Text Box: Saints of JUNE June 1, – St. Justin; authored Apology & Dialogue with Trypho; layman and apologist who gives one of the earliest descriptions of the Mass; patron of philosophers and apologists. Died 165 A.D. under Marcus Aurelius. June 2, – Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, martyrs; Marcellinus, presbyter, and Peter, exorcist; beheaded under Diocletian +303; both mentioned in the Roman Canon. June 3, – St Charles Lwanga – and his companions, martyrs; Charles Lwanga, and 21 Ugandan companions, died 15 Nov. 1885 – 27 Jan. 1887; protomartyrs of Black Africa; over 100 killed in this period, including Anglicans; Charles is the patron saint of African Catholic Youth Action. Died Nov. 1885-27 Jan. 1887. June 5, - St. Boniface - Anglo-Saxon O.S..B.; founded abbey of Fulda; bishop of Mainz; martyred along with thirty companions at Dokkum in Frisia; known as the “Apostle of Germany.” Died 754 June 6, – St. Norbert – founder of the Premostratensians (Norbertines), archbishop of Magdeburg (Germany); strong supporter of Church reform and evangelization; devoted to the Holy Eucharist. Died 1134. June 9, – St. Ephrem; Syrian theologian and poet who authored biblical commentaries, homilies and composed hymns; founded a theological school at Nisbis; lived in Edessa in Mesopotamia. Died in 373. June 11, – St. Barnabas, apostle; preached the Gospel in Antioch; companion of St. Paul; attended the Council of Jerusalem; martyred on, and patron of , the island of his birth, Cyprus. His name is mentioned in Roman Canon. June 13, – St. Anthony of Padua; priest O.F.M., Doctor of the Church. Born in Lisbon, Portugal; devoted student of scripture; first friar to teach theology to his fellow friars; gifted orator and preacher; known as “Evangelical Doctor, patron saint of Portugal, of the poor, and of lost articles. June 13, - also 92nd anniversary of 2nd apparition in Fatima (Portugal) June 14, - Corpus Christi this year June 15, – St. Bonaventure +1274; O.F.M. minister general for 17 years; Cardinal bishop of Albano; authored biblical commentaries and many ascetical and spiritual treatises, esp. Journey of the Soul into God; known as the “Seraphic Doctor.” June 19, – THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS – On the Friday following the Feast of Corpus Christi is the devotional Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with the theme of this day which honors Jesus for the love symbolized by his heart. Devotion to the Sacred Heart became popular with mystics in the 13th & 14th centuries, with special promotion by the Jesuits in the 16th century. The tradition became widespread as a result of a series of visions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Visitation nun in 1673 – 1675. Almost 200 years later, in 1856, a special feast was mandated for the Universal Church. In 1899, Pope Leo XIII ordered that the world be consecrated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Pius XI elevated the feast to the same rank as Christmas. There Text Box: are many religious traditions associated with devotion to the Sacred Heart apart from the feast itself. June 20, - The Immaculate Heart of Mary – In the 11th & 12th centuries, different places started devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In 1799 Pius VI, then in captivity in Florence, granted the bishop of Palermo permission to celebrate the Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary in his diocese. On July 21, 1855, the Congregation of Rites finally approved the Office & Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In different places, this Feast is celebrated in different parts of the year. June 21, – St. Aloisius Gonzaga; Jesuit Scholastic. Died at age 23, caring for the sick; from the princely family of Castiglione, a page at the court of the Medicis and of Philip II of Spain. Strongly devoted to the Eucharist, interior prayer, and charitable service; patron of youth and of students in Jesuit colleges and universities. June 22, Sts. Paulinus of Nola, St. John Fisher & St. Tomas Moore: - St. Paulinus; husband and father who give his possessions to the poor; dedicated bishop, especially during the Visigothic invasions. Died 431. John Fisher, beheaded 22 June 1535; chancellor of Cambridge University; bishop of Rochester; dedicated pastor of souls; renowned for his preaching and educational reforms; defender of Church tradition against Luther, and of the Roman primacy against Henry VIII. Thomas More, beheaded 6 July 1535; humanist a chancellor of England; close friend of Erasmus; wrote Utopia; refused to support Henry VIII’s divorce of Queen Catherine and his Act of Supremacy; patron of lawyers, statesmen and politicians. June 24, - Nativity of St. John the Baptist - This feast, dating from the 4th c. in both East and West, came to be celebrated, in accord with Lk 1:36, six months before the Lord’s birth; quoting Jo 3:30, Augustine found this date (near the summer solstice) appropriate for, after the birth of John, daylight begins to grow shorter whereas after Jesus’ birth, it begins to increase. 26, - St. Josemaria Escriva: - Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (Jan. 9, 1902 – June 26, 1975); born José María Mariano Escrivá y Albás) was a Roman Catholic priest from Spain, and founder of Opus Dei. He was canonized in a controversial process by Pope John Paul II, who declared Saint Josemaría as "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity". His principal work was the foundation, government and expansion of Opus Dei. He and the organization have been accused of many things, including political involvement. CNN Vatican analyst John Allen Jr., however, says that these accusations are mere myths that grew from black legends propagated against Opus Dei and Escrivá. Opus Dei and Escrivá continue to be polarizing subjects among certain members of the Catholic Church. He was beatified May, 17, 1992, in Vatican City by Pope John Paul II. He was Canonized 6 October 2002, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II. June 27, - Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Our Lady of Perpetual Help (or of Succour) or Our Mother of Perpetual Help is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary, associated with a Byzantine icon of the same name, said to be 13th or 14th century, but perhaps 15th century. The icon has been in Rome since at least the late 15th century. In the Eastern Orthodox Church this iconography is known as the Theotokos of the Passion. The image is very popular among Catholics in particular, and has been much copied and