GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

New Zealand Tablet, 17 September 1908, Page 3

GLEANINGS FOR NEXT WEEK'S CALENDAR

September 20, Sunday.— Fifteenth Sunday" after Pen- ' . ' - Jtecost. Seven Dolors of' the Blessed Virgin Mary. - „ 21, Monday, —St. Matthew, Apostle. „ 22, Tuesday. —St. Thomas of Villanova, Bishop and -Confessor. . „ - 23,-Wednesday: —St. Linus, Pope and Mar--tyr. - * ' „ 24, Thursday. —Our "Lady of Mercy. „ .25, Friday. —SS. Eustachius and Com- ■ panions, Martyrs. „ 26, Saturday. —St. Eusebius, Pope and . Martyr. St. Thomas of Villanova. St. Thomas was born at Fuenlana (Leon), Spain, .in 1488,- and died at Valencia, of which he was Archbishop, m 1555. He was distinguished for his humilT nt? chanty, and merited the glorious surname of the Father of the Poor.' St. Linus, Pope and Martyr. St. Linus, the immediate successor of St. Peter received the martyr's crown after a pontificate of twelve St. Eustachius.and-Companions, Martyrs. St. Eustachius, a Roman general, suffered martyrdom, together with his wife and two sons, shortly alter the beginning of the second century. St. Eusebius, Pope and Martyr. *t. Il'I 1 ' 11 r us<r bius > who succeeded St. Marcellus on the Papal throne, was banished by Maxentius to bicily, where suffering and privation soon caused his death. A. D. 310