Jmj

Today, September 14, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the Exaltation (or Triumph) of the Holy Cross.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

Bl. Gabriel John Tauin du Fresse (French, missionary bishop in China, martyred by beheading in 1815)
St. Notburga (Austrian, maidservant, d. 1313)

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 (jgecik@amdg.ihs), September 14, 2001

Answers

-- (_@_._), September 14, 2001.

[Here are some September 14 saints to be added to those listed in the opening message:]

Sts. Caerealis and Sallustia (Roman, soldier and wife, martyred in 251)
King St. Cormac of Cashel (Irish, monarch, bishop, d. 908)
Sts. Crescentian, Victor, Rosula, and Generalis (North African, martyred c. 258)
St. Crescentius of Perugia (Italian, 11-year-old boy, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 300)
St. Maternus of Cologne (German, bishop, c. 326)

JFG

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), September 15, 2002.

Jmj

On September 14, we members of the Catholic Church family celebrate the feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross of the Lord.
We also honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

Sts. Caerealis and Sallustia of Rome (Italian, soldier and wife, martyred in 251)
King St. Cormac of Cashel (Irish, monarch, bishop, d. 908)
Sts. Crescentian, Victor, Rosula, and Generalis (North African, martyred c. 258)
St. Crescentius of Perugia (Italian, 11-year-old boy, tortured and martyred by beheading c. 300)
St. Gabriel John Taurin Dufresse of Ville-de-Lezoux [Gabriel-Jean] (French, religious of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, bishop in China, martyred by beheading at age 65 in 1815)
St. Notburga of Rattenburg (Austrian, maidservant, d. 1313)
St. Maternus of Cologne (German, bishop, c. 326)

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), September 14, 2003.