Jmj

Today, June 27, we members of the Catholic Church family honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Cyril of Alexandria (Egyptian, monk, patriarch, opposed Nestorian heresy, Doctor of the Church, d. 444)
St. Anectus (Palestinian, martyred in 303)
St. Arialdus of Milan (Italian, deacon, martyred in 1066)
St. Arianell (Welsh, nun, 6th century)
Bl. Benvenuto of Gubbio (Italian, soldier, disciple of St. Francis of Assisi, cared for lepers, d. 1232)
St. Crescens (disciple of St. Paul [2 Timothy 4], martyred in 2nd century)
St. Deodatus of Nola (Italian, bishop, d. 473)
Bl. Eppo of Mallersdorf (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1143)
St. Ferdinand of the Angels [Fernando de Aragon] (Spanish, bishop, 13th century)
St. Hadelin of Crespin (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, c. 700)
St. John of Chinon (French, hermit, queen's spiritual advisor, 6th century)
Bl. Joseph Hien and Bl. Thomas Toan (Vietnamese, Dominican priest and catechist, martyred [one beheaded, one exposed] in 1840 [canonized 1988])
King St. Ladislaus I [Laszlo] (Hungarian, died in Slovakia in 1095)
St. Samson the Hospitable (Constantinopolitan [Turkish], medical doctor, priest, founder of hospital, c. 530)
St. Zoilus and 19 companions (Spanish, martyred c. 301)

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 27, 2002

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-- ss (sss@ss.sss), June 27, 2002.

Hello, John.

This was a special day in our family. My beautiful wife Heidi tuned thirty one years of age, and our lovely daughter Julia turned four years of age.

I am so blessed by the Lord to have my family that God gave me.

I didn't know that the twenty seventh was the feast day of "Our Lady of Perputual help". I was excited to read that.

I also feel blessed to have a friend like you, John. I have learned much from you, and look forward to learning a lot more from you. :-)

Thank you for putting the Saints up every day. I havn't come across a site on the internet that is as informative as yours on the forum, about the different Saint feastdays are celebrated.

I rember that you were the only one that knew when St. Padre Pio's feast day was celebrated that I read on the internet last year. Chris B and I were happy about that. :-) We love Padre Pio and Marylu does too.

God bless you.

David

-- David (David@excite.com), June 28, 2002.

A most happy (but belated) birthday to Heidi and Julia, dear David. I am very sorry not to have read your message until today, having fallen behind at the forum due to work-related pressures.
Thanks for your kind words about the saints' threads. I love putting together the little capsule comments. These heroes help me to keep pressing on when the going gets rough.
God bless you. John

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), June 30, 2002.

Jmj

On June 27, 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. Cyril of Alexandria (Egyptian, monk, patriarch, opposed Nestorian heresy, Doctor of the Church, d. 444)

St. Anectus of Caesarea (Palestinian, martyred in 303)
St. Arialdo of Milan (Italian, deacon, martyred in 1066)
St. Arianell (Welsh, nun, 6th century)
Bl. Benvenuto of Gubbio (Italian, soldier, disciple of St. Francis of Assisi, cared for lepers, d. 1232)
St. Crescens of Galatia (disciple of St. Paul [2 Timothy 4], bishop, martyred in 2nd century)
St. Deodatus of Nola (Italian, bishop, d. 473)
Bl. Eppo of Mallersdorf (German, Benedictine abbot, d. 1143)
St. Ferdinand of the Angels de Aragon [Fernando] (Spanish, bishop, 13th century)
St. Hadelin of Crespin (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, c. 700)
St. John of Chinon (French, hermit, queen's spiritual advisor, 6th century)
Sts. Joseph Do Quang Hien of Annam and Thomas Toan of Tonkin (Vietnamese, Dominican priest and catechist, martyred [one beheaded, one exposed] in 1840 [canonized 1988])
King St. Ladislaus I of Neustra [Laszlo] (Hungarian, died in Slovakia in 1095)
Bl. Louise Therese de Montaignac de Chauvance of Le-Havre-de-Grace (French, virgin, founded Oblates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, d. 1885 [beatified 1990])
Bl. Margaret Bays of La Pierraz [Marguerite] (Swiss, virgin, Franciscan tertiary, stigmatist, d. 1879 [beatified 1995])
St. Samson the Hospitable of Constantinople (from Asia Minor [Turkish], medical doctor, priest, founder of hospital, c. 530)
St. Zoilus and 19 companions, of Cordova (Spanish, martyred c. 301)

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 27, 2003.