proper calendar for the month of june
JUNE
02, JUNE Blessed Sadoc, Friar and Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
At Sandomierz, in Poland, the sufferings of forty nine martyrs of the
Order of Preachers who were warned by these very words, miraculously inserted
in the martyrology of the day before.According to tradition Blessed Sadoc received the habit from Saint Dominic himself and at the General Chapter of Bologna in 1221 was chosen to accompany Master Paul of Hungary, who had been commissioned to establish a province in Hungary. Later Blessed Sadoc moved on to Poland where he preached the gospel for nearly forty years. In 1260 he and the forty-eight members of the Dominican community at Sandomierz were martyred by the Tartars as they were singing the Salve Regina at Compline. This took place in the Dominican Church at Sandomierz in 1260. The custom of singing the Salve Regina at the deathbed of Dominicans stems from this incident. Pope Pius VII confirmed their cult in 1807.
03, JUNE Saint Peter Martyr Sanz Friar
and Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs of China
At Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Saint Peter Martyr Sanz Jordá, bishop, and Saint
Francis Serrano, priest and companions, martyrs of the Order of Preachers.
The Holy Rosary Province celebrates the memory of the Dominican Martyrs of
Fuzhou.
Saint Peter Martyr Sanz
Jordá (1680-1747) was born in
Ascó (Tarragona, Spain) on 13 September, 1680.
He was the son of the convent of Lérida. He
transfiliated to the Province of the Rosary and in 1715 was sent to China where he worked
indefatigably in the midst of difficult circumstances. He was appointed
Apostolic Vicar of Fujian in 1729. During the religious persecution, he was arrested and after a long
and harsh imprisonment he was beheaded in Fuzhou on 26 May, 1747.
He was the first bishop to die a martyr’s death in China.
A year
later, four Dominicans were martyred in the jails of Fuzhou, Fujian. October
28, 1748
Saint Francis Serrano Frias (1695-1748)
He was
the son of the Royal Convent of the
Holy Cross in Granada. In 1725 he volunteered to do mission work in the Far East
and was sent to the Philippines and in 1738 he was assigned to the China mission. He was
arrested in 1746. While
in prison, he received his appointment as Vicar Apostolic but was not able to
be consecrated. He died of asphyxia and his remains were burned.
Saint Juan Alcober Figuera (1694-1748) A native of Granada, he was born on 21
December, 1694. He was a son of the Royal Convent of Santa Cruz in Granada. He presented himself for the missions in
the Far East and petitioned to join the Province of the Rosary. He departed for Manila in 1725. In 1741 he was appointed Vicar Provincial of the mission in
China. Arrested in 1746 he was martyred
by strangulation and his body was cremated on 28 October, 1748.
Saint Joaquin Royo Perez (1691-1748)
He was born in Hinojosa (Teruel) on September of 1691, He was the son of the Convent of the Pillar, and
later of the Preachers in the
city of Valencia. While he was still a student
brother, he left for Manila in 1712 and in 1715 entered China. He was
arrested in 1746, and
like his other companions, suffered unbearable tortures and arduous
interrogations, and died by asphyxia. His
remains were also burned on 28
October, 1748.
Saint Francis Díaz de Rincon (1713-1748) He was born in Sevilla on 2 October,
1713. He was the son of the Convent in Ecija. Ordained
in Manila he was assigned as a missionary in China in 1738. Weak in constitution, he bore all
difficulties with patience. As he was reassigned to the Philippines and
awaiting departure, he was arrested in 1746 and after great suffering, he was martyred by strangulation; his body was
also burned on 28 October, 1748.
The Holy Rosary Province celebrates the feast of all the martyrs of Fuzhou on this day; though the local Church calendar in China and Taiwan, assigns May 27 as memorial of St. Peter Martyr Sanz and October 27 as the memorial for Saint Francis Serrano and companions.
Liturgical note: “Festum” for the Holy Rosary Province.
04, JUNE Saint Peter Martyr
At Milan,
Saint Peter of Verona, friar and priest, the protomartyr of the Order of Preachers.
The Protomartyr of the Order of Preachers, Saint Peter was born at Verona, Italy around 1205 of Manichean parents. While a student at Bologna, he entered the Order of Preachers, receiving the habit from the hands of Saint Dominic. Full of zeal for the purity of the faith he preached the word of God and brought many people back to the true faith. His concern for the growth of the faith among the laity led him to establish the Confraternity in Praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Association of the Faith. He earnestly promoted community life and served the brethren as prior. Towards the end of his life he received the office of inquisitor, which he carried out to great effect. On April 6, 1252, while returning from Como to Milan he was set upon by a group of heretics and was fatally stabbed. As he lay dying on the roadway, he wrote on the ground with his own blood his final testament to the Catholic doctrine which he had so staunchly defended in life: Credo in unum Deum. His death occurred on April 6, 1252. He was canonized the following year by Pope Innocent IV.
Liturgical note: “Memoria”
08, JUNE Blessed Diana and Blessed Cecilia
At Bologna, in Italy, Blessed Diana d’ Andaló, nun and virgin of the Order
of Preachers.
