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Today, June 12, 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. Amphion of Nicomedia (Cilician [Turkish], bishop, d. 325)
St. Antonia (from Asia Minor?, virgin, martyred c. 304?)
Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius (early martyrs [beheaded] in Rome)
St. Christian O'Morgair of Clogher (Irish, bishop, d. 1138)
St. Cunera (British, virgin)
St. Eskil (English, missionary in Sweden, bishop, martyred [stoned] by pagans c. 1080)
St. Gaspar Bertoni (Italian, visionary as a child, priest, chaplain to sisters, spiritual counselor, founder of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ [Stigmatines], d. 1835 [canonized 1989])
St. Gerebald of Châlons-sur-Seine (French, bishop, d. 885)
Bl. Helen of Gnesen [Jolenta] (Polish, princess, duchess, widow, superior of convent, d. 1298)
St. John of Sahagun [Juan Gonzales de Castrillo] (Spanish, priest, Augustinian prior, mystic, d. 1479)
Pope St. Leo III (Roman, priest, cardinal, elected to papacy in 795, crowned first head of Holy Roman Empire [Bl. Charlemagne], reigned until death in 816)
Bl. Louis Naisen (Japanese, martyred by beheading at age 7 in Nagasaki in 1626)
Sts. Marinus, Vimius, and Zimius (German, Benedictine monks, hermits, 12th century)
St. Odulf of Stavoren (Belgian, parish priest, missionary in Holland, died c. 855)
St. Olympius of Enos (Rumelian [Bulgarian], bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, c. 344)
St. Onuphrius (Egyptian, desert hermit for 70 years, c. 400)
Bl. Placid of Val d'Ocre (Italian, hermit, Cistercian abbot, d. 1248)
Bl. Stephen Bandelli (Italian, nobleman, Dominican priest, university lecturer, d. 1450)
St. Ternan of Culross (Scottish, missionary bishop, 5th century)

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), June 12, 2002

Answers

-- (_@_._), June 12, 2002.

My husband and I contribute as laics with the site of the "Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata" - www.estigmatinos.com.br/En_index. You can find there more information about St. Gaspar Bertoni, the founder. We have more information, also, in English and Portuguese languages, and link to the General Office website for Italian language. We like to study the life of the saints, in special of St. Gaspar Bertoni, the "Apostlhe of the Youth". If you need more information, please e-mail us any time. Thank you. May God bless.

-- Tereza C S Lopes (Vicente.Lopes@verizon.net), November 10, 2002.

