Jmj

Today, May 30, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

King St. Ferdinand III [Fernando] (Spanish, monarch, father of thirteen, d. 1252 [incorruptible])
St. Gabinus (Sardinian [Italian], preacher, martyred c. 130)
St. Gamo (French, abbot, 8th century)
St. Hubert of Bretigny (French, Benedictine monk, c. 714)
St. Isaac (abbot in Asia Minor [Turkey], opposed Arian heresy, c. 410)
Bl. James Bertoni (Italian, Servite friar, d. 1483)
St. Joan of Arc [Jeanne d'Arc] ["Maid of Orleans"] (French, shepherdess, mystic, led French troops at age 17, executed by burning at age 19 in 1431 [canonized 1920])
St. Joseph Marello [Giuseppe] (Italian, founder of Oblates of St. Joseph, bishop, d. 1895 [canonized 2001])
St. Walstan (English, itinerant farm worker, d. 1016)

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), May 30, 2002

Answers

-- (_@_._), May 30, 2002.

May God, St Joan of Arc, John and you all good Catholics forgive me, but I couldn't resist:

What is the difference between Noha's Ark and Joan of Arc?:

Noha's Ark was made of wood, and Joan of Ark was "Maid of Orleans"

The saints do have a sense of humor and I bet they must get a good chuckle with our mistakes or jokes. Or am I mistaken?

Enrique

-- Enrique Ortiz (eaortiz@yahoo.com), May 31, 2002.

Thanks, Enrique. I like that one!
John

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), June 01, 2002.

Jmj

On May 30, 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. Anastasius of Pavia (bishop in Italy, d. 680)
Bl. Andrew Franchi of Pistoia (Italian, Dominican prior, bishop, d. 1401 [beatified 1921])
Sts. Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea (Cappadocian [Turkish], parents of four saints [including St. Basil the Great], c. 370)
St. Exuperantius of Ravenna (Italian, bishop, d. 418)
Pope St. Felix I of Rome (Italian, elected to papacy in 269, reigned until death [not martyred] in 274)
Sts. Crispulus and Gabinus of Torres (Italian, first missionaries to Sardinia, martyred c. 130)
King St. Ferdinand III [Fernando] (Spanish, monarch, father of thirteen, d. 1252 [incorruptible])
St. Gamo of Brétigny (French, abbot, 8th century)
St. Hubert of Brétigny (French, Benedictine monk, c. 714)
St. Isaac of Constantinople (abbot in Asia Minor [Turkey], opposed Arian heresy, c. 410)
Bl. James Bertoni of Faenza [Giacomo] (Italian, Servite priest and procurator, d. 1483)
St. Joan of Arc [Jeanne d'Arc] ["Maid of Orleans"] (French, virgin, illiterate shepherdess, mystic, led French troops at age 17, executed by burning at age 19 in 1431 [canonized 1920])
St. Joseph Marello of Turin [Giuseppe] (Italian, founder of Oblates of St. Joseph, bishop, d. 1895 [canonized 2001])
Bl. Laurence Richardson of Great Crosby [nee Johnson], Bl. Thomas Cottam of Dilworth, and Bl. William Filby of Oxfordshire (English, priests [Cottam a Jesuit], martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1582 [beatified 1929])
St. Luke Kirby of Richmond (English, priest, tortured and martyred at age 34 [drawn, hanged, quartered] under Elizabeth I in 1582 [canonized 1970])
St. Madelgisilus of Monstrelet (Irish, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 655)
Bl. Mariano di Nicolantonio of Roccacasale [baptized Domenico (Dominic)] (Italian, Franciscan friar, d. 1866 [beatified 1999])
Bl. Maurus Scott of Chigwell [baptized William] and Bl. Richard Newport of Harringworth [alias Smith] (English, priests [Scott a Benedictine], martyred [drawn, hanged, and quartered] under James I in 1612 [beatified 1929])
Sts. Sycus and Palatinus of Antioch (Syrian, early matryrs)
St. Venantius of Lérins (French, island hermit, c. 400)
St. Walstan of Norfolk (English, itinerant farm worker, d. 1016)

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), May 21, 2003.