CANONIZED SAINTS
Canonization (or canonisation) is the act by which a Christian church declares a deceased person to be a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints.(for process of declaration of sainthood, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonization#Roman_Catholic_procedure_since_1983 )
Feastday: August 28
Patron of brewers
Died: 430
St. Augustine of Hippo is the patron of brewers because of his conversion from a former life of loose living, which included parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions. His complete turnaround and conversion has been an inspiration to many who struggle with a particular vice or habit they long to break.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=418
Benedict's main achievement is his "Rule of Saint Benedict", containing precepts for his monks. It is heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian, and shows strong affinity with the Rule of the Master. But it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness (ἐπιείκεια, epieikeia), and this persuaded most religious communities founded throughout the Middle Ages to adopt it. As a result, his Rule became one of the most influential religious rules in Western Christendom. For this reason, Benedict is often called the founder of western monasticism.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=26
Feastday: October 5
1905 - 1938
Beatified By: Pope John Paul II
Canonized By: Pope John Paul II
Her entire life, in imitation of Christ's, was to be a sacrifice - a life lived for others. At the Divine Lord's request, she willingly offered her personal sufferings in union with Him to atone for the sins of others; in her daily life she was to become a doer of mercy, bringing joy and peace to others, and by writing about God's mercy, she was to encourage others to trust in Him and thus prepare the world for His coming again. Her special devotion to Mary Immaculate and to the sacraments of Eucharist and Reconciliation gave her the strength to bear all her sufferings as an offering to God on behalf of the Church and those in special need, especially great sinners and the dying.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=510
Feastday: January 2
329 - 390
Gregory of Nazianzus (also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen) was a Doctor of the Church and a 4th-century Archbishop of Constantinople. He is widely considered the most accomplished rhetorical stylist of the patristic age. As a classically trained orator and philosopher he infused Hellenism into the early church, establishing the paradigm of Byzantine theologians and church officials.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1000
Feastday: October 17
ca. 35 or 50-between 98 and 117
Ignatius of Antioch was among the Apostolic Fathers, was the third Bishop of Antioch, and was a student of John the Apostle. He was was consecrated Bishop around the year 69 by the Apostle Peter, the first Pope. En route to his martyrdom in Rome, he wrote a series of letters which have been preserved as an example of very early Christian theology. Important topics addressed in these letters include ecclesiology, the sacraments, and the role of bishops.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=677
Feastday: December 14
John of the Cross was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest, born at Fontiveros, Old Castile. Saint John of the Cross was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered, along with Saint Teresa of Ávila, as a founder of the Discalced Carmelites. He is also known for his writings.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=65
Feastday: September 28
Beatified By: Pope John Paul II
Canonized By: Pope John Paul II
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz or Saint Lawrence Ruiz of Manila is the first Filipino saint (protomartyr) venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. He was killed for refusing to leave Japan and renounce his Roman Catholic beliefs during the persecution of Japanese Christians under the Tokugawa Shogunate in the 17th century.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=231
ST. TERESA OF AVILA
Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be, along with John of the Cross, a founder of the Discalced Carmelites.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=208
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=208
Feastday: October 1Patron of the Missions
1873 - 1897
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux or Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Carmelite nun. She is also known as "The Little Flower of Jesus". She felt an early call to religious life, and overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, became a nun and joined two of her elder sisters in the cloistered Carmelite community of Lisieux, Normandy.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=105
BEATIFIED SAINTS
Beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name (intercession of saints). Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process. A person who is beatified is given the title "Blessed." (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Feastday: October 22
Patron of World Youth Day (Co- Patron)
1920 - 2005
John Paul II, sometimes called John Paul the Great, born in Wadowice, Republic of Poland, reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second-longest serving Pope in history and the first non-Italian since 1523. John Paul II was acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. He was instrumental in ending communism in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion.
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=6996
Feastday: September 5
Patron of World Youth Day
1910 - 1997
Beatified By: Pope John Paul II
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta was an Albanian–born Indian Roman Catholic nun. "By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus." Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. Members of the order must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor". The Missionaries of Charity at the time of her death had 610 missions in 123 countries including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programmes, orphanages and schools.
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http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5611
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