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Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Much Ado About the End of November : November 30th is an important day: it is the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, and thus the day to start the St. Andrew Christmas Novena, w...

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St. Joseph Marchand, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr of Vietnam. He was arrested in Saigon and condemned by authorities; he was martyred with red-hot tongs. Nov. 30

ST. ANDREW, APOSTLE The first one to be called by Jesus “We have found the Messiah”, expresses the great joy of the apostle Andrew. Those are the words we find in John’s Gospel when Andrew rushes to meet his brother Simon Peter to tell him what he has discovered and to share his joy at being the first one called by Jesus. A fisherman from Bethsaida of Galilee and a disciple of John the Baptist, Andrew recognizes the “Lamb of God” in the son of Joseph the carpenter. The disciple recalled the time of this encounter at the Jordan river that would mark his life forever, “it was about four in the afternoon”. He immediately left his nets and followed Him “Rabbi, where are you staying?” Jesus responded immediately to this question of Andrew and the other disciple, saying, “Come, and you will see”. That clear invitation foreshadowed the following, more explicit call Jesus made on the shore of the Sea of Galilee to Simon, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men”. The tw...

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St. Paramon and Companions, Three hundred and seventy five Roman Catholic Martyrs, who are reported to have been put to death on the same day during the persecutions of the Church under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Feastday Nov 29

ST. SATURNIN, MARTYR ON THE VIA SALARIA NUOVA  One of countless martyrs during the early centuries of Christianity, St Saturninus was originally from Carthage. An inscription by Pope St Damasus records that, on account of his faith, he was exiled to Rome under the Emperor Decius. He was martyred in 304 by order of the Emperor Maximian.    Nov 29

St. Andrew Trong, Roman Catholic and Martyr of Vietnam.  He was arrested in 1834 and in the presence of his mother he was beheaded. She knelt beside him at the execution site in Hué, receiving his head on her lap. Nov. 28

Bl. James Thompson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr. He was hanged at York. Nov. 28

St. Catherine Laboure, Roman Catholic Virgin Nun. Three times in 1830 the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Catherine Laboure, who then was a twenty-four year old novice. Feastday: November 28

ST. JAMES OF THE MARCHES, FRANCISCAN St James, known from his birthplace as “of the Marches” became a Franciscan in 1415. Much of his career was spent as a papal envoy in eastern Europe. He was a noted preacher, fiery, but with a severity tempered by mercy. To fight against usury, he established lending houses to assist the poor.   Nov 28

Bl. Thomas Kotenda and Companions, Roman Catholics and Martyrs of Japan. He lived at Nagasaki until his condemnation and beheading, He was martyred along with ten companions.Feastday Nov27

St. James Intercisus, Roman Catholic Martyr of Persia. He declared himself to be a Christian to the new king, Bahram. When James refused to apostasize, he was executed by having his body cut apart piece by piece, beginning with his fingers (hence his surname Intercisus - cut to pieces), and then beheaded. Feastday Nov 27

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ST. VERGILIUS, BISHOP OF SALZBURG Benedictine bishop, also called Vergilius, Virgil,  Ferghil , and  Feargal . A native of Ireland, he entered a monastery and probably served as abbot of Aghaboe before setting out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He then spent two years in France, later going to Bavaria, Germany, where he assisted St.  Rupert , the  Apostle of Austria. Nov 27

Saint John Berchmans (Dutch: Jan Berchmans) (13 March 1599 – 13 August 1621) was a Jesuit scholastic and is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the patron saint of altar servers. Feastday: November 26

Bl. Gaetana Sterni, Roman Catholic Nun and foundress of "Daughters of the Divine Will" Nov 26

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ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA Fifty pagan philosophers are said to have debated with St Catherine, hoping to convince her to abjure her faith. Instead, Catherine converted them to Christianity. Furious, the Emperor ordered her to be put to death on a spiked wheel; but the wheel broke. Eventually, she was martyred by beheading.   ST. MOSES, MARTYR IN ROME Saint Moses of Rome. After the execution of  Pope saint Fabian  under  Emperor Decius , he administered the Church with the help of the priests and bishops who were in Rome. Helped reconcile repentant apostates who were sick and about to die. Imprisoned for nearly a year for his faith. Martyr . ST PETER OF ALEXANDRIA, BISHOP AND MARTYR He was charged with several crimes; but apostasy was the main article alleged against him. St. Peter called a council, in which Meletius was convicted of having sacrificed to idols and of other crimes...

