Saint Achileo Kiwanuka

May 182009
 

[Saint Achileo Kiwanuka]
Also known as

  • Achilles Kiwanuka
  • Achilleus Kewanuka
  • Achilleus Kewanukasi

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Lugave clan. Clerk in the service of King Mwanga. Convert. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.

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Blessed John Pelingotto

May 092009
 

[Blessed John Pelingotto]
Also known as

  • John Pelino Goto
  • Giovanni Pelino Goto

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Son of a wealthy merchant, John cared nothing for business, wealth or worldly success and preferred to live as a hermit. He eventually felt a call to help the poor and sick in the world, and gave away food, clothes and wealth, going hungry, living in rags, wearing a rope around his neck to indicate that he was a sinner in need of punishment, and falling into lengthy ecstasy. His family worried about his health, both physical and mental, and they had to bring him in from the street. He became a Franciscan tertiary, and with the support and discipline they provided, he was able to properly devote his life to prayer and charity

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Saint Nuño de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira

Feb 172009
 

[Blessed Nuno de Santa Maria Álvares Pereira]
Also known as

  • Nuño of Saint Mary
  • Nonius Alvares Pereira
  • Nuno Álvares Pereira

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Cousin of the founder of the noble Braganza family. Constable of the kingdom of Portugal, a knight, and a prior in the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Married. Career soldier, fighting for, and a hero of Portuguese independence. Widower. Lay-brother in the Order of Friars of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel at Lisbon, Portugal in 1423, taking the name Nuño of Saint Mary. Undertook the meanest duties in the friary, begging alms from door to door. Founded a monastery at Lisbon. Noted for a life of prayer, penance, and devotion to Our Lady.

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O God, who called blessed Nonius to lay down the weapons of this world and follow Christ under the protection of the Blessed Virgin, grant through the intercession of this former member of our order that we too may deny ourselves and cling to you with all our hearts. Through the same Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. - prayer from The Missal with Readings of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta

Saint Oliver Plunkett

Jan 182009
 

[Saint Oliver Plunkett]
Also known as

  • Oileabhéar Pluincéad

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Born to the Irish nobility in a family who supported King Charles I, and the fight for national freedom. Educated by Jesuits at the newly established Irish College, Rome, Italy. Ordained in Rome, Italy in 1654. Professor of theology from 1654 through 1669. Procurator for Irish bishops. Bishop of Meath, Ireland. Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland in 1669. Primate of all Ireland. Established the Jesuits in Drogheda, where they ran a school for boys, and a college for theology students. Extended his ministry to Gaelic speaking Catholics of the highlands and the isles of Scotland. Forced to conduct a covert ministry during the suppression of priests.

Arrested and tried at Dundalk, Ireland in 1679 on a charge of conspiring against the state by plotting to bring 20,000 French soldiers into the country, and for leveling a tax on his clergy to support 70,000 men for rebellion. Lord Shaftesbury knew that Oliver would never be convicted in Ireland, and had him moved to Newgate prison, London. The first grand jury found no true bill, but he was not released. The second trial was a kangaroo court; Lord Campbell, writing of the judge, Sir Francis Pemberton, called it a disgrace to himself and his country. Plunkett was found guilty of high treason “for promoting the Catholic faith,” and was condemned to a gruesome death. He was the last Catholic to die for his faith at Tyburn, London, England and the first of the Irish martyrs to be beatified.

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  • “Saint Oliver Plunkett”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-oliver-plunkett/>

Blessed Dominic Spadafora

Sep 282008
 

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Studied at Padua, Italy. Joined the Dominicans at the Saint Zita priory in Palermo, Sicily. Priest. Noted preacher and evangelist throughout Sicily and Italy, winning many converts. Intense devotion to the Passion of Jesus. His example of charity and humility brought many to join the Dominicans. Founded the priory of Our Lady of Grace in Monte Cerignone, Sicily, and served the rest of his life as its first superior.

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