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On June 12, 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. Amphion of Nicomedia (Cilician [Turkish], bishop, d. 325)
St. Antonia (from Asia Minor?, virgin, martyred c. 304?)
Sts. Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius (early martyrs [beheaded] in Rome)
St. Caspar Bertoni of Verona [Gaspare] (Italian, visionary as a child, priest, chaplain to sisters, spiritual counselor, founder of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ [Stigmatines], d. 1835 [canonized 1989])
St. Christian O'Morgair of Clogher (Irish, bishop, d. 1138)
St. Cunera (British, virgin)
St. Eskil of Strangnäss (English, missionary in Sweden, bishop, martyred [stoned] by pagans c. 1080)
St. Gerebald of Châlons-sur-Seine (French, bishop, d. 885)
Bl. Guy Vignotelli of Cortona [Guido] (Italian, Franciscan friar, d. 1245)
Bl. Helen of Gnesen [Jolanta] (Polish, princess, duchess, widow, superior of convent, d. 1298)
St. John Gonzales de Castrillo of Sahagun [Juan] (Spanish, priest, Augustinian prior, mystic, d. 1479)
Bl. Lawrence Mary of St. Francis Xavier Salvi of Rome [Lorenzo Maria di San Francesco Saverio] (Italian, Passionist priest and superior, itinerant missionary, promoter of Holy Childhood of Jesus, d. 1856 [beatified 1989])
Pope St. Leo III of Rome (Italian, priest, cardinal, elected to papacy in 795, crowned first head of Holy Roman Empire [Bl. Charlemagne], reigned until death in 816)
Bl. Louis Nai-sen (Japanese, martyred by beheading at age 7 in Nagasaki in 1626)
Sts. Marinus, Vimius, and Zimius, of Regensburg (German, Benedictine monks, hermits, 12th century)
Bl. Mercedes Mary of Jesus Molina of Baba [Mercedes Maria de Jesus] (Ecuadoran, virgin, founded Institute of the Sisters of St. Mary Ann of Jesus, d. 1883 [beatified 1985])
St. Odulf of Stavoren (Belgian, parish priest, missionary in Holland, died c. 855)
St. Olympius of Enos (Rumelian [Bulgarian], bishop, opponent of Arian heresy, c. 344)
St. Onuphrius (Egyptian, desert hermit for 70 years, c. 400)
Bl. Placid of Val d'Ocre [Placido] (Italian, hermit, Cistercian abbot, d. 1248)
Blessed Martyrs of Poland of World War II (Polish, 108 people [approximate numbers: 3 bishops, over 80 priests and seminarians, over 10 religious brothers, religious sisters, and laypersons], many helped Jews, martyred by Nazis in Poland and Germany [Dachau, Auschwitz, etc.] between 1939 and 1945 [beatified 1999])
--- [Bishops:]
----- Bl. Anthony Julian Nowowiejski [Antoni Julian] (archbishop, refused to step on crucifix at Dzialdowo concentration camp, died at age 83 in 1941)
----- Bl. Ladislaus Goral [Wladyslaw] (died at age 47 in 1945)
----- Bl. Leon Wetmanski (died at age 55 in 1941)
--- [Diocesan priests:]
----- Bl. Henry Kaczorowski [Henryk] (seminary rector, died at age 54 in 1942)
----- Bl. Anicletus Koplinski [Anicet] (died at age 66 in 1941)
----- Bl. Michael Bohatkiewicz [Mieczyslaw] (died at age 38 in 1942)
----- Bl. Ladislaus Mackowiak [Wladyslaw] (died at age 32 in 1942)
----- Bl. Stanislaus Pyrtek [Stanislaw] (died at age 29 in 1942)
----- Bl. Maximilian Binkiewicz [Maksymilian] (died at age 29 in 1942)
----- Bl. Louis Gietyngier [Ludwik] (died at age 37 in 1941)
----- Bl. Anthony Beszta-Borowski [Antoni] (died at age 63 in 1943)
----- Bl. Marian Gorecki (died at age 37 in 1940)
----- Bl. Bronislaus Komorowski [Bronislaw] (died at age 51 in 1940)
----- Bl. Francis Rogaczewski [Franciszek] (died at age 38 in 1940)
----- Bl. John Nepomucene Chrzan [Jan Nepomucen] (died at age 57 in 1942)
----- Bl. Francis Dachtera [Franciszek] (died at age 32 in 1942)
----- Bl. Ladislaus Demski [Wladyslaw] (died at age 56 in 1940)
----- Bl. Stanislaus Kubski [Stanislaw] (died at age 66 in 1942)
----- Bl. Ladislaus Maczkowski [Wladyslaw] (died at age 31 in 1942)
----- Bl. Marian Skrzypczak (died at age 30 in 1939)
