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Blessed Chiquitunga’s formula “T2OS” meant: "I offer everything to you, Lord."
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Blessed Chiquitunga’s formula “T2OS” meant: "I offer everything to you, Lord."
Saint Charles Lwanga and Saint Kizito
1860-1886
Feastday: June 3
Patronage: youth, converts, torture victims, Catholic action
Saint Charles Lwanga is one of the martyrs of Uganda, killed during King Mwanga’s reign. In 1879, the White Fathers (Society of Missionaries of Africa) welcomed by Mwanga’s father, came and started to evangelize Uganda. Mwanga, violent and a pedophile, came to power in 1884. He hated the Christians of the court, especially because they kept the royal pages away from his advances. St. Charles was the page’s guide, instructing them about the faith. When they would not renounce the faith, Mwanga ordered them to be executed. 13 Catholics and 11 Anglicans were martyred. They said, “You can burn our bodies but you cannot harm our souls.”
Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)
Saint Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
1839 - 1905
Feast Day: June 1
Patronage: Catholic Action, migrants
Saint Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (John Baptist Scalabrini) worked with cholera victims, visited the sick and prisoners, and helped the poor and the bankrupt nobility. He saved thousands of farmers and workers from famine, selling his horse, chalice, and the pectoral cross that Blessed Pope Pius IX had given him in order to buy food. He was made Bishop of Piacenza, Italy in 1876 and the following year he founded the Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles.
Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)
Testimonies from young members of Catholic Action reveal the enduring relevance of Pier Giorgio Frassati, who called life “joy through suffe
Not to detract from the excitement over Saint Carlo Acutis, but the other saint canonized today is also an extraordinary and timely witness. While Saint Carlo is very much a saint of our time in being an online gamer saint, Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati is a saint of our time in being an antifascist saint. In a time of growing fascism, xenophobia, and democratic backsliding, let us remember his Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati’s life of service and seek to emulate commitment to the Gospel and social justice.
Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, pray for us!
St. Charles Lwanga
1860-1886
Feastday: June 3
Patronage: youth, converts, torture victims, Catholic action
Saint Charles Lwanga is one of the martyrs of Uganda, killed during King Mwanga’s reign. In 1879, the White Fathers (Society of Missionaries of Africa) welcomed by Mwanga’s father, came and started to evangelize Uganda. Mwanga, violent and a pedophile, came to power in 1884. He hated the Christians of the court, especially because they kept the royal pages away from his advances. St. Charles was the page’s guide, instructing them about the faith. When they would not renounce the faith, Mwanga ordered them to be executed. 13 Catholic and 11 Anglican were martyred. They said, “You can burn our bodies but you cannot harm our souls.”
Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)
Happy Feast Day Saint Toribio Romo Gonzalez 1900-1928 Feast Day: May 21 Patronage: Immigrants
Saint Toribio Romo Gonzalez was a young parish priest who died during the Cristero war and was canonized as one of the Martyrs of the Catholic Action Movement in Mexico. He courageously exercised his ministry even when religious persecution intensified and calmly accepted martyrdom, forgiving his persecutors. Today many people have encountered St. Toribio’s miraculous help while migrating on their journey. {website}
Quote of the day, 28 April: Blessed Chiquitunga
Quote of the day, 28 April: On Blessed Chiquitunga's feast day we recall how she was a committed member of Catholic Action; "I want everything to be saturated with Christ, and wherever I am, I can leave a little ray of His light."
In all the work that I am doing why do I try to put the seal of our Christian spirit… because I want everything to be saturated with Christ, and wherever I am, I can leave a little ray of His light… Not because it’s me, You know this, Lord! There, there I propose to be fulfilling the request of the Holy Father: the presence of the Christian woman in today’s world, and to work until the day has…
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Happy Feast Day Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows St. Gabriel Possenti 1838 - 1862 Feast Day: February 27 Patronage: Abruzzi, Italy, Catholic Action, clerics, students, young people
One of thirteen children, St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was led by Our Lady to give up ambitions of a secular career to enter the Passionist Congregation. His life was given to prayer, sacrifice, and a devotion to Our Lady and the contemplation of her sorrows over the suffering of Jesus. Many miracles are attributed to him after his death. Pope Benedict XV named him as a patron for young people. {website}