July 18th: Servant of God Jacques Sevin, SJBorn : December 7, 1882 Died : July 19, 1951 Fr Jacques Sevin was born in Lille, France but spent most of his youth in Tourcoing, Belgium where he studied, first at the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels and later at the Sacred Heart College.…
July 15th: Blessed Ignatius de Azevedo and 39 Companion, SJBorn : 1527 Died : July 15, 1570 (aged 42–43) Atlantic Ocean, near the Canary islands Beatified : 11 May 1854 by Pope Pius IX Feast : 17 July Ignatius de Azevedo was born in Oporto, Portugal. He entered the Society at Coimbra on December 28,…
July 4th: Saint Anthony Daniel, SJBorn: May 27, 1601 Died: July 4, 1648 Beatified: June 21, 1925 Canonized: June 29, 1930 Fr Daniel was born in Dieppe, France. He gave up his law studies to enter the Jesuit novitiate at Rouen. He studied Theology at Clermont College in Paris and was ordained in 1631. He…
July 2nd: Blessed John Cornelius, SJBorn : 1557 Died : July 2, 1594 Beatified : December 15, 1929 John Cornelius’ true name was John Conor O’Mahony as he latinized his middle name. He was born of Irish parents in Bodmin, Cornwall. His father worked for Sir John Arundell who took great interest in young John…
July 2nd: Saint Bernardino Realino, SJBorn: Dec 1, 153 Died: Jul 2, 1616 Beatified: Sept 27, 1895 Canonized: Jun 22, 1947 St Bernardino Realino, born of noble birth in Capri, Italy studied medicine initially but changed to law. At 26, he became Mayor of Felizzano, a position that included judge as well. The people found…
June 29th: Venerable Andrew de Oviedo, SJBorn: Circa 1517 Died: Between June 19 and July 9, 1577 Andrew de Oviedo was born in Illescas, Spain. He went to Rome to offer himself as a candidate for the Society after he graduated from the University of Alcala and was accepted by Fr Ignatius, the founder in…
June 23rd: Saint Thomas Garnet, SJBorn: 1574 Died: 23 June 1608 Beatified:1929 Canonized: 1970 St. Thomas Garnet was born in 1574 at Southwark, England as the son of an Oxford don. Because Catholic colleges had been turned over to aggressive Protestants, young Thomas went to the continent in 1593 to attend the newly opened Jesuit…
June 19th: Blessed Thomas Woodhouse, SJBorn : 1535 Died : June 19, 1573 Beatified : December 9, 1886 Fr Thomas Woodhouse was the first Jesuit to die for Christ in the conflict between the Catholic Church and the English monarchy between 1573 and 1679. Very little is known about his life prior to his imprisonment…
June 21st: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, SJBorn: Mar. 9, 1568 Died June 21, 1591 Canonized: Dec. 21, 1726 Feast Day June 21 Patron Saint of Youth St. Aloysius of Gonzaga was born in Castiglione, Italy. As the eldest son of the Marquis of Castiglione, an Italian nobleman, his father had great hopes that he would embark…
June 20th: Blessed Francis Pacheco, SJ and 8 companions Francis Pacheco,SJ: Beatified by Pope Pius IX on May 7, 1867. Fr Pacheco was the most experienced Jesuit who died a martyr during the Great Persecution in Japan between 1617 and 1632. At the time of his arrest, he was provincial superior of the Jesuits and…