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Saints March 09

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 09  STS. FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTE Martyrs (Forty) of Armenia, Roman Catholic soldiers martyred by Emperor Licinius Licinianus at Sebaste, in modern Armenia. They are also called the Martyrs of Sebaste. The martyrs were forced to march naked upon the ice of a frozen lake after they refused to abjure the faith. Feastday March 10 ST. CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA, VIRGIN, CLARES-St Catherine of Bologna https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/74  ST. FRANCESCA ROMANA, FOUNDRESS OF THE OBLATES OF TOR DE’ SPECCHI St. Bosa, 705 A.D. Bishop of York, praised by St. Bede. Bosa was a Benedictine monk at Whitby, England a monastery ruled by St. Hilda. In 678, he was consecrated a bishop by St. Theodore. He was involved in St. Wilfrid's refusal to accept the division of the see of York. Bosa became the bishop in 691, when Wilfrid was exiled by King Aldfrid. St. Bede called Bosa a man of unusual merit and sanctity, "a man beloved of God."  
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St John of God

  St John of God https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/73
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Gospel in Art: A woman from Samaria came to draw water

  Gospel in Art: A woman from Samaria came to draw water https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54519
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SAINTS FOR MARCH 08

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  SAINTS FOR MARCH 08 Bl. John Larke, 1544 A.D. English martyr and priest. John Larke served as a pastor in Bishopgate, Woodford, Essex, and then Chelsea until his arrest for opposing the religious supremacy of King Henry VIII of England. He was executed at Tybum with John Ireland and Jermyn Gardiner. His longtime patron was St. Thomas More.   March 8  St. Arian and Companions, A Roman Catholic Alexandrian martyr with Theoticus and three others. Arian was the governor of Thebes. He and his companions witnessed the martyrdom of Sts. Apollonius and Philemon in Alexandria and were converted. Upon confessing the faith, the men were thrown into the sea. Feastday March 8 ST. JOHN OF GOD, FOUNDER OF FATEBENEFRATELLI, PATRON OF BROTHERS HOSPITALLER St. Senan. Senan was born of Christian parents at Munster, Ireland. He was a soldier for a time and then became a monk under Abbot Cassidus, who sent him to Abbot St. Natalis at Kilmanagh in Ossory. Senan became known for his holi...
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The fall of Constantinople: The Greatest tragedy of the 2nd Millineium

  The fall of Constantinople: The Greatest tragedy of the 2nd Millineium First, debt was universal (as it is with us today); secondly, taxes were very heavy; thirdly, a large proportion of the population were slaves (as it is with us today); fourthly, both law and theology, that is, both social practice and religious rules had become more complex than the masses could follow. * A new reforming enthusiasm invading the Empire could take advantage of all these four weaknesses:  it could promise the indebted farmer,  the indebted municipal authority,  the wiping out of their debts;  it could promise the heavily burdened small taxpayer relief from his burden;  it could promise freedom to the slave and  it could promise a simple-a far too simple-new set of rules for Society and  a new set of practices in religion.  It was this forth appeal, the appeal to simplification, especially to simplification of religion and morals, which had the greates...
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Sts Baldred and Bilfrith

  Sts Baldred and Bilfrith https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/71
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St Perpetua and St Felicity

  St Perpetua and St Felicity https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/72
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