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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 27th of February WELCOME! SAINT ANN LINE, MARTYR Ann Line was a widow gentlewoman, of an infirm constitution of body, troubled with almost continued headaches, and, withal, inclined to a dropsy; and so ill every spring and autumn, that her friends, at each of these seasons, feared she would be carried off by death: but her soul was strong and vigorous, and ever tending by spiritual exercises, to Christian perfection.  Her devotion was unfeigned; she received the blessed Sacrament at least once a week, and always with abundance of tears. Her conversation was edifying, willingly discoursing on spiritual subjects, and not on worldly vanities; and what was particularly remarkable in her, was, the desire she had of ending her days by martyrdom on which account, she bore a holy envy to priests, and others who seemed to be in a fairer way to that happy end than she, or any other of her sex were; of which, very few had suffe...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 27th of February BLESSED MARK BARKWORTH, PRIEST AND MARTYR A page of one of Fortunatus Hueber's Saints' books, "Stammenbuch..." (1693) ➡️ Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales Roger  and Mark  (Rogerius et Marcus, M.M. ). These two martyrs suffered and died on the same day for the Catholic faith in London (in A.D. 1601).  The former was a Jesuit and was surnamed Filcock, the latter Benedictine. They were found guilty of being Catholic priests, saying Mass and administering the Sacraments. This counted as treason.  On the way to the place of execution they sang psalms and hymns. Both of them had their hearts and entrails ripped out before they died. During this barbaric execution the heroic martyrs could be heard praying in dying voices: "God, have mercy on me," and "Jesus, receive my spirit!". These holy men are also commemorated on May 18. [ Mark Barkworth was beatified by Pius XI o...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 27th of February WELCOME! SAINT ANNE LINE, MARTYR   [In England and Wales, St Anne Line is commemorated in the Liturgy on - May 4 - English Martyrs , Collective Feast Day; and  - August 30 - SS. Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line, and Margaret Ward, Martyrs ] Saint Anne Line [Lyne] was an English martyr; she died on February 27, 1601. She was the daughter of William Heigham of Dunmow, Essex, a gentleman of means and an ardent Calvinist, and when she and her brother announced their intention of becoming Catholics both were disowned and disinherited.  HER HUSBAND WAS APPREHENDED FOR ATTENDING MASS Anne married Roger Line, a convert like herself, and shortly after their marriage he was apprehended for attending Mass. After a brief confinement he was released and permitted to go into exile in Flanders, where he died in 1594.  SHE WAS PLACED IN CHARGE When Father John Gerard established a house of refuge for pri...

  In Ireland the memorial of St Fiacre, and in England of Saints Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line, and Margaret Ward, may be celebrated today. SS. Margaret, Anne, and Margaret ➡️ St Margaret Clitherow, Martyr   ⬅️ Saint Anne Line, Martyr ➡️ Saint Margaret Ward, Martyr   ➡️ Saint Fiacre, Anchoret and Confessor