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CALENDAR of the SAINTS
20 September 2009 Anno Dómini
"....and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. ~ ~ Apocalypse
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Saint Agapitus I, Pope , Martyr
Son of a priest named Gordian; his father was murdered. Archdeacon of the priests of Rome, Italy. Elected pope when a very old man, he reigned for less than a year. Died while on a mission to prevent the invasion of Italy by Justinian. He failed in that, but succeeded in having the Monophysite Patriarch of Constantinople, Anthimus, replaced by the more orthodox Mennas.
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Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, Saint Paul Chong Hasang, and Other Martyrs of Korea
Saint Andrew Kim Taegon Saint Paul Chong Hasang
Saint Andrew Kim Taegon - Korean nobility; his parents were converts, his father a martyr. Andrew was baptized at age 15, then travelled 1,300 miles to the nearest seminary in Macao, China. He became the first native Korean priest, and the first priest to die for the faith in Korea. Leader of the Martyrs of Korea.
Saint Paul Chong Hasang -Son of Yak Jong Church who was martyred in 1801 in the persecution of Shin-Yu, an attack on the faith that killed all the clergy in the country. Son of Saint Yu Cecilia; brother of Saint Jung Hye. Paul, though a layman, reunited the scattered Christians, and encouraged them to keep their faith and live their faith. Wrote the Sang-Je-Sang-Su which explained to the Korean government why the Church was no threat to them. He crossed into China nine times, working as a servant to the Korean diplomatic corps. Once he was there, he worked to get the bishop of Beijing to send more priests to Korea. He pleaded directly to Rome for help, and on 9 September 1831, Pope Gregory X proclaimed the validity of the Korean Catholic diocese. When the clergy began to return, Paul entered the seminary. However, he died in the Gi Hye persecution of 1839 before he could be ordained. One of the great founders of the Catholic Church in Korea.
Additional Korean Martyrs For the One True Faith
Paul Chong Hasang
Agatha Chon Kyonghyob
Agatha Kim
Agatha Kwon Chini
Agatha Yi Kannan
Agatha Yi Kyong-i
Agatha Yi Sosa
Agatha Yi
Agnes Kim Hyoju
Alex U Seyong
Andrew-Chong Kwagyong
Anna Kim
Anna Pak A-gi
Anna Pak Agi
Anthony Daveluy
Anthony Kim Son-u
Augustine Pak Chong-won
Augustine Yi Chin-gil
Augustine Yi Kwang-hon
Barbara Ch’oe Yong-i
Barbara Cho Chung-i
Barbara Han Agi
Barbara Kim
Barbara Ko Suni
Barbara Kwon Hui
Barbara Yi Chong-hui
Barbara Yi
Bartholomew Chong Munho
Benedicta Hyon Kyongnyon
Candida
Catherine Chong Ch’oryom
Catherine Yi
Charles Cho Shin-ch’ol
Charles Hyon Songmun
Columba Kim Hyo-im
Columba Kim
Damianus Nam Myong-hyog
Damien Nam Myong-hyok
Dionysius
Elisabeth Chong Chong-hye
Evilasius
Fausta
Francis Ch’oe Hyong-hwan
Ignatius Kim Chejun
Jacob Chastan
John Baptist Chong Chang-un
John Baptist Nam Chongsam
John Baptist Yi Kwangnyol
John Nam Chong-sam
John Pak
John Yi Kwong-hai
John Yi Munu
John Yi Yunil
Joseph Chang Chugi
Joseph Chang Songjib
Joseph Cho Yunho
Joseph Im Ch’ibaeg
Joseph Peter Han Wonso
Juliet Kim
Justin de Bretenières
Lawrence Han Ihyong
Lucia Kim
Lucia Park Huisun
Ludovicus Beaulieu
Luke Hwang Soktu
Magalena Ho Kye-im
Magdalene Cho
Magdalene Han Yong-i
Magdalene Kim Obi
Magdalene Pak Pongson
Magdalene Son Sobyog
Magdalene Yi Yong-hui
Magdalene Yi Yongdog
Maria Park K’unagi
Maria Won Kwi-im
Maria Yi Indog
Maria Yi Yonhui
Mark Chong Uibae
Martha Kim
Martin Luke Huin
Mary Yi Yon-hui
Paul Ho
Paul Hong Yongju
Perpetua Hong Kumju
Peter Aumaitre
Peter Ch’oe Ch’ang-hub
Peter Ch’oe Hyong
Peter Cho Kwaso
Peter Chong Wonji
Peter Henricus Dorie
Peter Hong Pyongju
Peter Kwon Tugin
Peter Maubant
Peter Nam Kyongmun
Peter Ryau
Peter Son Sonji
Peter Y Taech’ol
Peter Yi Hoyong
Peter Yi Myongs
Peter Yu Chongyul
Peter Yu Tae-Chol
Philippa
Protasius Chong Kurbo
Rosa Kim
Sebastian Nam
Simon Berneux
Stephen Min Kukka
Susanna U Surim
Teresa Kim Imi
Teresa Kim
Teresa Yi Mae-im
Theodore
Thomas Johnson
Thomas Son Chason
Vincent Madelgarus
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Saint Cecilia Yu, Martyr
Mother of Saint Paul Chong Hasang and Saint Jung Hye. One of the Martyrs of Korea.
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Blessed Clemente Marchisio
Priest in the archdiocese of Turin, Italy. Founded the Institute of the Daughters of Saint Joseph.
