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On September 18, 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:

Bl. Charles Erańa Guruceta of Aozaraza-Arechavaleta [Carlos], Bl. Fidel Fuidio Rodriguez of Yeroca, and Bl. Jesus Hita Miranda of Calagurri (Spanish, Marist religious, martyred during Civil War [at ages 51, 56, and 36] in 1936 [beatified 1995])
St. Dominic Trach Doai of Tonkin (Vietnamese, priest, Dominican tertiary, martyred by beheading at age 49 in 1842 [beatified 1900, canonized 1988])
St. Ferreolus of Vienne (army officer in France, martyred by beheading in 304)
St. Ferreolus of Limoges (French, bishop, d. 591)
St. Hygbald of Bardney (British, Benedictine abbot, c. 690)
St. Irene (martyred by beheading in Egypt c. 200)
St. John de Massias of Ribera del Fresno [Juan] (Spanish, Dominican brother in Peru, died at age 60 in 1645 [beatified 1837, canonized 1975])
St. Joseph Desa of Cupertino [Giuseppe] [“The Flying Friar”] (Italian, Franciscan priest, mystic known for ecstatic levitation, died at age 60 in 1663 [beatified 1753, canonized 1767])
Bl. Joseph Kut of Slawin [Józef] (Polish, diocesan priest, martyred by Nazis at Dachau [Germany] at age 37 in 1942 [beatified 1999])
St. Methodius of Olympus (theologian admired by St. Jerome, bishop of Olympus [in Asia Minor (Turkey)], bishop of Tyre [in what is now Lebanon], martyred c. 311)
St. Richardis of Andlau (Alsatian, empress of Holy Roman Empire in 881, Benedictine nun, died at about age 56 in 895)

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. Additional 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), September 18, 2004

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