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Calendar for the month of October     03 OCTOBER Blessed Dominic Spadafora At Monte Serignone in Sicily, Blessed Dominic Spadofora, friar and priest of the Order of Preachers. Born in Sicily about the year 1450 to the noble family of the Spadofora, Blessed Dominic received the habit at the priory of St. Zita at Palermo in 1450. He studied at Padua and did so brilliantly that was chosen to be the socius of the Master of the Order. Outstanding for his assiduous practice of prayer and fidelity to regular observance, he became a zealous preacher of the Word in Sicily and throughout Italy, sparing himself no hardship in the fulfillment of this sacred duty. He had a special devotion to the Passion of our Lord and by his charity and humility converted many to the Lord, even attracting some to the Order. He founded the priory of Our Lady of Grace in Monte Cerignone, Sicily, where he remained as superior until his death on December 21, 1521. Pope Benedict XV ratified and con

LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER         SEPTEMBER 02, SEPTEMBER Blessed Guala Rogni of Bergamo At Pisogne, in Italy, Blessed Guala Rogni, friar and bishop of the Order of Preachers. Born in Bergamo, Italy about 1180, Guala Romagnoni was already a canon of that city when Saint Dominic received him into the Order in 1219. He accompanied the Holy Patriarch to Bologna and was later employed by him in establishing the Order in Brescia which he governed with prudence and zeal. At the death of St Dominic, Blessed Guala though not present saw in a vision the entrance of our Holy Father into heaven. In 1229 Pope Gregory IX appointed him Bishop of Brescia and Apostolic Legate to Lombardy.   He labored to reconcile Emperor Frederick II and the Pope and to establish peace among the cities of northern Italy. As Bishop of Brescia his concern for the poor and unfortunate earned him the title, “Father of the poor and advocate of widows and orphans.”After many exhaus

THE LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 02, AUGUST Blessed Jane of Aza At Caleruega, in Spain, Blessed Jane of Aza, Mother of Saint Dominic and Blessed Mannes Blessed Jane was born of the prominent Aza family and married Felix de Guzman, a man “ rich and revered among his people ”. Three of their children spent their lives in the service of the Church: Anthony, Blessed Mannes and St. Dominic. According to the earliest and most reliable source, it describes Blessed Jane   as “ virtuous, chaste, prudent, and full of compassion for the poor and the afflicted; among all the women of the region she was outstanding for her good reputation .” She died at Caleruega, Spain, at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Her relics were now kept at the Dominican Monastery at Caleruega. Pope Leo XII confirmed her cult in 1828. Liturgical note: “Memoria optativa” 03 AUGUST Blessed Augustine Kazotic At Lucera in Italy, Blessed Augustine Kazotic , friar and bishop of the Ord