Displaying items by tag: Calendar of Feasts and Memorials
Bl. Angelo Paoli - Liturgy of the Hours
St. Raphael of St. Joseph (OCD), Priest
19 November Optional Memorial in the province of Poland
Raphael of St. Joseph (in lay life: Joseph Kalinowski) was born at Vilna to a Polish family on 1st September 1835 and died at Wadowice on 15th November 1907.
Bl. Maria Teresa Scrilli, Virgin
13 November Optional Memorial in the Italian Provinces
Maria Teresa Scrilli (1825-1889) founded the Congregation at Montevarchi (Arezzo) on October 15, 1854, with the approval of the Bishop of Fiesole, the superiors of the Order, and with the agreement of the Grand Duke Leopold II.
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (OCD), Virgin and Martyr
9 August Memorial
(Feast in the provinces of Europe: Patron of Europe)
Edith Stein was born at Breslau on 12th October 1891 to German Jewish parents, and after her secondary education, she enroled in the department of philosophy in the city university.
St. Teresa of Jesus ’de Los Andes’ (OCD), Virgin
13 July Optional Memorial in Latin America
Juana Fernandez Solar was born on 13th July 1900 at Santiago in Chile, to Christian middle-class parents. Two days after her birth, she was baptized.
Bl. Maria Crocifissa Curcio, Virgin
4 July Optional Memorial in the Italian provinces
Mother M. Crocifissa Curcio was born on 30 January 1877 in Ispica (Rg), Italy. From the time of her adolescence she realised that she was called to follow Christ in a radical manner,
St. Simon Stock, Religious
16 May Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial the province of Great Britain)
As far as can be ascertained from the earliest references, Simon Stock was an English Prior General, known for his holy way of life, who died about 1265 in Bordeaux in France.
St. George Preca, Priest
9 May Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial in the province of Malta)
Saint George Preca was born in Malta on 12 February 1880. He lived in Valletta, the capital of Malta, near the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Bl. Ángel M. Prat Hostench, Lucas of St. Joseph Tristany Pujol and Companions, martyrs
4 May Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial in the Provinces of Spain)
In 1936, thirty-six Spanish religious, members of various Carmelite communities, gave their lives in defense and witness of their Christian faith and consecration to Jesus Christ.
Bl. Francis Palau y Quer, (OCD), Priest
7 November Optional Memorial in the Provinces of Spain
Francis Palau y Quer was born on 29th December 1811 at Aytona in Spain.
