LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER
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 exhausting labors for the good of the Church and State,
including the period of exile from his diocese, Guala died peacefully in the
Lord on September 3, 1244. He was
beatified by Bl. Pope Pius IX in 1868.
2, SEPTEMBER, Blessed Ingrid of Skanninge,
At Skannige, Sweden, Blessed
Ingrid Elofsdotte, nun and widow of the
Order of Preachers.
Blessed Ingrid became the first Swedish woman to take
the Dominican habit. She later attracted other women to join her and used her
inheritance to found the first Swedish Dominican Monastery known as St Martin
of Skanninge after overcoming civil and ecclesiastical opposition in Sweden and
in Rome. . She lived a cloistered life
in St. Martin's until her death of natural causes in 1282
04, SEPTEMBER Blessed
Catherine of Racconigi
At Racconigi, in Piedmont, Italy, Blessed Catherine Mattei of Racconigi,
sister and virgin of the Order of Preachers.
Blessed Catherine Mattei was born at Racconigi, a village in Piedmont, in
1486 of very poor parents. Throughout her life, she was to share in their daily
lot of hardship and misery yet showed an affinity for prayer at an early age.
As a young woman, she wished to enter the Dominican order, but her request met
with much opposition because of her poverty and low station. Finally she was received as a tertiary. Once
admitted to the Order she proved herself a true daughter of St. Dominic by her
extraordinary charity and zeal for the salvation of souls. The many mystical
graces she received were counterbalanced by sufferings and sickness. Because
the friars of the Order were suspicious of her mystical gifts, she became the
object of detraction, persecution and calumny which continued until the end of
her life. All these she bore with patience and in full confidence on the
goodness of God. In the midst of such difficulties she would pray, “Jesus alone is my hope.” She worked
untiringly to bring peace to her region and died at Carmagnola on September 4,
1547. Her cult was confirmed by Pius VII in 1808.
05, SEPTEMBER Anniversary Deceased
Friends and Benefactors
Our Holy Father Dominic wanted to make evangelical poverty as the
foundation for the preaching in the Order. This has drawn many friends and
benefactors to help the friars and the sisters in fulfilling this evangelical
mission, either by actually associating themselves with the Order as
collaborators or through material help. Today
in this common celebration, we remember our deceased friends and benefactors
who have been connected with the work of our Order in so many ways.
Liturgical note: “Commemoratio”
06, SEPTEMBER Blessed Bertrand of Garrigue
In Le Bouchet, Diocese of Valence, in France, Blessed Bertrand of
Garrigue, friar and priest of the Order of Preachers
One of Saint Dominic’s original sixteen companions, Blessed Bertrand was
born at Garrigue near Nimes in southern France. He associated himself with
Saint Dominic in preaching against the Albigensians and made profession into
his hands in 1216. In 1217 he was sent to Paris to assist in establishing the
Priory of Saint Jacques. Blessed Bertrand was a frequent travelling companion
of Saint Dominic and gave precious testimony to his virtues and miracles during
the process of canonization.
On the same day
06, SETEMBER Blessed Michael Czartorysky, friar
and priest,
and Blessed Julia Rodzinska, sister and virgin of the Order of Preachers, martyrs
Blessed
Michael Czartoryski was born in Poland on 19 February 1897. In September 1927
he entered the Order in Cracow and was
ordained in 1931, he became Master of cooperator Brothers, then of Students. He
ministered to the injured during the Spring Uprising in Warsaw in 1944, and
declined an opportunity to leave the badly wounded and escape before the German
troops captured him. He was shot, together with the wounded men, on 6
September, 1944
Blessed Julia Rodzinska (1899-1945) A Polish Dominican Sister
was a schoolteacher and an able administrator. During the German Nazi
occupation, she continued her ministry clandestinely and was arrested and sent
to the concentration camp in Stutthof.
She covertly promoted the Rosary
and nursed sick fellow prisoners, mostly Jews. She contacted and died of typhus
in 1945 after serving the sick and the dying and a few days before the Camp was
liberated.
Both
martyrs were beatified with other Polish martyrs of the II World War in 1999 by
Pope John Paul II.
10, SEPTEMBER, Blessed Alphonsus
Navarrete, priest and Companions, Martyrs of Japan
In Japan, Blessed Alphonsus Navarete, and two hundred and four companions,
of whom fifty nine were members of the Dominican Family, and fifty eight were
members of the Rosary confraternity.
The Spanish Dominican, Blessed Alphonsus Navarrete, leads the group of
more than a hundred Spanish and Japanese Dominicans—novices, cooperator
brothers, tertiaries and confraternity members — who were martyred during the
religious persecutions between 1614-1632. Blessed Alphonsus was the first
Dominican to die in this persecution. He was born in Castille in 1571 and
entered the Order in Valladolid. After
completion of his studies joined the Holy Rosary Province and was sent to the
Philippines. Fired with zeal for the
Gospel, he begged for the privilege of working in Japan. At last his request was granted and he
arrived there in 1611 as the head of a small band of missionaries. His years in that country, though short were
marked with great charity to the poor.
When persecutions broke out in 1617, he and an Augustinian companion
were seized while on their way to succor the Christian of Omura. They were beheaded in Omura on June 1, 1617.and
their bodies thrown into the sea. During the next five years, many other
Christians, priests religious, lay people natives and missionaries—likewise
suffered heroically for their faith.
Liturgical note: “Memoria” for the Holy Rosary Province
18, SEPTEMBER Saint Juan Macias
At Lima, in Peru, Saint John Macias,
friar of the Order of Preachers.
