Saints

St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church (Feast)

John of the Cross Saint John was born, probably in 1540, in Fontiveros, near Avila in Spain. His father died when he was very young and he had to move with his mother from one place to another, while he tried as best he could to continue his education and, at the same time, to earn a living. In Medina in 1563 he was clothed in the Carmelite habit and, after a year's novitiate, was given permission to follow the unmitigated Carmelite Rule.

St. Raphael of St. Joseph (OCD), Priest (m)

Raphael of JosephRaphael of St. Joseph (in lay life: Joseph Kalinowski) was born at Vilna to a Polish family on 1st September 1835 and died at Wadowice on 15th November 1907. Graduating in engineering at the Academy of Military Sciences at St.

All Carmelite Saints (Feast)

All Carmelite SaintsThe Church is unfailingly holy: Christ has loved it like his spouse and has given himself for her, in order to sanctify her; this is why all in the Church are called to holiness. The Church preaches the Paschal Mystery in the Saints who have suffered with Christ and who are glorified with him, and proposes to the faithful their example to attract all to the Father through Christ and implores through their merits the benefits of God.

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (OCD), Virgin and Doctor of the Church (Feast)

Therese of JesusSaint Thérèse was born at Alençon in France on 2nd January 1873. Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin. After the death of her mother on 28th August 1877, Thérèse and her family moved to Lisieux. Towards the end of 1879, she went to confession for the first time.

St. Albert of Jerusalem, Bishop and Lawgiver of Carmel (Feast)

Albert PatriarchSaint Albert was born towards the middle of the 12th century in Castel Gualtieri in Emilia, Italy. He entered the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross at Mortara, Pavia, and became Prior there in 1180. In 1184, he was named bishop of Bobbio, and the following year he was transferred to Vercelli which he governed for twenty years.

St. Teresa Margaret Redi (OCD), Virgin (m)

Teresa MargaretSaint Teresa Margaret Redi was born in Arezzo on 1st September 1747 into the noble family of Redi. In 1764, she entered the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Florence, changing her baptismal name of Anna Maria to that of Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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