Friends at Court

New Zealand Tablet, 23 July 1908, Page 3

Friends at Court

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

, July 26, Sunday.— Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. St. Anne, • . Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. „ 27, Monday.' — St. Veronica Juliana, Virgin. " „ 28, Tuesday. — St. Victor I., ~ Pope and Martyr; St. Innocent 1., Pope and Confessor; Saints Nazarius - and Celsus, - Martyrs. „ 29, Wednesday.— St. Felix 11., Pope and Martyr. „ 30, Thursday. — St. Martha, Virgin. „ 31, Friday. — St. Ignatius Loyola, Confessor. August 1, Saturday.— St. Peter's Chains. St. Martha, Virgin. St. Martha was the sister of Lazarus, whom Christ raised from the dead. The family resided at Bethany, near Jerusalem, where they received frequent visits from our Divine Lord. According to a French tradition, Lazarus became first Bishop of Marseilles, while the tombs of Martha and her sister Mary are still venerated in Provence. St. Ignatius of Loyola, Confessor." St. Ignatius was born at the castle of Loyola, in the north of Spain. He was at first a soldier, but feeling himself called to more perfect life, he began, at the age of 33) to study Latin, with the object of becoming a priest. He completed his studies at the University of 1 aris, where he gained the affectionate esteem of several young students, who were afterwards the first members of the religious Order which he founded^ and which is known as the Society of Jesus. St. Ignatius was its first Superior, and -held that office from 1541 to 1556.