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Saint Eustachius , Martyr
Saint Eustachius was a pagan Roman general in the army of the Emperor Trajan. He Converted to Christianity following a hunting trip during which he saw a glowing cross between the antlers of a stag, after which he received a prophecy that he would suffer for Christ. He was baptized with his wife and two sons, and given the name Eustachius.
Denounced as a Christian, he lost his property, was reduced to abject poverty, and Roman authorities took his wife and children. However, being a capable general, he was recalled to duty by Trajan to help repel barbarians from Rome, which he did. He and his family were reunited with the expectation they would sacrifice to idols in thanks for a military victory. When they refused, an enraged Trajan ordered them thrown to the lions; the big cats played like kittens around them, so they were martyred together by being burned in a bronze bull. Eustachius is one of the fourteen Holy Helpers.
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Saint Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas
Decided at a young age to be a priest, and at age 19 entered the Dominican novitiate. Noted preacher. Home missioner in western Spain. Popular confessor. Known for his spiritual gifts, including reports of the ability to livitate. Wrote several works, including a biography of Saint Dominic de Guzman.
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Saint Glycerius
Archbishop of Milan, Italy. Died in the year 438 A.D., of natural causes.
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Saint Jean-Charles Cornay , Martyr
Holy priest. Member of the Paris Society of Foreign Missions. Missionary to Vietnam, working in Annam. Accused of theft after weapons were planted on his land to discredit him, he was actually arrested for his faith at Ban-ho. He was kept in chains in a cage for three months, routinely beaten, and when interrogated was told to sing his answers as he was known for his beautiful voice. Beheaded and his body hacked to pieces on 20 September 1837 at Son Tây, Ha Tây, Vietnam. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam.
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Blessed John Eustace
Canon regular at Mons, Belgium. Benedictine Cistercian monk. First abbot at Jardinet Abbey in the diocese of Namur, Belgium. Dispatched by his Order to restore discipline to several houses in the region.
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Saint John Houghton, Martyr
Graduated from Cambridge with degrees in civil and canon law. Ordained in 1501 and served as a parish priest for four years. Carthusian monk, doing his noviate in the London Charterhouse, and making his final vows in 1516. Prior of the Beauvale Carthusian Charterhouse, Northampton. Prior of the London Charterhouse.
In 1534 he was the first person to oppose King Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy. Imprisoned with Blessed Humphrey Middlemore. When the oath was modified to include the phrase "in so far as the law of God permits", John felt he could be loyal to Church and Crown; he and several of his monks signed the oath, though with misgivings. Father John was released, and a few days later, troops arrived at the Chapter house and forced the remaining monks to sign the modified oath.
On 1 February 1535, Parliment required that the original, unmodified oath be signed by all. Following three days of prayer, Father John, with Saint Robert Lawrence and Saint Augustine Webster, contacted Thomas Cromwell to seek an exemption for themselves and their monks. The group was immediately arrested and thrown in the Tower of London. True to his Carthusian vow of silence, he would not defend himself in court, but refused to cooperate or sign. The jury could find no malice to the king, but when threatened with prosecution themselves, they found John and his co-defendants guilty of treason.
Saint John houghton was the first person martyred under the Tudor persections, dying with Blessed John Haile and three others; he was hanged, drawn, and quartered on 4 May 1535 at Tyburn, London, England; his body was chopped to pieces and put on display around London as an example to others . He is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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Saint Jose Maria de Yermo y Parres
Excellent student in his youth. Worked in the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. Ordained in 24 August 1879 at León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Founded the Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Poor on 13 December 1885; the congregation works in countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Africa. Founded schools, orphanages, hospitals, clinics, shelters for the elderly and the abused. Worked with the Tamahumara Indians.
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Saint Jung Hye, Martyr
Daughter of Yak Jong Church who was martyred in 1801 during the persecution of Shin-Yu, an attack on the faith that killed all the clergy in the country. Daughter of Saint Yu Cecilia; sister of Saint Jung Hye. One of the Martyrs of Korea.
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Saint Lawrence Mary Joseph Imbert, Martyr
Born to a poor farm family. Studied at the Foreign Mission Seminary at Paris, France in 1818. Ordained on 18 December 1819. Missionary to China, leaving in 1820. Taught at the College General, Penang from April 1821 to January 1822. Missionary for two year in Tonkin, Indochina (modern Viet Nam). Missionary for twelve years in the Szechuan province of China. Founded a seminary in Moupin. Named Vicar Apostolic of Korea and titular bishop of Capsa on 26 April 1836. Arrested with two of his priests, Saint Jacques Honore Chastan and Saint Peter Maubant, in 1839 for the crime of evangelization. Tortured and later beheaded on 21 September 1839 at Saenamt'o, Korea; buried on Noku Mountain.
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Saint Madelgaire
Married to Saint Waltrude; son-in-law of Saint Bertille. Father of four. Founded two monasteries. Retired to the one at Hautmont, France, taking the name Vincent, and then to the one at Soignies, Belgium where he became abbot.
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Blessed Marie Therese of Saint Joseph
Daughter of a Lutheran Superintendent. A convert to Catholicism, Blessed Marie Therese joined the Church on 30 October 1888, taking the name Maria Theresia of Saint Joseph. In 1891 she founded a home of neglected children in Berlin. The young women that helped formed Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus. Mother Marie Teresa was known as a woman of prayer, and she put her faith in action by founding homes, nurseries, and day care centers for children and the aged, and through an extensive correspence in which she gave spiritual advice and encouragement. She worked with the abandoned, immigrants, and the poor, and the Congregation continues this work today in Europe, Africa and the Americas.
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