John Macias was born at Ribera de Fresno in Extremadura, Spain in 1585 of
a noble but impoverished family. Orphaned in early childhood, Juan worked as a
shepherd for his relatives, an occupation which provided him time for prayer.
Inspired by a vision he left his native country and set sail for the Americas,
arriving finally in Lima, Peru, where for a time he tended the sheep of a
wealthy Spaniard. In 1623 he decided to enter the Order at the priory of Saint
Mary Magdalene in Lima, where he served as porter for twenty-two years. Like
his friend Saint Martin de Porres, he was known for his love and care for the
poor and for his special devotion to the rosary. He died on September 16, 1645.
He is the patron saint of immigrants and migrant workers.
20, SEPTEMBER Blessed Mark Scalabrini of Modena
At Pesaro, in Italy, Blessed Mark of Modena, friar and priest of the Order
of Preachers.
Blessed Mark was born in Modena, Italy, shortly after the beginning of the
fifteenth century. He entered the Order in his native city and made rapid
progress in holiness and learning. He became a renowned preacher throughout
northern Italy and for many years served as prior at Pesaro where he died on
September 21, 1498. His cult was confirmed in 1857.
20, SEPTEMBER Blessed Francis de Posadas
At Cordoba, Spain, Blessed Francis de Posadas, friar and priest of the
Order of Preachers.
Blessed Francis was born at Cordoba, Spain in 1644 of very poor parents.
In 1663 he fulfilled the desire of his early youth and entered the Order at the
priory of Scala Caeli in Cordoba after overcoming much opposition and
misunderstanding. His zealous preaching and hearing of confessions were such
that he was considered to be another Saint Vincent Ferrer. He was noted for his
profound compassion for the poor and the imprisoned; often he would give his
own clothing to relieve their needs. His humility was so profound that no job
was beneath his dignity yet refused all administrative positions including two
bishoprics in order to remain close to his beloved people. He died at Cordoba
on September 20, 1713 and was beatified in 1818.
24, SEPTEMBER Blessed Dalmatius Moner
At Gerona, Spain, Blessed Dalmatius Moner, friar and priest of the Order
of Preachers.
24 SEPTEMBER Blessed Jacinto
Serrano priest and companions, martyrs
At Calanda, Valencia and Barcelona (Spain), Blessed Jacinto Serrano Lopez,
priest and friar, and companion martyrs of the Order of Preachers.
Blessed Jacinto Serrano López leads the group of Dominican martyrs;
priests, lay brothers and novices as well as two secular priests who were
martyred for the faith in Barcelona and the Valencian locality of Calanda at
the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War of 1936. These martyrs were beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001.
Blessed Jacinto Serrano
López (1901-1936)
was born in Urrea de Gaén (Teruel, Spain), on 10 July, 1901. He entered the
Order at a very young age and after ordination in 1924, taught at the Dominican
Apostolic School in Calanda (Valencia), and at the Studium Generale in Valencia.
Though a chemist by profession, as a young priest he dedicated himself
not only to teaching, but also to preaching and writing as well as spiritual
direction of various pious associations. When the Civil War broke out, as Vicar
Provincial, he had to organize the flight to safety of the friars to France,
staying behind in Barcelona attentive to their needs.. Detained by some militia
from his own hometown, they detained him in Montjuich Castle and later
transferred him to Hijar where he was imprisoned, subjected to questioning and
was martyred on November 25, 1936.
26, SEPTEMBER Blessed Lawrence of Ripafratta
At Pistoia, in Italy, Blessed Lawrence of Ripafratta, friar and priest of
the Order of Preachers.
Blessed Lawrence was born of noble parents in the castle at Ripafratta,
near Lucca, in 1373. He was already a deacon when he entered the Order at Pisa
with the encouragement of Blessed John Dominici where soon shone with every
religious virtue, becoming a strenuous promoter of the reform begun by St.
Catherine of Siena and Bl. Raymond of Capua. After some years of preaching he
was appointed master of novices at Cortona where he trained such friars as
Saint Antoninus, Bl. Peter Capucci and Blessed John Mungello or Fra Angelico.
He served as prior and lector at Fiesole and in 1425 moved to Pistoia where he
was appointed vicar general of the reformed priories.
In his writings, St. Antoninus did not hesitate to compare Blessed
Lawrence to St Paul, for his apostolic zeal, the tribulations he had to undergo
and the harsh penance which he inflicted on his own body. He, in turn continued to be the confidant and
comforter of St. Antoninus even after his former novice became Archbishop of Florence.
28, SEPTEMBER Saint Dominic Ibañez de Erquicia, Saint James Kyushei
Tomonga, Friars and Priests, Saint Lawrence Ruiz, Lay Dominican,
Husband and Companions, Martyrs
At Nagasaki, Japan, Saint Dominic Ibañez de Erquicia and James Kyushei
Tomonaga, priests and friars, Saint Lawrence Ruiz, lay person, and companions,
martyrs of the Order of Preachers.
On this day the Order commemorates sixteen martyrs who labored to
establish the Church in Nagasaki, Japan, and who were martyred at various times
during the years 1633, 1634, and 1637. After enduring horrible tortures, they
were executed by the method known as the “gallows and pit,” their bodies
burned, their ashes scattered. Of this
group nine were from Japan, four from Spain, one from France, one from Italy,
and one from the Philippines. Thirteen of these martyrs were members of the
Dominican Family and three were associated with it.
Liturgical note: “Memoria” for the
Dominican Family; “Festum” for the Holy Rosary Province.
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