----- Bl. Alexis Sobaszek [Aleksy] (died at age 47 in 1942)
----- Bl. Anthony Swiadek [Antoni] (died at age 36 in 1945)
----- Bl. Joseph Czempiel [Józef] (died at age 57 in 1942)
----- Bl. Emil Szramek (died at age 55 in 1942)
----- Bl. Joseph Pawlowski [Józef] (died at age 52 in 1942)
----- Bl. Peter Edward Dankowski [Piotr] (died at age 34 in 1942)
----- Bl. Casimir Gostynski [Kazimierz] (died at age 58 in 1942)
----- Bl. Stanislaus Mysakowski [Stanislaw] (died at age 46 in 1942)
----- Bl. Sigmund Pisarski [Zygmunt] (died at age 39 in 1943)
----- Bl. Stanislaus Starowieyski [Stanislaw] (died at about age 46 in 1940 or 1941)
----- Bl. Anthony Zawistowski [Antoni] (died at age 60 in 1942)
----- Bl. Adam Bargielski (died at age 39 in 1942)
----- Bl. Michael Piaszczynski [Michal] (died at age 55 in 1940)
----- Bl. Marian Konopinski (died at age 36 in 1943)
----- Bl. Joseph Kut [Józef] (died at age 37 in 1942)
----- Bl. Vladimir Laskowski [Wlodzimierz] (died at age 54 in 1940)
----- Bl. Narcissus Putz [Narcyz] (died at age 65 in 1942)
----- Bl. Casimir Grelewski [Kazimierz] (died at age 37 in 1942)
----- Bl. Steven Grelewski [Stefan] (died at age 42 in 1941)
----- Bl. Francis Roslaniec [Franciszek] (died at age 53 in 1942)
----- Bl. William Strzelecki [Boleslaw] (died at age 45 in 1941)
----- Bl. Casimir Sykulski [Kazimierz] (died at age 60 in 1942)
----- Bl. Anthony Rewera [Antoni] (died at age 74 in 1942)
----- Bl. Roman Archutowski (died at age 61 in 1943)
----- Bl. Edward Detkens (died at age 57 in 1942)
----- Bl. Michael Ozieblowski [Michal] (died at age 42 in 1942)
----- Bl. Sigmund Sajna [Zygmunt] (died at age 43 in 940)
----- Bl. Michael Wozniak [Michal] (died at age 67 in 1942)
----- Bl. Edward Grzymala (died at age 36 in 1942)
----- Bl. Henry Hlebowicz [Henryk] (died at age 37 in 1941)
----- Bl. Dominic Jedrzejewski [Dominik] (died at age 56 in 1942)
----- Bl. Joseph Kurzawa [Józef] (died at age 30 in 1940)
----- Bl. Vincent Matuszewski [Wincenty] (died at age 71 in 1940)
----- Bl. Leon Nowakowski (died at age 26 in 1939)
----- Bl. Joseph Straszewski [Józef] (died at age 57 in 1942)
----- Bl. Roman Sitko (died at age 62 in 1942)
----- Bl. Francis Drzewiecki [Franciszek] (died at age 34 in 1942)
--- [Religious order priests and seminarians:]
----- Bl. Michael Czartoryski [Michal] [baptized Jan (John)] (Dominican, died at age 47 in 1944)
----- Bl. Christian Gondek [Krystyn] [baptized Wojciech (Adalbert)] (Franciscan, died at age 33 in 1942)
----- Bl. Martin Oprzadek [Marcin] [baptized Jan (John)] (Franciscan, died at age 58 in 1942)
----- Bl. Narcissus Turchan [Narcyz] [baptized Jan (John)] (Franciscan, died at age 63 in 1942)
----- Bl. Bruno Zembol [Brunon] [baptized Jan (John)] (Franciscan, died at age 37 in 1942)
----- Bl. Fidelis Chojnacki [baptized Hieronim (Jerome)] (Franciscan, died at age 36 in 1942)
----- Bl. Symforian Ducki [baptized Felix] (Capuchin, died at age 54 in 1942)
----- Bl. Henry Krzysztofik [Henryk] [baptized Józef (Joseph)] (Capuchin, died at age 34 in 1942)
----- Bl. Florian Stepniak [baptized Józef (Joseph)] (Capuchin, died at age 30 in 1942)
----- Bl. Antoninus Bajewski [Antonin] [baptized Jan Eugeniusz (John Eugene)] (Franciscan, died at age 26 in 1941)
----- Bl. Pius Bartosik [baptized Ludwik (Louis)] (Franciscan, died at age 32 in 1941)
----- Bl. Innocent Guz [Innocenty] [baptized Józef Wojciech (Joseph Adalbert)] (Franciscan, died at age 50 in 1940)
----- Bl. Achilles Puchala [baptized Józef (Joseph)] (Franciscan, died at age 32 in 1943)
----- Bl. Herman Stepien [baptized Karol (Charles)] (Franciscan, died at age 33 in 1943)
----- Bl. Alphonse Mary of the Holy Spirit Mazurek [Alfons Maria] [baptized Jozef (Joseph)] (Discalced Carmelite, died at age 53 in 1944)
----- Bl. Hilary Januszewski [baptized Pawel (Paul)] (Carmelite, died at age 38 in 1945)
