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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March WELCOME! VENERABLE JAMES HARRISON, PRIEST AND MARTYR This gentleman, who, by some, is confounded with Matthias Harrison, (of whom we have spoken in 1599), and by others, is called Matthew Harrison, alias Hayes; in the Douay records and catalogue, is called James, and is said to have been a native of the diocese of Litchfield, ordained at Rheims, in 1583, and sent from thence upon the English mission in 1584.  He fell into the hands of the persecutors, a little before the Lent assizes, 1601-2; and being brought upon his trial, was sentenced to die, as in cases of high treason, barely on account of exercising his priestly functions in England. Raissius relates, that being told by his keeper, the night before execution, that he was to suffer the next day, which it seems was an unexpected piece of news, (for the judges had left the town, without determining anything of the time of his suffering,) he showed not...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March WELCOME! SAINT DARERCA, SISTER OF ST PATRICK ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Darerca, of Ireland, a sister of  Saint Patrick . Much obscurity attaches to her history, and it is not easy to disentangle the actual facts of her history from the network of legend which medieval writers interwove with her acts. However, her fame, apart from her relationship to Ireland's national apostle, stands secure as not only a great saint but as the mother of many saints.  When St Patrick visited Bredach, as we read in the "Tripartite Life," he ordained Aengus mac Ailill, the local chieftain of Moville, now a seaside resort for the citizens of Derry. Whilst there he found "the three deacons," his sister's sons, namely, St Reat, St Nenn, and St Aedh, who are commemorated respectively on March 3, April 25, and August 31. St Darerca was twice married, her second husband, Chonas, founded the church of Bo...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March WELCOME! CONRAD, ABBOT OF MONDSEE Conrad (Conradus), abbot of Mondsee (Monscanus) in the Salzburg area [Austria], was murdered in 1145 by farmers because of his steadfast defence of the rights of his monastery.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 660) 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

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March SAINT EPAPHRODITUS, BISHOP OF TERRACINA The Roman Martyrology* relates that Saint Epaphroditus, Bishop of Terracina in Italy, was a disciple of the apostles, and that Saint Peter himself made him bishop of this city. It is further claimed that this Epaphroditus is the same who brought financial support from Philippi to Rome, and whom Saint Paul praises in his letters to the Philippians (2:25; 4:18), but this is not necessarily the case. Other sources suggest, however, that Epaphroditus was one of the 72 disciples. (III. 369) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 70) *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 Epaphroditus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March SAINT TRENA, ABBOT ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Trena, also called Treno, Trenanus and Trienus, Abbot of Kill-Elga, is listed in several Irish martyrologies. According to Kelly *, he was a contemporary and friend of St Mochta of Louth. Kill-Elga is situated in the Bishopric of Meath. It is now called Killdelga or Kildalkey [Kildalky]. Saint Trena is the patron saint of a church in the Bishopric of Dromore.  (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 565) *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 Teena 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. ➡️ Irish Confess...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March OTHER SAINTLY PEOPLE REMEMBERED ON MARCH 22 OBSCURE SAINTS Saint Faria (March 22) is particularly venerated by the Copts and Ethiopians. Saint Renula (Relindis) (March 22 or February 6), Virgin and Abbess. Brianus [Brian], (March 22 or March 12), king and martyr in Ireland; he seems to be the one who perished in a battle with the Danes at Cluaintarb, but he was in fact victorious on this occasion because the battle resulted in freeing the Irish from the Danish yoke. Dagamus , (March 22), a bishop in Scotland who, at the encouragement of the Pope, instituted the Roman Easter in his parish. Petronia (March 22), a martyr supposedly killed by the Vandals, whose relics are in the Church of St Gabinus at Turritano in Sardinia. Dima , (March 22), a saintly man in Ireland, but of whom no further details are known. Degithea , (March 22), a virgin born in Ireland who occurs in the Martyrology of Tamlact. Genta (Marc...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March JAGIELLO (WLADISLAUS), KING OF POLAND    Jagellus (also Jagal, Jagello, Jagiello and Jagyello) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and later Wladislaus King of Poland. In 1381, he succeeded his father Oljierd (Olgerdus) as Grand Duke of Lithuania.  HIS MARRIAGE In 1386 he married  Hedwig [Jadwiga], the second daughter of King Ludwig I of Hungary and Poland, whom the crown of Poland had been transferred to in 1382 on condition that the wishes of the nation be taken into account in the choice of her husband. Then, at the urgent request of the Polish magnates, she accepted Jagiello, who promised, above all, to accept the Roman Catholic religion himself and to introduce the same in Lithuania, which was to be united with Poland.  THE CONVERSION OF THE LITHUANIAN PEOPLE Jagiello was baptised by the Archbishop of Gniezno on February 14, 1386 along with several Lithuanian princes. In baptism, he recei...