Yearly reminder that the month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
July 29 is the feast of Saint Lazarus of Bethany, whom Christ raised from the dead.
July 14 is the feast of Blessed Gäbrä-Mika’el: Ethiopian Orthodox monk, scholar, convert to Catholicism, priest, Vincentian postulant, writer, and martyr—tortured to death in 1855, by order of Abuna Salama III.
“Apparition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to the Blessed Alacoque” by Antonio Ciseri (1880)
August 14th is the feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe: Polish mystic, Franciscan priest, Scotist theologian, founder of the Militia Immaculatae, founding Guardian of Niepokalanów, and martyr of Auschwitz—murdered on this day in 1941, after volunteering to die in place of a stranger.
April 17th is the feast of Blessed Paul of St. Magdalen (born Henry Heath): English librarian, convert to Catholicism, Franciscan friar, Professor of Theology, Vicar and Custos of Douai, writer, missionary to England, and martyr—hanged, drawn, and quartered on this day in 1643.
December 12th is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe—Queen of Mexico, Empress of the Americas, Heavenly Patroness of the Philippines, and Protectress of Unborn Children.
October 15th is the feast of Saint Magdalena of Nagasaki, Virgin: 23-year-old Kirishitan noblewoman, Augustinian tertiary, catechist, interpreter, and martyr—tortured to death by tsurushi on this day in 1634, after refusing to apostatize throughout 13 days hanging upside-down.
