GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 08, 8 October 1908, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

October 11, Sunday.— Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. St. Canice, Abbot. „ 12, Monday. — St. John Leonard, Confessor. „ 13. Tuesday.— St. Edward, King and Confessor. „ 14, Wednesday.— St. Callistus, Pope and Martyr. „ 35, Thursday.— St. Theresa, Virgin. „ 16, Friday.— St. Gall, Abbot. „ 17, Saturday. — St. Hedwige, Queen. St. John Leonard, Confessor. St. John was born in Lucca, in Italy. As a priest, he effected such a complete reformation of morals in Lucca that its inhabitants rivalled the early Christians in fervor. He himself seemed to have imbibed that burning zeal which caused the apostles to traverse the world in order to convey to all nations the teachings of Christ. Anxious for the propagation of the true Faith, and unable himself to leave Italy, he devoted his time and abilities to the training of suitable young men, who were destined, after their ordination, to proceed as missionaries to heathen and heretical countries. He died in 1609, at the age of 65. St. Gall, Abbot. St. Gall, a disciple of St. Columban, was a native of Ireland. He was the chief assistant of St. Columban in his missionary labors. St. Gall was able to preach in the German as well as the Latin language. He laid the foundations of the celebrated Monastery of St. Gall, in Switzerland. He refused the Bishopric of Constance, which the Duke Gunza pressed upon his acceptance. He continued to preach the Gospel to the inhabitants of the country about the Monastery of St. Gall, and at the time of his death, which occurred at 'Arbon, October 16, 646, when he was in the 45th year of his age, the entire country of the Alemanni had become a Christian province.