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd 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 that, ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd 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 22nd 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 22nd of March WELCOME! BLESSED CLEMENS AUGUST GRAF VON GALEN, BISHOP OF MÜNSTER Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen was born of aristocratic ancestry on March 16 , 1878 at Dinklage Castle, Dinklage, Oldenburg, Germany. His motto was: Nec laudibus nec timore (neither by flattery nor by fear) "NEITHER BY FLATTERY NOR BY FEAR" He was ordained a priest and afterwards worked in Berlin at St Matthias. He intensely disliked the liberal values of the Weimar Republic and opposed individualism, socialism, and democracy. A staunch German nationalist and patriot, he considered the Treaty of Versailles unjust and viewed Bolshevism as a threat to Germany and the Church. He espoused the stab-in-the-back theory: that the German military was defeated in 1918 only because it had been undermined by defeatist elements on the home front. He expressed his opposition to secularism in his book Die Pest des Laizismus und ihre Erscheinungsfo...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd 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 22nd of March WELCOME! SAINT BENEVENUTO SCOTIVOLI, BISHOP OF OSIMO   Saint Benvenutus (Benevenuto) was a 13th century bishop. A Franciscan Friar of holy life, he was created Bishop of Osimo in Central Italy by Pope Urban IV, and governed that Diocese for thirteen years in the difficult times of the Guelph and Ghibelline warfare.  Knowing beforehand his death to be at hand, he distributed all his goods to the poor, and lay down to die before the High Altar of his Cathedral (A.D. 1276). Many miracles having been wrought at his tomb. He was canonised by Pope Martin IV. (From The Book of Saints, 1913, by the Monks of Ramsgate) PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Benvenutus, your blessed bishop, 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March WELCOME! SAINT DEOGRATIAS, BISHOP OF CARTHAGE, CONFESSOR    Genseric, the Arian king of the Vandals, took Carthage in 439, filled the city with cruelties, and caused Quodvultdeus, the bishop, and many others, to be put on board an old leaky vessel, who, notwithstanding, arrived safe at Naples.  THE VACANCY WAS FILLED After a vacancy of fourteen years, in 454, St Deogratias was consecrated archbishop. Two years after, Genseric plundered Rome, and brought innumerable captives from Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, into Africa, whom the Moors and Vandals shared among them on the shore, separating without any regard or compassion weeping wives from their husbands, and children from their parents.  DEOGRATIAS PROVIDED THE IMMIGRANTS WITH FOOD AND SHELTER Deogratias sold everything, even the gold and silver vessels of the church, to redeem as many as possible; he provided them with lodgings an...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March WELCOME! SAINT LEA OF ROME, WIDOW Saint Lea was a rich Roman lady. After the death of her husband she mortified her flesh by wearing rough sack-cloth, passed whole nights in prayer, and by humility seemed every one’s menial servant.  She died in 384, and is honoured on this day in the Roman Martyrology. St Jerome makes an elegant comparison between her death and that of Praetextatus, a heathen, who was that year appointed consul, but snatched away by death at the same time. From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints SAINT LEA'S ENTRY IN STADLER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SAINTS: Saint Lea [Leah] was a pious Roman widow who, after the death of her husband, distinguished herself by a high degree of humility and self-denial. She wore a hair-shirt, spent most of the night in prayer, and became the mother, as it were, of consecrated virgins who joined her. Her death took place around A.D. 383 in Rome. St Jerome, In his 24t...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd 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 22nd 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 22nd 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 th...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Saint of the Day Saint feast day March 22 Saint Nicholas Owen, Carpenter Saint Basil of Ancyra, Priest and Martyr Saint Benevenuto Scotivoli, Bishop of Osimo Blessed Bronisław Komorowski, Priest and Martyr Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen, Bishop of Münster Conrad, Abbot of Mondsee Saint Darerca, Sister of Saint Patrick Saint Deogratias, Bishop of Carthage Blessed Eelko Liavkama, Abbot and Martyr Saint Epaphroditus, Bishop of Terracina Jagiello, King of Poland Venerable James Harrison, Priest and Martyr Saint Lea of Rome, Widow Saint Paschasius, Bishop of Siponto Saint Paul, Bishop of Narbonne Saint Trena, Abbot Saints Callinica and Basilissa, Martyrs Saints Octavian and Companions, Martyrs Saints Saturninus and Companions, Martyrs Other Saints - 22 March -2203-

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March WELCOME! SAINT NICHOLAS OWEN, JESUIT LAY BROTHER AND CARPENTER  Nicholas, known as "Littlejohn" because of his short stature, was born 1550 at Oxford, England. A  Jesuit  lay brother, he was an extremely skilled carpenter who constructed priest holes for priests during the time when celebrating Holy Mass carried the death sentence. These places enabled priests to hide when Mass houses and mansions were raided by the government during clandestine Masses.  HE CONSTRUCTED HIDING PLACES FOR PRIESTS St Nicholas built hiding places for several decades, despite weak health and a hernia. He was arrested for some time in 1594 with Father John Gerard , and despite prolonged torture would not give the names of any Catholics. Nicholas is believed responsible for  Father Gerard 's dramatic escape from the Tower of London in 1597.  THE GOVERNMENT SUBJECTED HIM TO TORTURE In 1606, with  Fath...