GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 33, 18 August 1904, Page 31

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR.

August 21, Sunday.—Thirteenth Sunday after Pentedostv St. Joachim, Father of the' Bl*Ss«d Virgin Mary. 22, Motiday.—Octave of the Feast of the'"Assumption. s * "I! !'. ' ' „ 23, Tuesday.—St. Philip Beniti, Confessrirv '• nft „ 31, Wednesday.—St. Alphonsus, Bishop, -Cantes-'" sor, and Doctor. "f "• >' „ 25, Thursday.—St. Bartholomew, Apostle. - ' ** 26, Friday.<— St. Zephyrinus\ Pope and M&ityr*.* ■ 27, Saturday.—St. Joseph Calasanctius, Con- ' St^j^Jos^thim, J|athc* of ;|^esßyg&S£dsVir|§n Tliie F&he¥sTl th|* Chiijcl*yßiiij| ijL ex^llinj*!ihe san.citityawJs S^'Jloaclriim area Sir:, Aabief-sSiiliiose privilege it' was to be the parents of fhe Most Pure Mother of **Rt. Phflfp-BAif^lflildr™^ St. Philip, Beniti, a priest of the Seryite Order, was Wor^p t@?@# abou* the WWD" to^»H teentn century. TTe was remarkable for bis extreme humilLty, which caused' him to refuse all-'-^fliotes ■ofc^tffetinction, and for a burning zeal w rhich brought about the conversion of innumerable ,sinn£rs-_in the different parts of Italy which- J hVvlsTteir: ''HerirVed in 1285. St. Alphonsus, Bishop, Confessor,-and Bo^to^.;' t^ri ' St. Alplions'us Liguori was born at- Naples' 1 in wi<fc)6/^ At the age of 30 he abandoned the legal profesttftfn*** in w ku^h- - h&~ -tetkd -ftk©*dy—made- -a - m«w- 4or-h«nseif-- awh~in spite of thp opppsitipn.. of, his,.father., he, b^ecanie a priest Allying himself //.e^io^ly-^td/the |of Ins sacred calling, he' touched" by his fervent discourses the hearts of the ppjpat inyeterrate .si&ftefs.u Still .nore abundant was the front which he gathered in the tribunal of penance, yrhefe h,e joj.rted a singular ,? and firmness to the most tender sentiments of paternal affection. Hd foiuided, auß for aLong time';'gov^iiriid! the ' Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. 1 For eight years he was Bishop of —St. Agatha, but at length obtained leave tp resign this responsible ,office,,, which he had accepted only very reluctantly, of his labors -he found time to cojnpose. a, ntjrnjjcjp; j^ doctrinal and devotional works, which have earned for him the title of ' Docter of the Chun-h.' St. Alphonsus died in 1787, at the age of 90. St. .Bartholomew, Apostle. , „ , .St. .fiai'tiiolQiftejK. and is generally supposed to be identical with Nathainiel. lfe carried the Gospel, to .India, U e^ Fehx/oi£ Yem^itf. 'JK In|isilanity were foand hi* fhese* emrtiwteff-^y^^antaemisf-m -"klexandr)a,, wh^p.Rlso discovered a copy of St. Matthew's d'os'ptef ln'ifehirGw, which had .hem^ei^ there by St. Bartholomew. Armenian write-V# * mWPfW us that he afterwards traversed Eer,sia, IjJcsQMitamia, Syria, and-Asfir9ffilK#. r* iTtenWW pafe^d mt'ff^roater Armenia, JMl&s9f£' ™mGrous conversion^ suffered a cruel martyrdom at Albanopolis. By o'rde% »t'Ki-ng Astyages.-Whose predecessor and brother, Polymiius, had been converted by him, the Apostle was fla/ed^l iveqtSf )^|e«^r."2 j j-$ T St. Zephyrinus, Pope and Martyr. St. Zephyrinui bed&mv&op&wk) 203,^Mlte which the Emperor Septimus Severug. v-a persecution' of the 'Ohiirch thrtiirgiTout tKe Roman Etnpire. —H4s — p€^%t^ftte--^TttS'j^rmj'b}ed~ itt7''*Trran3r lieiuslux; ~^ which thjß-^oly Ppni,iff = fresolt*tely combafteti. VVtoatter v his. dentilj-jjSis that of a|ma*|y^ t P*^b/*ft'*l%*^* gMf* to m% (^njaccount of ie fa'ltfi, canncrt' 1 be accurately aete*nnmed. St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor. St.,.Joseph was -bo/v ?i? iH * Ibft Kvfljjdoiwwo^jAMMon, ia Rpairt" - ttafo h\J ?fcft#£aM*e#e«Buy afWir'w^minK a priest^ lie felt.a great* attraction for the instruction of childrenV- HayHY^Ktme to Rome, he devoted himself almost entirely to this work. j^e. died in V6ls,, t jn, j hjjß^-v •)2nd year, after h'aVij'ig'founded' a( religious JtTo^igregation, which had-for' its'special"! 6bj<#t tJltfe education of the young, but' particalafrl£ M H.he^ p<s6t^r classes.