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SAINT FEAST DAY 22 JUNE: ST JOHN FISHER AND ST THOMAS MORE

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 22nd of June WELCOME! SAINT JOHN FISHER AND SAINT THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS Saint John Fisher was born in 1469; he studied at Cambridge University, was ordained, became Bishop of Rochester. He was a pastoral bishop, charitable to the poor, a man of prayer, and a persistent opponent of the errors of the Protestant Reformation. Saint Thomas More was born in 1477, studied at Oxford University, married and had one son and three daughters. He became Chancellor of England. His writings include ‘Utopia’, and many prayers and letters which reveal his spirituality. Both were executed on the orders of King Henry VIII. PRAYER: Father, you confirm the true faith with the crown of martyrdom. May the prayers of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More give us the courage to proclaim our faith by the witness of our lives. 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. Ame...