Blessed Diana, a member of the powerful d’Andalo family, was born at
Bologna at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Attracted to the Order by
the preaching of Blessed Reginald, Diana became a great benefactress of the
Order. She persuaded his grandfather to relinquish his property to the friars
for their prior and church and after overcoming the strong objections of her
family and with the help of Blessed Jordan of Saxony founded the Monastery of
Saint Agnes for the nuns. There she
lived for thirteen years a life of poverty, humility and ardent devotion,
guided in her path to perfection by the gentle hand of Blessed Jordan who
became her personal friend as well as her spiritual director. The letters which
Blessed Jordan wrote to her are a splendid testament to the spirituality of the
Dominican family and to the association of brothers and sisters within the
Dominican family. She died in 1236 and her cult was confirmed by Pope Leo XIII
in 1891.
Likewise at Bologna, Blessed Cecilia, nun and virgin of the Order of
Preachers.
Blessed Cecilia was born at Rome around 1200 of the noble Caesarini
family. In 1220 Pope Honorius III asked Saint Dominic to reform several Roman
monasteries, among them Santa Maria in Tempulo of which Blessed Cecilia was a
member. According to tradition she was the first to express enthusiasm for the
project and the first to receive the habit from the hands of Saint Dominic at
the new Monastery of Saint Sixtus. In late 1223 or early 1224 she and three
other nuns were sent to the Monastery of Saint Agnes in Bologna to help with
the new foundation. To her we are indebted for our only description of the
physical appearance of Saint Dominic.
She died around 1290.
Both their memories are celebrated together on this day.
Liturgical note: “Memoria optativa” for the Order; “Memoria” for the Nuns.
10, JUNE Blessed John Dominici
At Budapest, in Hungary, Blessed John Dominici, friar and bishop of the
Order of Preachers. Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Blessed John Dominici was born at Florence around 1357 and received the
habit at the priory of Santa Maria Novella at the age of seventeen. Cured of a
speech impediment through the intercession of St. Catherine of Siena, he became
one of the most famous preachers of his day.
He assisted Blessed Raymond of Capua with the reform of the Order which
begun in 1390, becoming the leader of the reform movement in Italy and worked
for the restoration of the primitive observance in the houses of the friars and
the nuns. One of his most successful project was the novitiate house in Fiesole
founded in 1406. He became known as the “principle restorer of regular
observance in Italy.”
Concerned about questions of faith and morality which the humanism of his
day posed for the faith, he wrote a treatise on Christian education, the Lucula
noctis. In 1408, Blessed John Dominici was chosen as Archbishop of Ragusa
and shortly afterward was elevated to the cardinalate becoming a trusted
counselor and helper of Pope Gregory XII. He played a significant role at the
Council of Constanz where the two rival claimants to the papacy renounced their
positions, thus paving the way for the end of the Western Schism. The newly
elected Pope Martin V dispatched him on a mission to Bohemia and Hungary to
deal with the Hussite heresy and while there he died at Buda on June 10,
1419. Pope Gregory XVI beatified him in
1832.
Liturgical note: “Memoria optativa”
12, JUNE Blessed Stephen Bandelli
At Saluzzo, in Piedmont, Italy, Blessed Stephen Bandelli, friar and priest
of the Order of Preachers.
Blessed Stephen was born at Castelnuovo in Scrivia, Italy in 1369, and
received the habit at Piacenza. He became a Master in both Canon Law and
theology was lectured at the University of Pavia, but was especially known for
his preaching and his ministry as a confessor. So fiery was his preaching that
people acclaimed him another Saint Paul. He died at Saluzzo on June 11, 1450.
Pope Pius IX beatified him in 1856.
18, JUNE Blessed Osanna of Mantua
At Mantua, in Italy, Blessed Osanna Andreasi, lay person and virgin of the
Order of Preachers.
Blessed Osanna Andreassi was born at Mantua in 1449. Although she received
the habit of the Sisters of Penance of Saint Dominic at age fourteen, she was
not permitted to make profession until shortly before her death. With great
wisdom she blended the practice of good works and social concerns with a life
of contemplation. She enjoyed many extraordinary mystical graces during her
life and many came to her for advice and consolation. Her sweetness and her
gentleness won their trust and confidence. She died on June 18, 1505 and Pope
Innocent XI confirmed her cult in 1694.
20, JUNE Blessed Margaret Ebner
At the Monastery of Maria Medingen, diocese of Augsburg, Germany, Blessed
Margaret Ebner, nun and virgin of the Order of Preachers.
Blessed Margaret Ebner was born in 1291 at Donauworth in Bavaria and made
her profession as a nun at the Dominican Monastery of Maria Medingen in 1306.
By her own account her true conversion to God began in 1311 when she was twenty
years old. Soon after, she became seriously ill and was bedridden for nearly
thirteen years. These years of suffering
and prayer brought her to the heights of contemplative union with God. She became
one of the more prominent of the Rhineland mystics, known to both John Tauler
and Henry Suso. The letters written to
her by her confessor, Heinrich of Nordlingen are among the earliest examples of
this genre of correspondence in the German language.
She left an account of her mystical experiences in her Spiritual
Journal and wrote a treatise on the Lord’s Prayer. She died on June 20,
1351.Her immemorial cult was ratified by Pope John Paul II on February 24,
1979.
23, JUNE Blessed Innocent V
At Rome, in Italy, Blessed Innocent V, pope of the Order of Preachers.
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