Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 28, 19 July 1923, Page 3

Friends at Court

:.y~ GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR. •July 22, Sunday, —Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. ~ 23, Monday. — St. Appollinaris, Bishop and Martyr, ~ 24, Tuesday. Vigil of St. James, Apostle. ~ 25, Wednesday. St. Janies, Apostle. >,, 26, Thursday. —St, Anne, Mother of the Blessed » Virgin Mary. V >, 27, Friday.— St. Pantaleon, Martyr. / )> 28, Saturday.— SS. Nazarius and Celsus, Martyrs. J ■: • , ‘ ■ -9 , “ St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. / ' St. Anne is proposed to the faithful as a perfect model of a wife and mother, and as the special patron of those who have entered the married state, or are entrusted with "the care of children. St. James, Apostle. ' St. James was a brother of St. John the Evangelist, - * and -a near relative of the Blessed Virgin. After Pentecost he preached to the Jews, who, having left Judea, had found homes in the neighboring countries. According to a very ancient tradition, he voyaged to Spain, which honors ' him as its patron. Going to Jerusalem in 43, lie was apprehended and beheaded by order . of King Agrippa for . teaching the doctrines of Christ