GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, 15 November 1906, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

November 18, Sunday.— Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost. Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter and Paul. „ 19, Monday.— St. Ponlian, Pope and Martyr. „ 20, Tuesday.— St. Felix, of Valois, Confessor. „ 21, Wednesday.— Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. „ 22, Thursday.— St. Cecily, Virgin and Martyr. „ 23, -Friday.— St. Clement, Pope and Martyr. „ 24, Saturday.— St. John of the Cross, v Confessor. . '

Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter and Paul. These two 'basilicas are situated in " Rome, the one on the Vatican 'hill, the other on the road which leads to the mouth of the Tiber. They are famous throughout the world for size, richness, and magnificence of decoration, but the most precious treasures w'Moh. they contain are the relics of the two great .Apostles— St. Peter, the Vicar of Chiist, ambSt. Paul, the zealous missionary of -the infant Church. St Pontian, Pope and Martyr. St. Pontian- was Pope from 230 to 235. He was exiled by . Alexander Severus to the island of Tavolato, on the eastern- coast of Sardinia, where he was put to death by order of Maximin. St. John of the Cross, Confessor. St. John was a Spaniard. He received his surname from his special devotion to the passion of Christ. He was associated with St. Theresa in reforming the Carmelite Order, of which .he .was a merriti'er At the time of his death, in 1591, St. John was in his fiftieth year.