Optional Memorial of St. Thomas More, 1478-1535, and St. John Fisher, 1469-1535; More, chancellor of England, and Fisher, a bishop, both refused to condone the divorce of King Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn, and also refused to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England; they were executed about two weeks apart
Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; decided at age 8 to enter religious life, joined the Jesuits at 18; served in a hospital during the plague of 1587 in Milan, caught it himself, and died at the age of 23; received last rites from St. Robert Bellarmine
Saint of the Day: St. Adalbert of Magdeburg, 910-981; German Benedictine monk, consecrated a bishop and sent to Russia in 961, but was forced to flee; spent four years in Mainz, and was then named abbot of Weissenburg and bishop of Magdeburg--a diocese created to provide missionary programs for the Slavs
Saint of the Day: St. Gregory Barbarigo, 1625-1697; originally embraced a diplomatic career, but became a priest, then the first bishop of Bergamo, and eventually a Cardinal; seminaries at Bergamo and Padua were enlarged under his rule, and he added a library and printing press to the Padua seminary
Saint of the Day: St. Hypatius of Bithynia, 366-450; hermit, known as the "Scholar of Christ"; sheltered people whose lives were threatened by Nestorian heretics; credited with halting a revival of the Olympic games because their pagan origins; known for miracles and prophecies
Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Portugal, 1178-1250; married a cousin, but the marriage was declared invalid due to consanguinity; founded a Benedictine monastery, replaced the monks with nuns, and expanded it to accommodate 300 nuns, and she lived there
Saint of the Day: St. John Friancis Regis, 1597-1640; entered the Jesuits at age 18; after ordination, he did missionary work in various French towns; gave great attention to the poor; he greatly desired to serve the Native Americans in Canada, but spent his days working in the most desolate parts of France; spent his last four years preaching and organizing social services
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/15/22
Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
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