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Today, October 3, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Columba Marmion (Irish, priest, seminary professor, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, d. 1923 [beatified in 2000])
St. Gerard of Brogne (Belgian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, d. 959)
St. Hesychius (Palestinian, hermit, c. 380)
St. John of Dukla (Polish, Franciscan priest, d. 1484 [canonized in 1997])
Bl. Mother Theodore Guerin (French, superior of U.S. missionary house of Sisters of Providence, d. 1856 in Indiana [beatified in 1998])

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 (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 03, 2001

Answers

Mother Theodore and five other sisters, sent from their French homeland, established the Academy of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods on July 4, 1841, at Terre Haute, Indiana. It was the first Catholic women's liberal arts college in the United States.
They also opened eleven other schools in Indiana, founded an orphanage for girls and one for boys, and opened pharmacies where medicines were dispensed free to the poor.

-- (_@_._), October 03, 2001.

[Here are some October 3 saints to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

St. Adalgott (French, Cistercian abbot, bishop, champion of the sick, d. 1165)
St. Froilan of Lugo (Spanish, Benedictine monk, bishop, miracle worker, d. 905)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 03, 2002.

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On October 3, 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:

St. Adalgott of Chur (French, Cistercian abbot, bishop, champion of the sick, d. 1165)
St. Candidus of Rome (early martyr)
Bl. Columba Marmion of Dublin (Irish, priest, seminary professor, Benedictine abbot in Belgium, d. 1923 [beatified in 2000])
St. Cyprian of Toulon (French, monk, bishop, 6th century)
Sts. Dionysius, Faustus, Gaius, Peter, Paul, and companions (Roman?, banished to Libya, martyred in Egypt in 257)
Bl. Dominic Spadafora of Randazzo (Italian, Dominican priest, d. 1521)
St. Ebontius of Comminges (French, Benedictine abbot, bishop in Spain, d. 1104)
St. Froilan of Lugo (Spanish, Benedictine monk, bishop, miracle worker, d. 905)
St. Gerard of Brogne (Belgian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot, d. 959)
St. Hesychius of Majuma (Palestinian, hermit, c. 380)
St. John of Dukla [Jan] (Polish, Franciscan priest, d. 1484 [canonized in 1997])
St. Maximian of Bagae (North African, bishop, persecuted by Donatist heretics, d. 404)
St. Menna of Lorraine (French, virgin, d. 395)
Bl. [Mother] Theodore Guérin of Etables-sur-Mer [baptized Anne-Thérèse] (French, superior of U.S. missionary house of Sisters of Providence, d. 1856 in Indiana [beatified in 1998])
St. Thomas of Hereford (English, Oxford teacher and chancellor, bishop, died in Italy in 1292 [canonized 1320])
St. Widradus of Flavigny [also known as St. Ware] (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 747)

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), October 03, 2003.