ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 11th of June WELCOME! SAINT ALEYDIS OF SCHAERBEEK, VIRGIN Saint Aleydis (Alice) was born around 1200 in Schaerbeek in Belgium. She was a frail and friendly child, and from her seventh year she lived in the Cistercian Monastery (Maria Kammeren) just outside Brussels. As an adult she took vows there, and she was a much-liked member of the religious community. OFFERING HER SUFFERINGS IN UNION WITH OUR LORD'S PASSION FOR THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY Not long after, she got leprosy, and was henceforth housed in a separate building on the outskirts of the monastery area. Leprosy had come to Europe at the time of the Crusade and was greatly feared. She suffered in silence and faced her physical and mental pain courageously; carrying her cross with great patience, bearing her sufferings in union with our Lord Jesus' Passion for the holy souls in purgatory. HER CONSOLATION WAS THE RECEIPT OF HOLY COMMUNION Her only co...