Displaying items by tag: Calendar of Feasts and Memorials
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (OCD), Virgin and Martyr
9 August Memorial
(Feast in the provinces of Europe: Patron of Europe)
Edith Stein was born at Breslau on 12th October 1891 to German Jewish parents, and after her secondary education, she enroled in the department of philosophy in the city university.
St. Teresa of Jesus ’de Los Andes’ (OCD), Virgin
13 July Optional Memorial in Latin America
Juana Fernandez Solar was born on 13th July 1900 at Santiago in Chile, to Christian middle-class parents. Two days after her birth, she was baptized.
Bl. Maria Crocifissa Curcio, Virgin
4 July Optional Memorial in the Italian provinces
Mother M. Crocifissa Curcio was born on 30 January 1877 in Ispica (Rg), Italy. From the time of her adolescence she realised that she was called to follow Christ in a radical manner,
St. Simon Stock, Religious
16 May Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial the province of Great Britain)
As far as can be ascertained from the earliest references, Simon Stock was an English Prior General, known for his holy way of life, who died about 1265 in Bordeaux in France.
St. George Preca, Priest
9 May Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial in the province of Malta)
Saint George Preca was born in Malta on 12 February 1880. He lived in Valletta, the capital of Malta, near the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Bl. Ángel M. Prat Hostench, Lucas of St. Joseph Tristany Pujol and Companions, martyrs
4 May Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial in the Provinces of Spain)
In 1936, thirty-six Spanish religious, members of various Carmelite communities, gave their lives in defense and witness of their Christian faith and consecration to Jesus Christ.
Bl. Francis Palau y Quer, (OCD), Priest
7 November Optional Memorial in the Provinces of Spain
Francis Palau y Quer was born on 29th December 1811 at Aytona in Spain.
Bl. Candelaria of St. Joseph, Virgin
1 February Optional Memorial in Latin America
Bl Candelaria was born Susana Paz-Castillo Ramírez in 1863. She enthusiastically welcomed the call of God to holiness, and since her youth, stood out in practicing living and effective charity,
Bl. Archangela Girlani, Virgin
29 January Optional Memorial in the Italian Provinces
Bl. Archangela Girlani was born Elanor Girliani in 1460 at Trino, on Monte Ferrato in northern Italy to a noble family.
Bl. Angelo Paoli, Priest
January 20 Optional Memorial
(Obligatory Memorial in the Italian Provinces)
Angelo was born on September 1, 1642. His life can be divided into two periods: the years spent in his religious province of Tuscany, and those spent in Rome
