ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 3rd of June WELCOME! SAINT GENESIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT From his infancy he was a model of innocence and piety, and despising in his youth the honours which great riches and high birth insured to him in the world, he chose to serve God in the lowest rank among the clergy of the diocese of Auvergne, in which province his family was one of the most distinguished. HIS AUSTERITIES Against his inclinations he was promoted to the dignity of archdeacon, in which his example was to the clergy under his care, a spur to the perfect spirit and practice of all Christian virtues. Austere to himself he treated his own body as an enemy, to prevent its rebelling against the spirit. His charity to the poor seemed to have no bounds. The respect with which he performed the sacred functions, inspired all the assistants with awe and devotion. God usually employs the ministry of saints to form others to perfect sanctity. The holy archd...