Angelo Giuseppe in numbers “quotes” Roncalli in Sotto il Monte, Italy YEARS: John XVIII reigned as Just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so 1881 good reading is necessary to the life of the soul. pope from October 1958 to June 1963. Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must 5 always remember this. The actual words matter less. Completed his ENCYCLICALS: doctorate in theology 1904 including Mater et Consult not your fears but your hopes and your Magister (On Social Progress) and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about 8Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth). your unful lled potential. Concern yourself not with BALLOTS: what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still the number it took to possible for you to do. elect Pope John XXIII in 1958 a er the death of Pope Pius XII. If God created shadows it was to better emphasise 11 the light. CHILDREN: Giuseppe Roncalli was The family is the rst essential cell of human society. the fourth of 14 children born to Ordained by Guiseppe visit www.vatican.va for JXXIII’s of cial teachings Ceppetelli on 10 Aug 1904 14a poor family of sharecroppers. JOHN: Although there were 22 Popes John before him, he Ordained bishop (titular did you know? of Areopolis) on 19 Mar 1925 23was the  rst for over 500 years. BISHOPS: attended at he opening least one session of Ttitles of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Apostolic delegate Pope Vatican II. (diplomat) to Bulgaria 2860 lm The 1931 According to St. John XXIII Saint Pope John XXII was frequently referred to as the Matthew (1964) Created Cardinal on 12 ‘Good Pope’, in Italian ‘il Papa buono’. He also earned dedicate the lm Jan by Pope Pius XII the nickname ‘Johnny Walker’ after his frequent walks to the memory of 1953 around and was Time Man of the Year in 1962. John XXIII. ohn XXIII wore a 1953 Jnumber of papal Made of tiaras during his time as pope (such as the one pictured above). Venice on 13 Jan The When he was given an expensive Elected pope on 28 silver tiara by the people of October, the 23rd John 2014 This council was the twenty- in 1958 rst ecumenical council of the 1965. It looked at a wide variety Bergamo, John XXIII requested Church and the second of topics including liturgy, social that the number of jewels used Declared ‘Saint’ on Divine Mercy to be held at ’s Basilica communications, the Church, be halved and that the money be October - opened the given to the poor. Second Vatican Council Sunday, 27 April 2014 in the Vatican. The council, which interreligious dialogue and was formally opened under the relations between the Church 1962 he feast day for Pope John XXIII ponti cate of Pope John XXIII on and the modern world. Saint John XXIII’s feast day is Tis not 3 June (the anniversary 11 October 11 October 1962, closed under Council documents can be found of his death, as is normally the 1963 Pope Paul VI on the Feast of the on the Vatican website case) but 11 October which is the Died on 3 June aged anniversary of his opening of the 81 in the Apostolic Obedientia et Pax Palace, Second Vatican Council. He also his life at Obedience and Peace  ese sheets were prepared by the Centre for has a feast day in the Anglican Declared ‘Blessed’ on 3 Communion on the 4 June. 2000 Sep by Saint Pope John a glance Catholic Formation, Archdiocese of Southwark Paul II www.cc ootingbec.org.uk