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Bl. Maria Anna Sala, Roman Catholic Nun. For decades she taught at the Marcellina schools within Italy. Nov. 24

St. Flora & Mary, Roman Catholic women and Martyrs at Cordoba, Spain. They surrendered to Muslim authorities and were placed in a brothel. Still clinging to the faith, Flora and Mary were beheaded. Nov. 24

ST. CHRYSOGONUS, MARTYR OF AQUILEIA This holy martyr, who was apprehended at Rome, but beheaded at Aquileia in the persecution of Dioclesian, occurs in the canon of the mass, and is mentioned in the ancient Calendar of Carthage of the fifth century, and in all Western Martyrologies since that time. Nov.24 STS. ANDREW DŨNG LẠC, AND HIS COMPANIONS, MARTYRS -Today the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs. St. Andrew was one of 117 people who were martyred in Vietnam between 1820 and 1862. Nov. 24

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ST. COLUMBAN, ABBOT Nov 23 St Columbanus is one of the most famous Irishmen in history. As a young man, he was a rigorous and ascetic monk. At age 50, he became a missionary, and with twelve companions spread the Gospel through much of western Europe. His monastic Rule became a model for future ST. CLEMENT I, POPE AND MARTYR: ST. FELICITAS, MARTYR ON THE VIA SALARIA NUOVA BL. José Ramón Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Martyr

Bl. Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, Roman Catholic Monk and Martyr. A group of eight Franciscan martyred in the region of Mujuk-Dersi, Armenia by invading Islamic Turks who tortured them, demanded they convert to Islam, and murdered them when they did not convert. Feastday Nov 22

ST. CECILIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR IN THE CEMITERY OF CALLISTUS 22 November St. Cecilia, fragments of slab  (© Musei Vaticani Tradition has it that Cecilia, a noble Roman girl, was martyred around the year AD 230, during the reign of Alexander Severus and the papacy of Urban I. Her cult is very ancient: the Basilica named after her in Rome’s Trastevere quarter, was first erected before the Edict of Constantine (AD 313) and the feast of her memory was celebrated in 545. The power of love The tale of her martyrdom is contained in the  Passio Sanctae Caeciliae , a more literary than historical text, characterized by a strong tendency toward the legendary. According to the  Passio , Cecilia was betrothed to the patrician, Valerian. On their wedding day, she revealed that she had converted to Christianity and vowed perpetual virginity. Valerian then agreed to be catechized and baptized secretly by Pope Urban I. Shortly afterwards, Valerian’s brother Tiburtiu...

NOVEMBER 21, 2019 Libido Diminuendi  and the City of Man ANTHONY ESOLEN “The glorious  City of God  is my theme in this work,”  says Augustine in the opening of his masterpiece by that name, a masterpiece of theological historiography, for the pagan Romans had cried out, “The Christians have come into our inheritance!” Therefore, they said, the gods had abandoned the old and venerable city—queen of the western world—to rape and pillage and slaughter at the hands of the half-barbarous Goths. These were Arian Christians, led by the ambitious Alaric, who wanted nothing less than to be what he imagined a genuine Roman general and statesman was. So the pagans cried, and Augustine responded—to defend the innocence of Christians, to describe the salutary influences of Christian teaching for the common weal, and to distinguish between two cities, both dwelling in the same world at the same time: the city of man, and the City of God. In the introduction to...

