Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church; Comm. S. Apollonia, Virgin Martyr: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (June 27) Cyril was born at Alexandria, Egypt. He was nephew of the patriarch of that city, Theophilus. Cyril received a classical and theological education at…
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Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” Francis de Sales was born on August 21, 1567 in France, which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the oldest of six children in his noble family. His father, Francis, was Lord of Boisy, Sales…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” The holy Patriarch of Constantinople received his surname “Chrysostom (golden mouth)” because he was the most eloquent preacher and the most prolific writer of the Greek Church. He was persecuted by the empress Eudoxia and her courtiers. He died in exile A.D….
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John Eudes
S. John Eudes, Confessor, Founder of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (Eudists) and the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity (1601-1680) : Missa “Os justi” Saint John Eudes, forerunner of devotion both to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was born in 1601, some time after France had been torn apart…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” Francis de Sales was born on August 21, 1567 in France, which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the oldest of six children in his noble family. His father, Francis, was Lord of Boisy, Sales…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” The holy Patriarch of Constantinople received his surname “Chrysostom (golden mouth)” because he was the most eloquent preacher and the most prolific writer of the Greek Church. He was persecuted by the empress Eudoxia and her courtiers. He died in exile A.D….
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; S. Peter Damian
S. Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” Maybe because he was orphaned and had been treated shabbily by one of his brothers, Peter Damian was very good to the poor. It was the ordinary thing for him to have a poor person or two with him at table and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” Francis de Sales was born on August 21, 1567 in France, which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the oldest of six children in his noble family. His father, Francis, was Lord of Boisy, Sales…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; S. John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church; Commemoration of the Third Sunday Post Epiphany: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” The holy Patriarch of Constantinople received his surname “Chrysostom (golden mouth)” because he was the most eloquent preacher and the most prolific writer of the Greek Church. He was persecuted by the empress Eudoxia and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Francis de Sales, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” Francis de Sales was born on August 21, 1567 in France, which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the oldest of six children in his noble family. His father, Francis, was Lord of Boisy, Sales…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” The holy Patriarch of Constantinople received his surname “Chrysostom (golden mouth)” because he was the most eloquent preacher and the most prolific writer of the Greek Church. He was persecuted by the empress Eudoxia and her courtiers. He died in exile A.D….
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
S. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” The holy Patriarch of Constantinople received his surname “Chrysostom (golden mouth)” because he was the most eloquent preacher and the most prolific writer of the Greek Church. He was persecuted by the empress Eudoxia and her courtiers. He died in exile A.D….