ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 30th of April WELCOME! BISCIARAH ABULCHER, CONFESSOR Bisciarah Abulcher, the son of Bisciarah, was an Egyptian who was brought back from the Coptic faith to the Catholic Church - most probably by the Jesuit P. Sicard. He was born in Sethfeh, a market town in Upper Egypt, towards the end of 1714. His baptismal name is actually Abulcher, i.e. Father of Good ; Bisciarah means Annunciation . His pious parents raised him to love God. Bisciarah Abulcher grew up to be good in everything and deserves the title of Egyptian Saint Aloysius or Stanislaus Kostka . When he reached young adulthood, he came to Rome to study, where he distinguished himself above all others by his saintly life. The author of his life writes: "His classmates have testified to me that the mere sight of him awakened in their hearts a certain feeling of remorse and pain and a devout fervour to follow his example." The Lord called him home in on Apr
ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! JOSEPH DE LA ROCHE DAILLON, MISSIONARY Joseph de la Roche Daillon was a French Catholic missionary to the Huron Indians and a Franciscan Recollet. He landed at Quebec, June 19, 1625, with the first Jesuits who came to New France, and at once set out with the Jesuit Father Brebeuf for Three Rivers, to meet the Hurons into whose country they hoped to enter. Owing to a report that the Hurons had drowned the Recollet Nicolas Viel, their missionary, the journey was put off. In 1626 La Roche Daillon was among the Hurons, leaving whom he passed to the Neutral Nation after travelling six days on foot. He remained with them for three months, and at one time barely escaped being put to death. This caused his return to the Hurons. In 1628 he went to Three Rivers with twenty Huron canoes, on their way to trade pelts with the French. From Three Rivers he journeyed to Quebec, and on the taking of the city, in 1629, the