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The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mary’s presentation was celebrated in Jerusalem in the sixth century. A church was built there in honor of this mystery. Nov 21

St. Albert of Louvain, Roman Catholic Priest Martyr. He was chosen Bishop of Liège in 1191 by the people and the Church. Emperor Henry VI proposed his own choice, causing Albert to journey to Rome to appeal to Celestine III. The pope ordained him a deacon and sent him to the Archbishop of Rheims. The archbishop ordained Albert a priest and consecrated him as a bishop. Outside of Rheims, Albert was accosted by eight followers of Henry VI, who stabbed him to death. Feastday Nov 21

B. MARY OF JESUS GOOD SHEPERD, FOUNDRESS OF THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH B. MARY OF JESUS GOOD SHEPERD, FOUNDRESS OF THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH Born into the Polish nobility in the late 19th century, Franciszka Siedliska overcame poor health and her father’s plans for her to marry, in order to become a nun. In religion, she took the name Maria of Jesus of the Good Shepherd. In 1873 she founded the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.  Nov. 21 

St. Felix of Valois,  Hermit and co-founder of the Trinitarians with St. John of Matha. He lived as a recluse at Cerfroid, France, and in 1198 received approval from the Holy See for the Order of the Most Holy Trinity to ransoms captives from the Moors. Felix founded St. Mathburn Convent in Paris while in his seventies. He died in Cerfroid on November 4.Feastday: Nov. 20

Bl. Josaphata Michaelina Hordashevska, Roman Catholic Ukrainian Nun. First member of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, She died of bone cancer. Nov. 20

St Gelasius I became Pope in 496, and during his four-year reign fought against paganism and heresy, writing treatises against Manicheanism, Monophysitism, and Pelagianism, among others. Some of his principles in ecclesiastical matters were taken up by the Second Vatican Council.  Nov 20

St. Nerses the Great,Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. Bishop and martyred by the Armenian ruler, Pap, whose dissolute lifestyle caused Nerses to refuse him admission into church. Nerses was invited to a royal banquet at Khakh, on the Euphrates River, and was assassinated by poison. Feastday Nov 19

Bl. Raphael Kalinowski, Roman Catholic Discalced Carmelite Friar. He was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and priest, who founded many monasteries around Poland after the suppression by the Russians. Feastday Nov 19

Bl. Salvatore Lilli, Roman Catholic Fransican Monk and Martyr. Missionary to Mujuk-Deresa, Armenia in 1894. In 1895 the area was occupied by Islamic Turks who captured Salvatore and fellow Franciscans Baldji Oghlou Ohannes, David Oghlou David, Dimbalac Oghlou Wartavar, Geremia Oghlou Boghos, Khodianin Oghlou Kadir, Kouradji Oghlou Tzeroum, and Toros Oghlou David. They were tortured and ordered to convert; they refused. One of the Martyrs of Armenia. Nov 19

ST. MATILDA (MECHTILDE), VIRGIN Nov 19 A Saxon by birth, Mechtilde became a nun at the Benedictine Monastery of Rodersdorf. She later moved to the monastery at Helfta, where she was known for her humility and kindness. In addition to directing the choir, Mechtilde had frequent visions, which were collected in the Book of Special Graces.   ST. ABDIA, PROPHET The  Holy Prophet Obadiah  [or  Abdia ] is the fourth of the Twelve Minor  Prophets , and he lived during the ninth century B.C. He was from the village of Betharam, near Sichem, and he served as steward of the impious Israelite  King Ahab .

Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Roman Catholic Virgin Nun R.S.C.J. (also known as the Society of The Sacred Heart), She spent the last half of her life teaching and serving the people of the Midwestern United States. Feast day November 18

Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Nov 18

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Martyrs of Paraguay, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests and Martyrs. Three Spanish Jesuits - Roch Gonzalez, Aiphonsus Rodriguez, Juan de Castilo - who were slain in missions called “reductions,” including the main site on the Jiuhi River in Paraguay. They were at All Saints Mission there when they were murdered Feastday: November 17

Martyrs of Paraguay, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests and Martyrs. Three Spanish Jesuits - Roch Gonzalez, Aiphonsus Rodriguez, Juan de Castilo - who were slain in missions called “reductions,” including the main site on the Jiuhi River in Paraguay. They were at All Saints Mission there when they were murdered Feastday: November 17

Bl. Josaphat Kocylovskyj, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. He was sent to the Capaivca labor camps (Kiev region), where he underwent continuous pressure to move to the Russian Orthodox Church. He died in the same camp as a result of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 71 years,  Feastday: Nov. 17