Optional Memorial of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More; John Fisher was bishop of Rochester, More was Chancellor of England; both refused to approve King Henry VIII’s divorce and remarriage and establishment of the Church of England; both were executed in 1535
Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; decided on religious life, and made a vow of perpetual virginity at age 9; received first Holy Communion from St. Charles Borromeo; joined the Jesuits at 18; served in a hospital during the plague of 1587 in Milan, and died from it at age 23
Saint of the Day: St. Gregory Barbarigo, 1625-1697; first embraced a diplomatic career, then became a priest, bishop of Bergamo, and then Cardinal; worked to implement reforms of the Council of Trent
Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Portugal, 1176-1250; daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal; married her cousin and bore him several children, but the marriage was declared invalid due to consanguinity; founded a Benedictine monastery, and lived there, likely eventually becoming a nun
Saint of the Day: St. Luthgard, 1182-1246; one of the outstanding mystics of the Middle Ages; born in Belgium, became a Benedictine and had many mystical experiences; to avoid being made an abbess, she joined the Cistercians; blind for the final eleven years of her life
Saint of the Day: St. Alice, 1220-1250; born near Brussels, entered a Cistercian convent at the age of 7, and remained for the rest of her life; known for her spirit of humility; contracted leprosy, paralysis, and blindness; her greatest consolation came from reception of the Holy Eucharist; patroness of the blind and the paralyzed
Saint of the Day: St. Joseph the Hymnographer, 810-886; the most prolific of the Greek hymn writers; credited with the composition of about a thousand canons
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