Monday Basics: Mass Readings, Saint of the Day, Catholic History, Birthdays

More flowers from my garden
Photographed on July 7, 2007
by Jean M. Heimann

Optional Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and companions, Chinese martyrs

Saint for the Day
:
Saint Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese diocesan priest who was martyred with his 119 companions in 1815. Among their number was an eighteen year old boy, Chi Zhuzi, who cried out to those who had just cut off his right arm and were preparing to flay him alive: "Every piece of my flesh, every drop of my blood will tell you that I am Christian." This optional memorial is new to the USA liturgical calendar and will be inscribed on July 9.

Today in Catholic History:
The original statue of Our Lady of Peace was ceremonially crowned on July 9, 1906 by the Archbishop of Paris in the name of Pope Saint Pius X. Every July 9 since then, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Peace.

Birthdays:
1819 - Elias Howe, American inventor (d. 1867)
1828 - Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman (d. 1913)
1927 - Ed Ames, American singer and actor
1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, 13th & 21st United States Secretary of Defense
1938 - Brian Dennehy, American actor
1995 - Georgie Henley, English actress

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