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Today, September 18, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St Hygbald (English, Benedictine abbot, c. 690)
St. Irene (martyred by beheading in Egypt c. 200)
St. John de Massias (Spanish, Dominican brother in Peru, d. 1645 [canonized 1975])
St. Joseph of Cupertino (Italian, Franciscan priest, mystic known for ecstatic levitation ["the flying friar"], d. 1663)
St. Methodius of Olympus (theologian admired by St. Jerome, bishop in what are modern Turkey and Lebanon, martyred c. 311)
St. Richardis (Alsatian, empress of Holy Roman Empire in 881, then Benedictine nun, d. 895)
St. Thomas of Villanova (Spanish, Augustinian, professor, archbishop, d. 1555)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John


-- J. F. Gecik (jgecik@amdg.ihs), September 18, 2001

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A university in Pennsylvania is named after St. Thomas of Villanova.

-- (_@_._), September 18, 2001.

[Here are some September 18 saints to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Dominic Trach Doai (Vietnamese, priest, Dominican tertiary, martyred by beheading in 1842 [canonized 1988])
St. Ferreolus of Vienne (army officer in France, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Ferreolus of Limoges (French, bishop, d. 591)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 18, 2002.

Jmj

On September 18, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Charles Eraņa Guruceta of Aozaraza-Arechavaleta [Carlos], Bl. Fidel Fuidio Rodriguez of Yeroca, and Bl. Jesus Hita Miranda of Calagurri (Spanish, Marist religious, martyred during Civil War in 1936 [beatified 1995])
St. Dominic Trach Doai of Tonkin (Vietnamese, priest, Dominican tertiary, martyred by beheading at age 49 in 1842 [canonized 1988])
St. Ferreolus of Vienne (army officer in France, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Ferreolus of Limoges (French, bishop, d. 591)
St. Hygbald of Bardney (English, Benedictine abbot, c. 690)
St. Irene (martyred by beheading in Egypt c. 200)
St. John de Massias of Ribera del Fresno [Juan] (Spanish, Dominican brother in Peru, d. 1645 [canonized 1975])
St. Joseph Desa of Cupertino [Giuseppe] [The Flying Friar] (Italian, Franciscan priest, mystic known for ecstatic levitation, d. 1663)
St. Methodius of Olympus (theologian admired by St. Jerome, bishop in what are modern Turkey and Lebanon, martyred c. 311)
St. Richardis of Andlau (Alsatian, empress of Holy Roman Empire in 881, Benedictine nun, d. 895)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 20, 2003.