ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 16th of June WELCOME! SAINT LUTGARDE OF TONGEREN, VIRGIN There was little in Saint Lutgarde’s education to make her a saint. Her parents first betrothed her to a merchant; and when, through the loss of her fortune, her marriage became impossible, they urged her to take the veil. THE CONVERSION After some resistance she entered the Benedictine convent at Tongres in Brabant, but lived in a discontented state, secretly sighing for a worldly life. One day when she had gone to gossip, as was her wont, in the parlours, our Lord Himself stood before her. Pointing to His still bleeding Heart, He bade her seek in Him alone the joys of Divine love. SHE OFFERED HERSELF A VICTIM FOR THE CHURCH From that hour Lutgarde renounced the world and its follies, and began a new life of prayer and penance. During the struggle with the Albigenses she offered herself a victim for the Church, and suffered most fearful tortures of mind and...