Daily Archives: July 21, 2012

Martyrology-July 22nd Roman Martyrology-July 22nd- on this date in various years- At Marseilles in France, the birthday of St. Mary Magdalene, out of whom our Lord expelled seven demons, and who deserved to be the first to see the Saviour after he had risen from the dead. At Philippi in Macedonia, St. Syntyche, mentioned by the blessed apostle Paul. At Ancyra in Galatia, the birthday of the martyr St. Plato. Under the lieutenant-governor Agrippinus, he was scourged, lacerated with iron Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 21st Roman Martyrology-July 21st- on this date in various years- At Rome, the holy virgin Praxedes, who was brought up in all chastity and in the knowledge of the divine law. Diligently attending to watching, prayer, and fasting, she rested in Christ, and was buried near her sister Pudentiana on the Salarian Way. At Babylon, the holy prophet Daniel. At Comana in Armenia, the holy bishop and martyr Zoticus, who was crowned under Severus. At Marseilles in France, Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 20th Roman Martyrology-July 20th- on this date in various years- St. Jerome Emiliani, confessor, founder of the Congregation of Somascha, the heavenly patron of all orphans and destitute children. He fell asleep in the Lord on the 8th of February. At Antioch, the passion of St. Margaret, virgin and martyr. On Mount Carmel, the holy prophet Elijah. In Judea, the birthday of blessed Joseph, surnamed the Just, whom the apostles selected with blessed Matthias for the Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 19th Roman Martyrology-July 19th- on this date in various years- St. Vincent de Paul, priest and confessor, founder of the priests of the Congregation of the Mission and the Sisters of Charity, the heavenly patron of all charitable organizations. He fell asleep in the Lord on the 27th of September. At Colossae in Phrygia, the birthday of St. Epaphras, whom the apostle St. Paul calls his fellow-prisoner. By the same apostle he was consecrated bishop of Colossae, where, becoming Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 18th Roman Martyrology-July 18th- on this date in various years- St. Camillus de Lellis, priest and confessor, founder of the Clerks Regular Ministering to the Sick, the heavenly patron of hospitals and of the sick, whose birthday is the 14th day of July. At Tivoli, in the time of Emperor Hadrian, St. Symphorosa, wife of the martyr St. Getulius, with her seven sons, Crescens, Julian, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justin, Stacteus, and Eugene. The mother, because of her invincible Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 17th Roman Martyrology-July 17th- on this date in various years- At Rome, St. Alexius, confessor, son of the senator Euphemian. Leaving his spouse before the night of marriage, he withdrew from his house, and after a long pilgrimage, returned to Rome where he was for seventeen years harboured in his father’s house as an unknown pauper, thus deluding the world in this strange way. After his death, however, becoming known through a voice heard in the churches of the city, and Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 16th Roman Martyrology-July 16th- on this date in various years- The feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. At Sebaste in Armenia, the holy martyrs Athenogenes, bishop, and ten of his disciples, in the time of Emperor Diocletian. At Treves, St. Valentine, bishop and martyr. At Cordova in Spain, St. Sisenand, cleric and martyr, who was strangled by the Saracens for the faith of Christ. The same day, the birthday of St. Faustus, martyr, under Decius. Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 15th Roman Martyrology-July 15th- on this date in various years- St. Henry I, Roman emperor and confessor, whose birthday was noted on the 13th of this month. At Lyons in France, the death of St. Bonaventure, cardinal and bishop of Albano, confessor and doctor of the Church, of the Order of Friars Minor, who is famed for his learning and the sanctity of his life. His feast is celebrated on the previous day. At Pavia, St. Felix, bishop and martyr. At Porto, the birthday Read more [...]

This is what Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller has said regarding the SSPX to Süeddeutsche Zeitung, Jul-21-2012. Translation please. Thanks! Eine andere Baustelle, die Sie übernehmen, sind die Verhandlungen mit der traditionalistischen Priesterbruderschaft Pius X. Die hat nun die Bedingungen derGlaubenskongregation für eine Rückkehr in die katholische Kirche abgelehnt. Das Ende der Verhandlungen? Zur katholischen Kirche gehört man, wenn man bestimmte Voraussetzungen erfüllt –vor allem die Read more [...]

Martyrology-July 14th Roman Martyrology-July 14th- on this date in various years- St. Bonaventure of the Order of Friars Minor, cardinal and bishop of Albano, confessor and doctor of the Church, who passed to the Lord on the day following this. At Rome, the birthday of St. Camillus de Lellis, priest and confessor, founder of the Clerks Regular for Ministering to the Sick. Pope Benedict XIV numbered him among the saints because of the fame of his miracles and virtues; Pope Leo XIII appointed Read more [...]