Saints & Heroes
August 18: Everywhere she went, Helena Augusta visited churches with pious zeal and enriched them by her benevolence. Her generosity embraced not only individuals but entire communities. The poor and destitute were the special objects of her charity.
August 19: Saint John Eudes was born to devout parents who consecrated him to the Holy Virgin. He grew up to be an eloquent preacher and a holy priest.
August 21: With the laser-like quality of a saint, Pope Saint Pius X condemned and combated the wiles of the modernist heresy.
August 24: Bartholomew is commonly identified with Nathaniel, whose approach Our Lord greeted with the exclamation: “Behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile.”
August 25: Saint Louis IX of France, crusader king, fearless warrior, morally outstanding monarch, stalwart in masculine virtue, and a heroic saint.
August 26: After the death of her father, St. Elizabeth dedicated herself to rebuilding her parish community left in chaos by of the violent persecution of the French Revolution.
August 29: Saint John the Baptist was arrested for condemning Herod's "marriage" to his brother's wife. He was eventually martyred for standing up for the truth.
August 30: Saint Margaret Ward helped a priest escape prison. She was caught and executed by English Protestants.
June 26: Until his death in 1178 at the age of seventy-two, Anthelm fearlessly reprimanded the clergy for their fallen standards concerning priestly celibacy and labored tirelessly and uncompromisingly for the reform of the clergy.
June 27: St. Cyril, Priest, Bishop, Patriarch of Alexandria, and Doctor of the Church, defended the Catholic Faith against heretical movements.
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