April 25th - Servant of God Adalbert Mary Baudiss, SJBorn: April 14, 1842 Died: April 25, 1926 Adalbert Mary Baudiss was born in the town of Bojany na Bukowinie, in Lwow. As a youth he studied at the Jesuit school in Lwow, and served Mass at the Jesuit church of Sts Peter and Paul, where…
Blessed Francis Page, SJBorn : Date unknown Died : April 1602 Feast Day : April 20 Beatified : December 15, 1929 Francis Page was born in Antwerp of well-to-do English Protestant parents. As a young man he embarked on a lawyer’s career and went to London to study law. He fell in love with the…
Daily Word Of GodJohn 12:1-8 Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there; Martha waited on them and Lazarus was among those at table. Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with…
Lord, strengthen and protect us in our weakness.Monday of Holy Week : 6th April 2020Is. 42:1-7; Ps. 27(26):1,2,3,13-14; Jn. 12:1-11 (Ps Wk II) The Servant of the Lord is the Messiah, the Chosen One of God (Is. 42:2), Whom God has designated to be the “Covenant” of the Jewish people and a “Light” for the…
DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage Sinner – Respected: In today’s Gospel, Mary of Magdala, the public sinner anointed Jesus’ feet with very costly ointment, and wiped them with her hair. While Judas complained, Jesus responded and accepted her hospitality. Do we reject or are we prejudiced towards people who are sinners? Why? Are we not sinners…
April 20th - Servant of God Francis Gaetano, SJBorn: November 11, 1569 Died: April 20, 1601 Francis Gaetano, the second son of the Count of Sortino and Cassaro, was born at Sortino, near Syracuse, in Sicily. As the son of Spain’s and Sicily’s most illustrious families, Francis was trained as a knight and was adept…
April 15th - Servant of God Peter Barbaric, SJBorn: May 19, 1874 Died: April 15, 1897 Peter Barbaric, a Croatian, was born in the small hamlet of Siljevista, near the village of Klobuk in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He was one of nine children whose parents, his first teachers, taught him not only Catechism, but also gave him…
April 13th - Servant of God Emmanuel Garcia Nieto, SJBorn: April 5, 1894 Died: April 13,1974 Emmanuel was born in the small town of Macotera in the Spanish province of Salamanca. He was the youngest of nine children and had his early education in the local public school. When he was fourteen he told his…
April 12th - Venerable Bruno Bruni, SJ and Venerable Louis Cardeira, SJVenerable Bruno Bruni Born: November 7, 1590 Died: April 12, 1640 SJ Venerable Louis Cardeira, SJ Born : 1585: Died : April 12, 1640 Cause introduced in Rome on June 19, 1902 Ethiopian Christian Martyrs Frs Bruno Bruni and Louis Cardeira were the last…
April 11th - Venerable Francis del Castillo, SJBorn : February 9, 1615 Died : April 11, 1673 Fr Francis del Castillo, revered by the people of Lima, Peru as the “Apostle of Lima” was born in Lima on February 9, 1615. He entered the Society of Jesus toward the end of 1632. He taught grammar…