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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 1st of December   WELCOME! SAINT CHARLES DE FOCAULD, PRIEST AND MARTYR Saint Charles Eugene de Focauld, born in 1858, originated from a wealthy French family. He became a Trappist monk, living an ascetic life surrounded by the Tuareg in the Sahara Desert. His spirituality focused on the love and care of Christ. He was murdered in 1916 by fanatical muslim bandits. One of his famous prayers is the Abandonment Prayer: “Father, I abandon myself into Your hands. Do with me what You will; whatever You do, I will thank You. I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only Your will be done in me, as in all Your creatures, and I’ll ask nothing else, my Lord. Into Your hands I commend my spirit; I give it to You with all the love of my heart, for I love You, Lord, and so need to give myself, to surrender myself into Your hands with a trust beyond measure, because You are my Father. Amen.”

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of December WELCOME! SAINT ELIGIUS, BISHOP OF NOYON, CONFESSOR The name of Eligius [Eloy] and those of his father Eucherius, and his mother Terrigia, show this saint to have been born not of French, but of Roman Gaulish extraction.  OF ROMAN GAULISH EXTRACTION He was born at Catelat, two leagues north of Limoges, about the year 588. His parents, who were very virtuous, and in good circumstances, brought him up from his infancy in the fear of God, and seeing him industrious, placed him with a goldsmith named Abbo, who was a considerable person, master of the mint at Limoges, and a devout servant of God. A YOUTH OF UNCOMMON GENIUS Eligius was a youth of uncommon genius and address, and, by his extraordinary application, arrived at an eminent skill in his profession.  His heart was full of sincerity, his whole conduct was under the regulation of an exact prudence, and his temper was sweet and obliging: his disc...

   ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1 st of December WELCOME! SAINT EDMUND CAMPION, PRIEST AND MARTYR ⬅️ Martyrs of England and Wales More than four centuries after his martyrdom  Edmund Campion became one of the most venerated of Reformation saints, his heroics and sacrifice on a par with those of More, Fisher and Mayne . Campion was born in 1540. His father was a bookseller in Paternoster Row by St Paul’s Cathedral. He was educated at Christ’s Hospital, now in Sussex but then in London. When Queen Mary visited the school, he was chosen to make the welcoming speech at the age of 13. HE WAS CHOSEN TO MAKE THE WELCOMING SPEECH He received his BA from St John’s College, Oxford, in 1560, by which time Elizabeth was on the throne and he was forced to take the oath of supremacy. In 1566, when the Queen visited the university, it was Campion’s job to welcome her and she is said to have admired him. The following year he was honoured with the task of g...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of December 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...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER ➡️ Tomorrow ⬅️ Yesterday Advent Saint of the Day Saint feast day December 1 Blessed Anwarite Nengapeta Blessed Anwarite Nengapeta, Virgin and Martyr Saint Agericus, Bishop   Saint Alexander Briant, Priest and Martyr Saint Ananias, Martyr Saint Ansanus, Martyr Saint Castritian, Bishop of Milan Saint Charles de Focauld   Saint Constantian, Hermit Blessed Deobald, Priest Saint Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans Saint Edmund Campion, Priest and Martyr   Saint Eligius of Noyon, Bishop   Eulogus, Religious Evasius, Bishop of Asti Saint Evasius, Bishop and Martyr Leo X., Pope Saint Leontius, Bishop of Fréjus Saint Nahum, Prophet Saint Natalia, Wife of Saint Adrian Oddo, Abbot of Saint Savin Saint Olympias, Martyr Saint Onofledis, Virgin Otwin, Bishop of Hildesheim Pius VIII., Pope Saint Ralph Sherwin, Priest and Martyr Blessed Richard Langley, Martyr Saint Ursicinus, Bishop of Brescia Saints Diodorus, Marcian, and Companions, Martyrs Saint ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of December WELCOME! BLESSED ANWARITE NENGAPETA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR Blessed Anwarite Nengapeta was born in Wamba (Dem. Congo) in 1939. She joined the local Holy Family Sisters and took her vows in 1959, taking the name of Sr Marie Clementine. In 1964 all the nuns of the Bafwabaka community were deported by the Simba rebels. SHE WAS KIDNAPPED At night they were taken to a military house, where Colonel Olombe tried to force Sr Anwarite and Sr Bokuma to have sexual intercourse with him. Both refused categorically in spite of the violence to which they were subjected. BL. ANWARITE SAID SHE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN COMMIT A SIN Sr Bokuma fainted, her arm broken in three places. Sr Anwarite continued to resist, saying she would rather die than commit a sin. Between the blows she had the strength to say: “I forgive you, for you do not know what you are doing.” "I FORGIVE YOU" In his anger the colonel had her stabbed many t...