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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! CHIARA LUBICH, FOUNDRESS The second of four children, she was born to  Luigi Lubich and his wife Luigia on January 22, 1920 and baptised Silvia. At the age of 15, she joined Catholic Action in Trento and became a diocesan youth leader. She attended a teachers' college and became a passionate student of philosophy. Her great desire was to attend the Catholic University of Milan, but she failed to win a scholarship. Initially deeply distressed, she suddenly felt consoled by an inner certainty from God: "I will be your teacher". As soon as she graduated, she took jobs teaching in elementary schools in the valley regions around Trento (1938-39), and then in Cognola (1940-1943), a town close to Trento, in a school for orphans run by the Capuchins. In the autumn of 1943, she left teaching and enrolled at the Ca'Foscari University of Venice, continuing to give private lessons. However, due to th...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March   WELCOME! SAINT PAULINA, RECLUSE Saint Paulina was a recluse of noble birth at Thuringia (Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt), who shone with countless miracles in life and after death. She died in A.D. 1107 and is called a "venerable and holy woman" by Trithemius (chron. Hirsaug.).   As widow of the knight Udalrich she founded the monastery named after her (around the year 1100). Her biography, which existed earlier and was written by a certain Sigelot, has been lost. Only in the name Paulinzelle [Paulinzella] , also called "Zelle" (cell) for short, a memory of her has been preserved.  The place lies in a small, deep valley surrounded by woods, and still contains the ruins of the beautiful Benedictine abbey that used to exist here, together with a three-aisled church. Near this spot the saint was voluntarily locked up - perhaps she was confined at the so-called "nun's room". Several writers...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March   WELCOME! SAINT EVPERGIUS, CONFESSOR Saint Evpergius (Eupergius), a confessor of the faith, is venerated at Frejus in Provence . (Mg.)  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 150) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Evpergius 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINT EUSCEMON, BISHOP OF LAMPSACUS Saint Euscemon (Euschemon) was a bishop of Lampsacus (now Lepsek, Lamsaci, or Chardak) in the Hellespont. Imprisoned for his faith, he converted his guards, was chased away by the authorities and died in exile. (II. 355) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 119) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Euscemon 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINT EUPHROSIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saints Euphrosius, Fruminus, Fortunion and Donatus were martyrs of Carthage. Migne *, on the other hand, instead lists a Saint Euphrosius, stating that he was killed for the faith in Thessalonica. (II. 345) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 116) *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 Saints Euphrosius, Fruminus, Fortunion and Donatus 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINT EUPHRASIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Euphrasius and Companions. Saints Euphrasius, Alexander, Frunimus and Basil suffered martyrdom at Thessalonica. (II. 346) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 115-16) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Euphrasius, Alexander, Frunimus and Basil 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March GUILIELMUS MARICONUS, RELIGIOUS According to Hueb. Men .*, Guilielmus Mariconus was a devout Franciscan at Montferrand in the diocese of Clermont. He died in A.D. 1229. In Art . Mart .* he is listed as "Blessed Guilielmus" along with several others. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 568) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March SAINT ULTAN MAGONIGAN ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Ultan (Ultanus), is mentioned in the Mart. Taml .* with the addition Magonigan or Hua-Aignigh. Colgan * says of him that he had been a disciple of St Declan and became his successor. But, as Kelly * notes on p. 90 , there is absolutely no other sound evidence to clearly distinguish this Ultan from  one or  the other holy man of the same name. But he does list him with the title "saint". (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 605) *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 Ultan 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, fo...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March PINUPHIUS, PRIEST AND ABBOT Pinuphius,, priest and abbot in Egypt, is venerated by the Greeks on November 27.  In order to practise greater austerity and to be able to devote himself to the humiliating work which he loved, he secretly took himself off to Tabenna and lived among the monks there until he was recognised by one of the brothers.  Thereupon he returned to his own monastery. He is mentioned in one of the English martyrologies on March 14. