SAINTS NOVEMBER 21

SAINTS NOVEMBER 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

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Nov 21

St. Digain, 5th century. Prince of Cornwall, England, and confessor. He was the son of Constantine, chieftain of Cornwall. Llangerew, in Clwyd, Wales, honors Digain.

Bl. Frances Siedliska, Roman Catholic Nun, also known as Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, was the founder of a Roman Catholic religious order of nuns, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Nov 21

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.