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June 20th: Blessed Francis Pacheco, SJ and 8 companions

June 20th: Blessed Francis Pacheco, SJ and 8 companions Francis Pacheco,SJ: Beatified by Pope Pius IX on May 7, 1867. Fr Pacheco was the most experienced Jesuit who died a martyr during the Great Persecution in Japan between 1617 and 1632. At the time of his arrest, he was provincial superior of the Jesuits and…

June 20th: Blessed William Harcourt, John Gavan, Anthony Turner, SJ

June 20th: Blessed William Harcourt, John Gavan, Anthony Turner, SJBl. William Harcourt, SJ; Bl.John Gavan, SJ; Bl. Anthony Turner, SJ Died : June 20, 1679 Beatified : Dec 15, 1929 Frs Harcourt, Gavan and Turner were three of the five Jesuits who were caught in the web of lies concocted by Titus Oates who falsely…

June 20th: Blessed Thomas Whitbread and BL John Fenwick, SJ

June 20th: Blessed Thomas Whitbread and BL John Fenwick, SJBL Thomas Whitbread: Born: circa 1618 Died : June 20, 1679 Beatified : December 15, 1929 BL John Fenwick: Born: circa 1626 Died : June 20, 1679 Beatified : December 15, 1929 Fr Thomas Whitbread, the provincial superior of the English Jesuits, Frs John Fenwick, William…

June 19th: Blessed Modeste Andlauer,SJ and Bl Remy Isore, SJ

June 19th: Blessed Modeste Andlauer,SJ and Bl Remy Isore, SJBl Modeste Andlauer, SJ Born : May 22, 1847 Died : June 19, 1900 Beatrified : April 17 Bl Remy Isore, SJ Born : January 22, 1852 Died : June 19, 1900 Beatified : April 17, 1955 Catholic missionaries were permitted to reenter China following the…

June 18th: Edward Billotet & 5 Companions, SJ

June 18th - Servant of God Edward Billotet & 5Companions, SJBorn: May 3, 1812 Died : June 18, 1860 Edward Billotet, a Frenchman was born in Villefrancon. He studied at the minor seminary of Luxeuil and later at the major seminary at Besancon. He was ordained a diocesan priest in 1836 and served for about…

June 9th: Blessed Joseph Imbert, SJ and John Nicholas Cordier, SJ

June 9th - Blessed Joseph Imbert, SJ and John Nicholas Cordier, SJBlessed Joseph Imbert, SJ Born : 1720 Died : June 9, 1794 Beatified: October 1, 1995 Bl John Nicholas Cordier, SJ Born : December 3, 1710 Died : September 30, 1794 Beatified: October 1, 1995 Joseph Imbert was born in Marseilles, France in 1720.…

June 9th: Blessed Blessed Joseph Anchieta, SJ

June 9th - Blessed Blessed Joseph Anchieta, SJBorn: March 19, 1534 Died: June 9, 1597 Beatified: June 22, 1980 Blessed Joseph Anchieta was born in the Canary Islands, Spain, and son of a wealthy and prominent family. He attended the Jesuit College in Portugal and entered the Jesuit Novitiate at the age of 17. During…

June 8th: Blessed James Berthieu, SJ

June 8th - Blessed James Berthieu, SJBorn : November 27, 1838 Died : June 8, 1896 Beatified : October 17, 1965 James Berthieu, a Frenchman, was born on a small farm in Monlogis, Polminhac, in the diocese of Saint-Flour. As a youth he studied at the minor seminary at Pleaux before he joined the major…

7th Week of Easter: Monday, 3rd June 2019

7th Week of Easter7th Week of Easter: Monday, 3rd June 2019Acts 19:1-8; Ps. 68(67):2-3,4-5,6-7; Jn. 16:29-33 (Ps Wk III) The passage from Acts of the Apostles describes that when Paul arrived in Ephesus, he found some disciples there. Paul was curious as to what type of baptism these disciples had received and discovered they were…