----- Bl. George Kaszyra [Jerzy] (Marianist, died at age 33 in 1943)
----- Bl. Anthony Leszczewicz [Antoni] (Marianist, died at age 53 in 1943)
----- Bl. Ladislaus Bladzinski [Wladyslaw] (Michaelite, died at age 36 in 1944)
----- Bl. Adalbert Nierychlewski [Wojciech] (Michaelite, died at age 39 in 1942)
----- Bl. Joseph Cebula [Józef] (Oblate of Mary Immaculate, died at age 39 in 1941)
----- Bl. Stanislaus Kubista [Stanislaw] (Divine Word Missionary, died at age 42 in 1940)
----- Bl. Aloysius Liguda [Alojzy] (Divine Word Missionary, died at age 44 in 1942)
----- Bl. Louis Mzyk [Ludwik] (Divine Word Missionary, died at age 45 in 1940)
----- Bl. Gregory Frackowiak [Grzegorz] [baptized Boleslaw (William)] (Divine Word Missionary, died at age 32 in 1943)
----- Bl. Joseph Jankowski [Józef] (Palottine, died at age 31 in 1941)
----- Bl. Joseph Stanek [Józef] (Palottine, died at age 28 in 1944)
----- Bl. Joseph Kowalski [Józef] (Salesian, died at age 31 in 1942)
----- Bl. Ladislaus Miegon [Wladyslaw] (priest of Military Ordinariate, died at age 50 in 1942)
----- Bl. Thaddeus Dulny [Tadeusz] (died at age 28 in 1942)
----- Bl. Bronislaus Kostkowski [Bronislaw] (died at age 27 in 1942)
----- Bl. Chester Jozwiak [Czeslaw] (died at age 23 in 1942)
----- Bl. Edward Kazmierski (died at age 23 in 1942)
----- Bl. Francis Kesy [Franciszek] (died at age 22 in 1942)
----- Bl. Edward Klinik (died at age 23 in 1942)
----- Bl. Jarogniew Wojciechowski (died at age 20 in 1942)
--- [Religious brothers and sisters:]
----- Bl. Joseph Zaplata [Józef] (member of Congregation of Christian Brothers, died at age 41 in 1945)
----- Bl. Timothy Trojanowski [Tymoteusz] [baptized Stanislaw Antoni (Stanislaus Anthony)] (Franciscan, died at age 34 in 1942)
----- Bl. Boniface Zlukowski [Bonifacy] [baptized Piotr (Peter)] (Franciscan, died at age 29 in 1942)
----- Bl. Anastasius Pankiewicz [Anastazy] [baptized Jakub (James)] (Franciscan, died at age 60 in 1942)
----- Bl. Julia Rodzinska [baptized Stanislava (Estelle)] (Dominican, died at age 46 in 1945)
----- Bl. Maria Teresa of the Child Jesus Kowalska [baptized Mieczyslawa] (Poor Clare Capuchin, died at age 39 in 1941)
----- Bl. Katharine Celeste Faron [Katarzyna Celestyna] (Sister Servant of the Immaculate Conception, died at age 31 in 1944)
----- Bl. Maria Antonina Kratochwil [baptized Maria Anna (Mary Ann)] (School Sister of Notre Dame, died at age 61 in 1942)
----- Bl. Mary Clement of the Crucified Jesus Staszewska [Maria Klemensa] [baptized Elena (Ellen)] (Ursuline, died at age 53 in 1943)
----- Bl. Alicia Kotowska [Alicja] [baptized Maria Jadwiga (Mary Hedwig)] (Resurrectionist, died at age 40 in 1939)
----- Bl. Mary Eve of the Providence Noiszewska [Maria Ewa] [baptized Bogumila] (Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, died at age 57 in 1942)
----- Bl. Mary Martha of Jesus Wolowska [Maria Marta] [baptized Kazimiera] (Immaculatian, died at age 63 in 1942)
--- [Laity:]
----- Bl. Mary Ann Biernacka [Marianna] (died at age 55 in 1943)
----- Bl. Francis Stryjas [Franciszek] (died at age 62 in 1944)
----- Bl. Natalie Tulasiewicz [Natalia] (died at age 39 in 1945)
Bl. Stephen Bandelli of Castelnuovo [Stefano] (Italian, nobleman, Dominican priest, university lecturer, d. 1450) St. Ternan of Culross (Scottish, missionary bishop, 5th century)

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), June 12, 2003.

Late in 2003 and early in 2004, Pope John Paul II beatified sixteen servants of God. The following one was assigned this calendar day for yearly commemoration.

Bl. Mary Candida of the Eucharist Barba of Catazaro [Maria Candida dell'Eucharistia] [baptized Maria] (Italian, daughter of a judge in Sicily, Discalced Carmelite sister at age 35, prioress, died at age 65 in 1949 [beatified 2004])
[In Latin, "candida" means "shining white."]

-- (jfgecik@spamfreeHotmail.com), May 07, 2004.