ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 20th of March WELCOME! SAINT JOZEF BILCZEWSKI, ARCHBISHOP OF LVIV Pope John Paul II beatified Jozef Bilczewski in 2001 and Pope Benedict XVI canonised him four years later. Jozef was born in 1860 in Wilamovice in southern Poland and attended secondary school in Wadowice, the future birthplace of the Polish pope . He was ordained priest in Krakow by Cardinal Albino Dunajewski. He received a doctorate in theology from the University of Vienna and eventually became professor of dogmatic theology at the John Casimir University of Lviv. Throughout his academic career he devoted himself to scientific work and his exceptional intellectual abilities were recognised by Franz Joseph, the Emperor of Austria, who presented Fr Jozef to the Holy Father as a candidate for the vacant Metropolitan See of Lviv. On December 17 , 1900, at the age of 40, he was named Archbishop of Lviv of the Latin Rite. After accep...
ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 18th of April WELCOME! BLESSED MARY OF THE INCARNATION, FOUNDRESS Blessed Mary of the Incarnation Blessed Mary of the Incarnation ( April 18 ), a Carmelite from Pontoise, was beatified by Pius VI in 1791. Born in Paris on February 1 , 1565, and baptized Barbara, she was the only daughter of a virtuous and respected couple: the honourable Nicolas Avrillot and his wife, Mary (née Lhuillier). From the cradle, the pious Barbara showed herself to be a child of grace. From the age of eleven, she accustomed herself to an almost ceaseless lifting of her heart to God - a practice taught to her by her aunt, a nun at Longchamp, under whose guidance she had grown up. From that time on, she displayed a great fear of offending God, a scrupulous care not to inconvenience anyone, and deep humility whenever she was reproved. She prepared for her First Holy Communion through acts of mortification and penance that would have...