SM-September

Saint Rene Goupil , SJBorn : May, 1608 Died : Sep 29, 1642 Beatified : June 21, 1925 Canonised : June 29, 1930 Saint Rene Goupil was born in Saint Martin in Anjou, France. He was already a surgeon when he entered the Jesuit novitiate at 33 but the onset of deafness forced him to…

Servant of God - Ignatius de Velasco, SJ & 6 CompanionsBorn: 4 October 1542 Died: 17 September 1621 Beatified 13 May 1923, Rome by Pope Pius XI Canonized 29 June 1930, Rome by Pope Pius XI Fr Ignatius de Velasco y Nieto and his 6 companions, Frs Ballesta Tejero, John Gomez Hellin, Joseph Alegre Jimenez,…

Saint Robert Bellarmine, SJBorn: 4 October 1542 Died: 17 September 1621 Beatified 13 May 1923, Rome by Pope Pius XI Canonized 29 June 1930, Rome by Pope Pius XI St Robert Bellamine was born in Tuscany, Italy, the third of ten children. His father was the chief magistrate of the city and his mother was…

Venerable Peter Dias & 11 CompanionsBl Camillus Costanzo 1571–1622 Died: Sep 15, 1622 Bl Augustine Ota 1572 – 1622 Died : August 10, 1622 Beatified: May 7, 1867 Fr Camillus Costanzo was born at Bovalino, Calabria, in southern Italy. He served at the siege of Ostend under Prince Albert and on his return, took up…

Venerable Peter Dias & 11 CompanionsBorn: March 28, 1548 Died: September 13, 1571 Fr Peter Dias was one of the Jesuits from Portugal who volunteered his services during Fr Ignatius de Azevedo’s visit to Portugal in 1570 to seek Jesuits to join him for the Brazil mission. He was born in Arruda dos Vinhos, near…

Blessed Charles Spinola,SJ; Sebastian Kimura,SJ and CompanionsBl Charles Spinola, SJ Born: 1564 Died: September 10, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Bl Sebastian Kimura , SJ Born: 1565 Died: September 10, 1622 Beatified : May 7, 1867 Charles Spinola was born in Madrid, Spain. His father the Italian Count of Tassarolo, was tutor to Prince…

St Peter Claver, SJBorn : June 26, 1580 Died: Sept. 8, 1654 Beatified: July 16,1850 Canonized: January 15,1888 St Peter Claver was born in Catalonia, Spain, and the youngest of 4 children of a well-to-do country farmer. At 13, Peter already decided to become a priest. At 16, he went to Barcelona to study at…

S.G. Richard Tena, SJBorn : Dec 1877 Died: Sept 8, 1936 Richard Tena was born at Azuaga, in the province of Badajoz, near the Portuguese border. At seventeen, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in Granada on August 3, 1894. After his early studies there, he spent a year teaching in Malaga before going for further…

Servant of God Emmanuel Gonzalez; Joseph Sanchez and 2 CompanionsS.G. EMMANUEL GONZALEZ , SJ Born: Oct 17, 1889 Died: Sep 8, 1936 S.G. JOSEPH SANCHEZ & 2 COMPANIONS , SJ Born: Nov 10, 1891 Died: Sep 8, 1936 Fr Emmanuel Gonzalez Hernandez, Fr Joseph Sanchez Oliva, Bros Dominic Ibarlucea Oregui and Anthony Sanchiz Martinez were…

Saints Melchior Grodziecki and Stephen Pongracz , SJSt. Melchoir Grodziecki Born : 1584 Died : Sept. 7,1619 Beatified : 1905 Canonised : July 2, 1995 St Stephen Pongracz, SJ Born: 1583 Died: Sept 7,1619 Beatified: 1905 Canonized: July 2, 1995 Frs Melchior Grodziecki and Stephen Pongracz became acquainted when they were both at the Jesuit…