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Today, March 15, 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. Aristobulus (Palestinian, disciple of Jesus, martyred in 1st century)
St. Clement Maria Hofbauer [baptized Jan Dvorák] (Moravian [from modern Czech Republic], baker, hermit, priest, Redemptorist missionary, died in Austria in 1820)
St. Leocritia of Córdoba (Spanish, convert from Islam, virgin, scourged and martyred by Muslims, in 859)
St. Longinus the Centurion (Cappadocian [Turkish], soldier who pierced Jesus, martyred in 1st century)
St. Louise de Marillac (French, widow, co-founder of Daughters of Charity, d. 1660 [canonized 1934])
St. Malcoldia of Asti (Italian, Benedictine hermitess, c. 1090)
St. Mancius of Evora (Roman, slave in Portugal, martyred in 5th century)
St. Matrona of Thessalonica (Greek, maidservant, virgin, martyred [scourged to death] by Jewish mistress c. 350)
St. Menignus (from Asia Minor [Turkish], cloth dyer, martyred by beheading in 251)
St. Nicander (Egyptian, physician, martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Probus of Rieti (Italian, bishop, c. 571)
St. Raymond of Fitero (Spanish, priest, Cistercian abbot, d. 1163)
St. Sisebutus of Cardena (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, d. 1082)
St. Speciosus of Terracina (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 555)
Bl. William Hart (English, priest, martyred by Elizabethans in 1583)
Pope St. Zachary I (Italian of Greek extraction, deacon, elected to papacy in 741, reigned until death in 752)

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), March 16, 2002

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-- (_@_._), March 16, 2002.

[From St. Clement Maria Hofbauer:]

"O Good Jesus, Author of our faith, preserve it pure within us; keep us safe in the bark of Peter, faithful and obedient to his successor, and Your vicar here on earth, so that the unity of the holy Church may be maintained, holiness fostered, the Holy See protected in freedom, and the Church universal extended to the benefit of souls. ... O Jesus, Author of our faith, let me live for You and die for You. Amen."


-- (_@_._), March 16, 2002.

Jmj

On March 15, 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. Aristobulus (Palestinian, disciple of Jesus [possibly Zebedee], martyred in 1st century)
Bl. Artemide Zatti of Boretto (Italian, Salesian brother, ran hospital and pharmacy in Argentina for forty years, d. 1951 [beatified 2002])
St. Clement Mary Hofbauer of Tasswitz [Klement Maria] [baptized Karel Dvorák] (Moravian [from modern Czech Republic], baker, hermit, priest, Redemptorist missionary, died in Austria in 1820 [canonized 1909])
Bl. John Adalbert Balicki of Staromiescie [Jan Wojciech] (Polish, diocesan priest, theology professor, d. 1948 [beatified 2002])
St. Leocritia of Córdoba (Spanish, convert from Islam, virgin, scourged and martyred by Muslims, in 859) St. Longinus (Cappadocian [Turkish], centurion who pierced Jesus with a lance, martyred in 1st century)
St. Louise de Marillac of Ferričres-en-Brie (French, widow, co-founder of Daughters of Charity, d. 1660 [canonized 1934])
St. Malcoldia of Asti (Italian, Benedictine hermitess, c. 1090)
St. Mancius of Evora (Roman, slave in Portugal, martyred in 5th century)
St. Matrona of Thessalonica (Greek, maidservant, virgin, martyred [scourged to death] by her Jewish mistress c. 350)
St. Menignus of Parium (from Asia Minor [Turkish], cloth dyer, martyred by beheading in 251)
St. Nicander (Egyptian, physician, martyred by beheading c. 304)
St. Probus of Rieti (Italian, bishop, c. 571)
St. Raymond of Fitero [Ramon] (Spanish, priest, Cistercian abbot, d. 1163)
St. Sisebuto of Cardena (Spanish, Benedictine abbot, d. 1082)
St. Speciosus of Terracina (Italian, Benedictine monk, c. 555)
Bl. William Hart of Wells (English, priest, martyred by hanging under Elizabeth I in 1583 [beatified 1886])
Pope St. Zachary I of San Severino (Italian of Greek extraction, deacon, elected to papacy in 741, reigned until death in 752)

If you have anything to share about these 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/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

[From St. Clement Maria Hofbauer:]
"O Good Jesus, Author of our faith, preserve it pure within us; keep us safe in the bark of Peter, faithful and obedient to his successor, and Your vicar here on earth, so that the unity of the holy Church may be maintained, holiness fostered, the Holy See protected in freedom, and the Church universal extended to the benefit of souls. ... O Jesus, Author of our faith, let me live for You and die for You. Amen."

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 15, 2003.

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