December 3 - Saint Francis Xavier, Priest – Memorial

St. Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621) was a scholar who focused primarily on studies of Church history and the Church Fathers.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING MYSTIC AND ESOTERIC PUBLICATIONS SANTA VEHME SYMBOL RING FRONT MEASURES 1.8 CM APPROX WEIGHT 14 GR The Holy Vehme was a secret society of Christian inspiration founded in Westphalia (Germany) in the 13th century and active until Veem (Corporation). The institution claimed to act on behalf of the emperor. Charles IV resorted to the help of the Holy Vehme to ensure peace. In 1382, Wenceslas of Luxembourg granted the Holy Vehme the right of appeal throughout the Empire. The peak activity of these societies occurred in the 14th and 15th centuries, with minor activity attested in the 13th and 16th centuries, and scattered evidence of their continued existence in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were finally abolished by order of Jerome Bonaparte, king of Westphalia, in 1811.

Hand-held crosses, called hand or benediction crosses, are carried by Ethiopian priests and offered to the faithful to be kissed during church services. Made out of metal or wood, the crosses are also used by priests to bless holy water and to perform exorcisms. Beginning in the 16th century, hand crosses also appear as signs of victory in icons and manuscripts, where they are held by saints, archangels, and even the resurrected Christ. This object has a conventional design, but the cross in the center appears in silhouette. As a result, during benedictions this opening could be used to project a cruciform shadow onto the object or person receiving the blessing. The rectangular base may be interpreted as a reference to the tabot, or carved altar box, venerated by Ethiopian Christians.

19 October is the feast of the Martyrs of Canada, also known as the North American Martyrs, who were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed on various dates in the mid-17th century in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York, during the warfare between the Iroquois (particularly the Mohawk people) and the Huron. The martyrs are St. René Goupil (1642), St. Isaac Jogues (1646), St. Jean de Lalande (1646), St. Antoine Daniel (1648), St. Jean de Brébeuf (1649), St. Noël Chabanel (1649), St. Charles Garnier (1649), and St. Gabriel Lalemant (1649). This sculpture of the saints is in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Windsor, Ontario.

Saint of the Day – 13 May – St Robert Bellarmine SJ (1542-1621) Archbishop of Capua, Italy, Rector of the Roman College, Confessor, Cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Theologian, Professor…

Saint of the Day – 1 December – St Edmund Campion SJ – (1540-1581 aged 41) Religious, Priest, MARTYR Edmund Campion was born in 1540, the son of a bookseller in Paternoster row, j…

Saint of the Day – 13 May – St Robert Bellarmine SJ (1542-1621) Archbishop of Capua, Italy, Rector of the Roman College, Confessor, Cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Theologian, Professor…

H. Gerardus Majella (1726-1755), kloosterling en mysticus. Gerardus werd slechts 29 jaar oud, maar wist een onuitwisbare indruk van devoot leven achter te laten. Zijn vader was een eenvoudige kleermaker bij Napels, maar Gerardus wilde graag het klooster in. In 1749 mocht hij na lang aandringen...

Saint of the Day – 10 October – St Francis Borgia SJ (1510-1572) Confessor, Priest of the Society of Jesus, Advisor, Missionary, Evangelist, Administrator par excelleance. Francisco de Borja y Arag…