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH   Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! OTHER SAINTLY PEOPLE REMEMBERED ON MARCH 14 OBSCURE SAINTS SS. DIONAS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 14 MARCH SS. Dionas and Companions are commemorated on March 14. Saints Dionas, Alexander, Peter, Mammerus, Naboxus, Fronton (Prompton), Comes (Comis) and Mary attained the crown of martyrdom in Africa. COMNANUS, ABBOT - 14 MARCH Comnanus, an abbot or bishop of the Isle of Hy, who is said to have been the tutor of King Ferquardus. PINUPHIUS, PRIEST AND ABBOT - 14 MARCH Pinuphius is commemorated on March 14 or November 27. He was a priest and abbot in Egypt; he is venerated by the Greeks on November 27. He lived for a time in the monastery of Tabenna in order to practice greater austerity and to be able to devote himself to the humiliating work which he loved. However, he was accidentally recognised by a brother and brought back to his own monastery. He is mentioned in an English martyrology on March 1...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINT LEOBINUS, BISHOP OF CHARTRES Saint Leobinus, also known as Lubin, was a 6th century bishop. [His feast day is stated also as September 15 ] Born near Poitiers, early in the sixth century, he in his youth embraced the religious life; but eventually, much against his will, was made Bishop of Chartres.  HE GOVERNED HIS DIOCESE WISELY AND WELL He governed that diocese wisely and well. He assisted at the fifth Council of Orleans (A.D. 549) and at that of Paris (A.D. 551). He was called to his reward in A.D. 557, Almighty God by many miracles revealing his sanctity. His relics, until then enshrined in a church near Chartres, were burned by the Calvinists in the sixteenth century. From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate PRAYER: O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of St Leobinus, your blessed bishop, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in his merits, we may be inspired by h...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their l...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their l...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! BLESSED THOMAS VIVES, RELIGIOUS AND MARTYR   Blessed Thomas Vives, a Mercedarian friar, was sent to Tunis (Africa) to redeem Christians who were held in slavery. He suffered numerous torments in the name of Christ.  Locked up by the enemies of the faith in a dark prison, he spent five years there until he was eventually stoned.  He prayed during this ordeal and, before he expired, saw the vision of heaven opened. The Mercedary Order considers him as a new Saint Stephen . The Order celebrates his feast day on March 14. PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Thomas confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. 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. 📷 1. Bl. Thomas Vives - from an Italian saints card by ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINT BONIFACE, BISHOP OF ROSS  (Saint Boniface, Bishop of Ross, in Scotland, Confessor.) An ardent zeal for the salvation of souls brought this servant of God from Italy to North-Britain. HE BUILT NUMEROUS CHURCHES Near the mouth of the Tees, where he landed, he built a church under the invocation of St Peter, another at Tellein, three miles from Alect, and a third at Restennet. This last was served by a famous monastery of regular canons of the order of St Augustine, when religious houses were abolished in Scotland.  HE PLANTED THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THE HEARTS OF MANY St Boniface, by preaching the word of God, reformed the manners of the people in the provinces of Angus, Marris, Buchan, Elgin, Murray, and Ross. Being made bishop in this last county, he filled it with oratories and churches, and by planting the true spirit of Christ in the hearts of many, settled that church in a most...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINTS ACEPSIMAS, JOSEPH, AND AITHILAHAS, MARTYRS  (Saints Acepsimas, Bishop; Joseph, Priest; and Aithilahas, Deacon, Martyrs) St Maruthas closes with the acts of these martyrs, his history of the persecution of King Sapor, which raged without intermission during forty years.  A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT The venerable author assures us, that, living in the neighbourhood, he had carefully informed himself of the several circumstances of their combats from those who were eye-witnesses, and ushers in his account with the following address:  “Be propitious to me, O Lord, through the prayers of these martyrs. Being assisted by the divine grace, and strengthened by your protection, O ye incomparable men, I presume to draw the outlines of your heroic virtues and incredible torments. But the remembrance of your bitter sufferings covers me with shame, confusion, and tears, for myself and my sins. O! you who he...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 14th of March WELCOME! SAINT MAUD, QUEEN OF GERMANY  (A.D. 968.) Saint Mathildis (Maud, Mathilda) was daughter of Theodoric, a powerful Saxon count. Her parents, being sensible that piety is the only true greatness, placed her very young in the monastery of Erfurt, of which her grandmother Maud, who had renounced the world in her widowhood, was then abbess.  Here our saint acquired an extraordinary relish for prayer and spiritual reading; and learned to work at her needle, and to employ all the precious moments of life in something serious and worthy the great end of her creation.  HER MARRIAGE TO HENRY THE FOWLER She remained in that house an accomplished model of all virtues, till her parents married her to Henry, son of Otho, duke of Saxony, in 913. Her husband, surnamed the Fowler, from his fondness for the diversion of hawking, then much in vogue, became duke of Saxony by the death of his father, in 916; ...