SM-June

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, 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, 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…

June 6th - Servant of God Sebastian Vieira, SJBorn: circa 1571 or 1574 Died : June 6, 1634 Sebastian Vieira was born in Castro d’Airo, in northern Portugal. He entered the Society on February 3, 1591 and studied for the priesthood in Evora. In 1602, Fr Vieira together with a group of other zealous missionaries…