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Saint of the Day  Feast: February 6  ✠ St. Francesco Spinelli ✠  Priest:  Born: April 14, 1853 Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia  Died: February 6, 1913 (Aged 59) Rivolta d'Adda, Cremona, Kingdom of Italy  Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church  Beatified: June 21, 1992 Pope John Paul II  Canonized: October 14, 2018 Pope Francis  Patronage: Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament  Saint Francesco Spinelli was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament. Spinelli became close contemporaries of Saint Geltrude Comensoli and Blessed Luigi Maria Palazzolo and had a previous collaboration with Comensoli in which the two established a religious institute in Bergamo before a rift between members caused Spinelli to distance himself from its work and leave.  His beatification cause opened in 1952 under Pope Pius XII with the beatification being celebrated four decades later on 21...

SAINT OF THE DAY (February 6) ✠ MEMORIAL OF ST. PAUL MIKI AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS ✠ St. Paul Miki (1562–1597) and his twenty-five companions, known as the Martyrs of Nagasaki, were crucified for the faith in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1597. A Japanese layman of great nobility and wealth, Paul was converted to Christianity by St. Francis Xavier. Although the Christian missionaries did not meet with opposition initially, the Japanese rulers eventually launched a brutal campaign to wipe out its progress. The twenty-six men were forced to march 600 miles to meet their death in Nagasaki. The group included Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries and Japanese converts. They were repeatedly offered freedom if they would renounce Christianity; they all declined. When the march ended, the martyrs were tied to crosses. They prayed and sang while Paul Miki preached the Gospel in a loud voice. The martyrs were then stabbed to death while they hung on their crosses. The crowd who witnessed the test...

இன்றைய புனிதர்  நினைவுத் திருநாள்: பிப்ரவரி 4  ✠ வலாய்ஸ் நகர் புனிதர் ஜோன் ✠  அருட்சகோதரி/ நிறுவனர்:  பிறப்பு: ஏப்ரல் 23, 1464 நோஜென்ட்-லெ-ரோய், ட்ரக்ஸ் இராச்சியம்  இறப்பு: ஃபெப்ரவரி 4, 1505 (வயது 40) பர்கெஸ், பெர்ரி - இராச்சியம்  ஏற்கும் சமயம்: ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை  (மரியாளின் விண்ணேற்பின் அருட்சகோதரியர்)  முக்திப்பேறு பட்டம்: ஜூன் 18, 1742 திருத்தந்தை பதினான்காம் பெனடிக்ட்  புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 28, 1950 திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் பயஸ்  புனிதர் ஜோன், ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அரசன் பதினோராம் லூயிஸின் இரண்டாவது மகளாவார். ஓர்லியன்ஸ் பிரபுவான லூயிஸுக்கு திருமண நிச்சயம் செய்யப்பட்டார். இவர்களது திருமணம், கி.பி. 1476ம் ஆண்டு, நடைபெற்றது. இவரது சகோதரரும், ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அரசனுமான எட்டாம் சார்லஸின் மரணத்தின் பின்னர், இவரது கணவர் அரசனாக முடி சூட்டிக்கொண்டதும், இவர்களது திருமணம் செல்லாது என்று அறிவித்தான்.  ஃபிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் அரசன் பதினோறாம் லூயிஸுக்கும், அவரது இரண்டாம் மனைவியான "சார்லட்" ஆகியோருக்குப் பிறந்த இரண்டாம் மகளான ஜோன...

Saint of the Day  (January 30) ✠ St. Martina of Rome ✠ Virgin and Martyr: Born: ---- Died: 228 AD Rome Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Major shrine: Santi Luca e Martina Church, Rome, Italy Feast: January 30 Patronage: Rome, Nursing Mothers Martina of Rome was a Roman martyr under emperor Alexander Severus. A patron saint of Rome, she was martyred in 226, according to some authorities, more probably in 228, under the pontificate of Pope Urban I, according to others. Her feast day is January 30. Saint Martina, a Roman virgin, was the child of a noble Christian consul, of whom it was said that he was extremely merciful towards the poor and very zealous for faith in the Most Holy Trinity. His daughter lost both her parents while she was still very young, and for love of Christ, she distributed all she inherited to the poor, that she might be freer to hasten towards martyrdom, during the persecution which had recently begun. Under the emperor Alexander Severus, she was ...

Saint of the Day  (30 January)  ✠ Blessed Sebastian Valfrè ✠ Born: March 9, 1629 Died: January 30, 1710 Sebastian Valfrè was born on 9 March 1629 at Verduno in the southern Alps.   His background was humble – his mother and father were poor farmers and the dull routine of work in the fields with his parents and seven siblings took up much of his childhood. He felt a call to the priesthood at an early age but ran into difficulties with his family, who were loathe to lose his assistance with the farm work, however, he persevered and eventually won them over.   He left Verduno to begin his studies in 1641 at the age of twelve and again, these days were not easy for him – at one stage he had to stay up most nights copying out books, to pay for his education, which took him, in its later stages, to Turin for studies with the Jesuits. Also at Turin was the Oratory, which had in earlier years been influential, particularly on the youth of t...