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Vigil of St Bartholomew St Philip Benizi OSM (1233-1285) Confessor, Co-Founder (one of the Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servants of Mary) OSM, Servite Priest Genera\Superior, Reformer, Preacher, Medical Doctor. St Philip was Beatified on 8 October 1645 by Pope Innocent X and Canonised on 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X – he was the first Servite to be Canonised.Born on15 August (Feast of…

Vigil of St Bartholomew, Notre-Dame de la Victoire de Valois / Our Lady of Victory of Valois, France (1328) and Memorials of the Saints – 23 August

Vigil of St Bartholomew St Philip Benizi OSM (1233-1285) Confessor, Co-Founder (one of the Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servants of Mary) OSM, Servite Priest Genera\Superior, Reformer, Preacher, Medical Doctor. St Philip was Beatified on 8 October 1645 by Pope Innocent X and Canonised on 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X – he was first Servite to be…

One Minute Reflection – 23 August – ‘… On the rock of Holy Church …’

One Minute Reflection – 23 August – Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Readings: Isaiah 22: 19-23, Psalms 138: 1-2, 2-3,6, 8 (8bc), Romans 11:33-36, Matthew 16:13-20 and the Memorial of St Tydfil (Died c 480) Martyr of Wales

“Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter and on this rock I…

Saint of the Day – 23 August – Saint Tydfil (Died c 480) Martyr of Wales

Saint of the Day – 23 August – Saint Tydfil (Died c 480) Martyr of Wales, Princess daughter of King Brychan, Confessor, Evangeliser and Apostle of Mercy to the sick and the needy – born in the 5th century as a Princess in Wales and died by being Martyred in c 480 in Wales. She was murdered with her brother Rhun in Merthyr Tydfil, by either Welsh or Saxon pagans, and buried in the town. Also known…

Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time +2020 and Memorials of the Saints – 23 August

Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time +2020

St Rose of Lima (1586-1617) OP (Optional Memorial) Biography: https://anastpaul.com/2018/08/23/saint-of-the-day-23-august-st-rose-of-lima-1586-1617/

St Abbondius of Rome St Altigianus St Apollinaris of Rheims St Archelaus of Ostia St Asterius of Aegea St Claudius of Aegea St Domnina…