SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 23rd of May WELCOME! SAINT WICBERT, MONK Saint Wicbert [Guibert] ( May 23 ), the founder of the monastery of Gembloux - a man from a highly distinguished family - exchanged his knightly arms for a monk’s habit and retired to the monastery of Gorze . He was so fervent in his faith that he dared to preach the Gospel to the Hungarians during their predatory raid into Lorraine, and he actually succeeded in bringing about some conversions. He died on  May 23 , 962. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 783) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: May the intercession of Saint Wicbert commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of the...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 12th of May WELCOME! ENEMOND MASSE, PRIEST AND MISSIONARY Stained glass design featuring North American missionaries Nesmes Masse [Massé], one of the first Jesuits sent to the New World, was born August 3, 1575 at Lyon. The eldest son of Francois Masse, a baker, he entered the novitiate of the  Society of Jesus   at Avignon on August 22, 1595, taking the name Enemond [Énemond]. Immediately following his ordination, he requested to be sent as a missionary. Having arrived in Acadia in 1611, he was taken prisoner by the English two years later. The English sent him back to France, upon which he served as the rector of La Fleche College for more than ten years. In 1625, he travelled to Quebec. There he lived with the Recollets, and  Father Charles Lalemant  entrusted to him the work of completing Notre-Dame-des-Anges , in which the missionaries began to live in 1626. Enemond was once again taken prisoner by ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of December WELCOME! SAINT ALO, BISHOP Saint Alo, Bishop (feast day December 1 ; alternatively June 25 ).  Saint Alo was a bishop and is likely the same person as  Saint Eligius (French: Eloi ), who served as Bishop of Noyon in France.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 144) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Alo may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  WELCOME! VENERABLE FRANCIS PALU, BISHOP  Venerable Francis Palu ( Franciscus Palu ), Bishop of Heliopolis and Apostolic Vicar of Tonkin, was a canon at  Saint Martin ’s in Tours when he departed for the mission in China. After immense efforts toward the propagation of the faith, he died a holy death in 1684 in Mogang, a city in Fujian . (Mg.) Source: Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon [Complete Lexicon of Saints], Vol. 2. Augsburg 1861, p. 296. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 296) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org ⬅️ Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions - Martyrs of Vietnam   ➡️ Martyr Saints of China  

  WELCOME! DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY  The Divine Mercy Image ➡️ Feasts, Solemnities, and Liturgical Seasons The Feast of Mercy is officially celebrated on the Sunday after Easter, as requested by Our Lord : The Feast should be preceded by a  Novena  of  Chaplets to the Divine Mercy beginning on Good Friday. The Sermon by the priest that day should be on Divine Mercy – that is the mercy which God the Father bestows on us through Jesus Christ His Son. That we contemplate, on this day, the Mystery of Redemption as the greatest revelation of Divine Mercy towards us. The  Image of the Divine Mercy is to be ceremoniously blessed that day. The Image is to be publicly venerated. The Image should be exposed to all taking part in the celebration (to demonstrate this, an Image could be left in a position that all can touch and say “Jesus I trust in You”). This can be carried out during the celebration like the kissing of the Cross on Good Friday or as people leave the Chu...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of November WELCOME! SAINT JEAN DE LALANDE, MARTYR Martyrdom of Fathers Brebeuf and Lalemant, two of Saint Jean de Lalande's fellow Canadian Martyrs - Artist: Joseph Légaré Jean de Lalande [John de Lalande] was born in the Norman seaport of Dieppe and was probably in New France by 1642. He served on the staff of the  Jesuit  residence at Three Rivers until he set out from Quebec on September 24, 1646 with  Father Isaac Jogues , two or three Hurons and a Huron-Iroquois. Jean de Lalande volunteered to accompany  Father Jogues despite that missionary’s description of the hardships of the life he led and the dangers he faced because of the conflicts between tribes. The Hurons had asked  Father Jogues  to lead them on an embassy to the Mohawks to negotiate a treaty. They were captured by a Mohawk war party.  Father Jogues  was tomahawked over the head. Jean de Lalande, too, was ki...