Today, August 22, is the 5th foundation anniversary of the Carmelite Monastery of St. Joseph of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan in San Fabian, Pangasinan. Carmelite Monastery of St. Joseph Cesar Ma. Guerero Road, Brgy. PalapadSan Fabian, Pangasinan 2433Tel: (+63)17-5082741Email: carmelitemonasterysanfabian@gmail.com In August 22, 2017, five solemnly professed nuns from the Carmelite Monastery in Guiguinto, Bulacan …
Today, August 20, is the memorial of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Doctor of the Church. Born to the French nobility in 1090 in Burgundy, France, Bernard was the brother of Saint Humbeline and Blesseds Guy, Gerard, and Nivard. At age 22, fearing the ways of the world, he, four of his brothers, and 25 friends …
Today, August 19, is the memorial of Saint Ezequiel Moreno. Patron saint of cancer patients. Ezequiel was a Spanish Augustinian Recollect who was assigned as a missionary to the Philippines. He was born in 1848 in La Rioja, Spain. His first mission was in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. He was later transferred to Las Piñas. This …
Today, August 18, is the memorial of the Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of Rochefort. The three Discalced Carmelites were Frenchmen: Fr. Jean-Baptiste Duverneuil (Leonard in religious life) was born in 1737, other accounts contend it was 1759; Fr. Michel Louis Brulard was born in 1758; Fr. Jacques Gagnot (Hubert of St. Claude in religious life) was …
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Today, August 17, is the memorial of Blessed Angelo Agostino Mazzinghi. Carmelite provincial and reformer. Angelo Agostino was born in 1385 in Florence, Italy. He became a Carmelite in 1413 and was ordained priest. He served successively as superior of the Order’s monasteries in Le Selve, Frascati, and his native Florence. He was the first …
Today, August 16, is the memorial of Saint Roch. Patron saint invoked against epidemics and plagues. Popularly known as San Roque, he was a French nobleman who early developed a sympathy for the poor and sick; reported to have been born with the image of a red cross on his breast. Orphaned at age 20, …
Today, August 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Assumption completes God’s work in the Blessed Mother since it was not fitting that the flesh that had given life to God Himself should ever undergo corruption. The Assumption is God’s crowning of His work as Mary ends her earthly …
Fr. Crispin Offermans, O.Carm. October 17, 1935 – August 15, 1991 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 Fr. Crispin Offermans was born in Geilenckrichen, Germany on October 17, 1935. He professed his vows on …
“It is not in the least my intention to anticipate what is going to be said this afternoon about human knowing, yet I cannot delineate my concept of philosophy for you if, from the outset, I have not pointed to the twofold aspect that our knowledge has: something that is of us and something that …
Today, August 13, is the memorial of the Blessed Claretian Martyrs of Barbastro. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) witnessed the killings of priests, nuns, religious, and Catholic lay leaders throughout Spain. Among those killed were 51 Claretians, most of them young seminarians who just arrived at the Claretian community in Barbastro to finish the final …
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