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Today, April 24, 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. Fidelis of Sigmaringen [baptized Mark Rey] (German, lawyer, philosophy teacher, Capuchin priest, martyred by heretics in Switzerland in 1622)
St. Alexander and 34 companions (Greek, martyred in 177)
St. Authaire of La Ferté (French, courtier, 7th century)
Sts. Bova and Doda (French, aunt and niece, Benedictine abbesses, 7th century)
Bl. Corona of Elche (Spanish, Benedictine nun)
St. Deodatus of Blois (French, hermit or abbot, c. 525)
St. Dyfnan (Welsh, chieftain's son, 5th century)
St. Egbert of Rathemigisi (English, Benedictine monk in Ireland and Scotland, d. 729)
Sts. Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four companions (Palestinian?, early martyrs)
Bl. Francis Colmenario (Spanish, missionary priest to Caribbean isles and Guatemala, d. 1590)
St. Gregory of Elvira (Spanish, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 394)
St. Honorius of Brescia (Italian, hermit, bishop, c. 586)
St. Ivo of Huntingdonshire (Persian [Iranian], hermit in England, bishop)
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier [baptized Rose Virginie] (French, member and superior of Institute of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge, foundress of related [but contemplative] Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, d. 1868 [canonized 1940])
St. Mellitus of Canterbury (Roman, Benedictine abbot in Italy and England, archbishop, d. 624)
St. Musa (Roman, girl, mystic, 6th century)
St. Sabas and 70 companions (officer and others, martyred in Rome in 272)
St. William Firmatus (French, hermit, d. 1103)

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), April 24, 2002

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[From St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier:]

"The Blessed Sacrament is the first and supreme object of our worship. We must preserve in the depths of our hearts a constant and uninterrupted, profound adoration of this precious pledge of Divine Love."


-- (_@_._), April 24, 2002.

Jmj

On April 24, 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. Fidelis of Sigmaringen [baptized Mark Rey] (German, lawyer, philosophy teacher, Capuchin priest, martyred by heretics in Switzerland in 1622)

St. Alexander and 34 companions (Greek and French, martyred in France in 177)
St. Authaire of La Ferté (French, courtier, 7th century)
St. Benedict Menni Figini of Milan [Benedetto] [baptized Angelo Ercole (Angelo Hercules)] (Italian, priest in Order of St. John of God Hospitaller, founded Congregation of Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, cared for elderly/abandoned children/polio victims/mentally ill, died in France in 1914 [canonized 1999])
Sts. Bova and Doda of Rheims (French, aunt and niece, Benedictine abbesses, 7th century)
Bl. Corona of Elche (Spanish, Benedictine nun)
St. Deodatus of Blois (French, hermit or abbot, c. 525)
St. Dyfnan of Anglesey (Welsh, chieftain's son, 5th century)
St. Egbert of Rathemigisi (English, Benedictine monk in Ireland and Scotland, d. 729)
Sts. Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four companions (Palestinian?, early martyrs)
Bl. Francis Colmenario [Francisco] (Spanish, missionary priest to Caribbean isles and Guatemala, d. 1590)
St. Gregory of Elvira (Spanish, bishop, opposed Arian heresy, c. 394)
St. Honorius of Brescia (Italian, hermit, bishop, c. 586)
St. Ivo of Huntingdonshire (Persian [Iranian], hermit in England, bishop, 7th century?)
St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier of Noirmoutier [Marie-Euphrasie] [baptized Rose Virginie (Rose Virginia)] (French, member and superior of Institute of Our Lady of Charity and Refuge, foundress of related [but contemplative] Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, d. 1868 [canonized 1940])
St. Mellitus of Canterbury (Roman, Benedictine abbot in Italy and England, archbishop, d. 624)
St. Musa of Rome (Italian, girl, mystic, 6th century)
St. Sabas and 70 companions (officer and others, martyred in Rome in 272)
St. William Firmatus of Saint-Venance [Guillaume] (French, hermit, d. 1103)

[From St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier:]
"The Blessed Sacrament is the first and supreme object of our worship. We must preserve in the depths of our hearts a constant and uninterrupted, profound adoration of this precious pledge of Divine Love."

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), April 24, 2003.