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BL. GREGORIO SANCHEZ SANCHO - 7th SEPTEMBER
Bl. Gregorio Sanchez Sancho (Father Tirso of Jesus Mary) was born in Salamanca on April 19, 1899, and baptised on April 23.
He entered the Teresian Seminary of Medina del Campo in 1910. After graduating
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Bl. Gregorio Sanchez Sancho (Father Tirso of Jesus Mary) was born in Salamanca on April 19, 1899, and baptised on April 23.
He entered the Teresian Seminary of Medina del Campo in 1910. After graduating
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2.from high school, he was professed in 1916. Ordained a priest in December 1923, he was sent to Cuba at the beginning of 1924. He carried out great apostolic activity in Havana.
Returning to Spain in 1933 he was assigned to Toledo, where he continued his apostolate.
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Returning to Spain in 1933 he was assigned to Toledo, where he continued his apostolate.
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3. Captured by the militiamen at the end of August 1936, and imprisoned, he was subjected to an unfair trial before the People's Court of Toledo, which sentenced him to death on September 6.
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ST MIRIAM BAOUARDY - 26th AUGUST
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1. Born January 5,1846 at Abellin, Galilee, her parents died when St Miriam was a toddler. Raised in Egypt by an uncle, she privately consecrated her virginity to Christ. Her uncle was not impressed #StMiriamBaouardy #ChristianTwitter
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1. Born January 5,1846 at Abellin, Galilee, her parents died when St Miriam was a toddler. Raised in Egypt by an uncle, she privately consecrated her virginity to Christ. Her uncle was not impressed #StMiriamBaouardy #ChristianTwitter
2. with that, having hoped to connect her in an advantageous marriage. From then, she hired herself as a domestic servant.
Working for different families throughout the Middle East, St Miriam was eventually taken to the Carmel at Pau by a Sister in 1867.
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Working for different families throughout the Middle East, St Miriam was eventually taken to the Carmel at Pau by a Sister in 1867.
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3. In 1870, Miriam was sent with a group of Carmelites to Mangalore, India, to establish a new community.
Following her profession of vows in November 1871, having taken the name Mary of Jesus Crucified, she experienced the stigmata, levitated in prayer, and had visions.
Following her profession of vows in November 1871, having taken the name Mary of Jesus Crucified, she experienced the stigmata, levitated in prayer, and had visions.
20th AUGUST: BLESSED GEORG HÄFNER, MARTYR
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1. Georg Häfner, born 1900 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany, died on August 20, 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp. He was a German Catholic priest and member of the Carmelite Third Order.
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1. Georg Häfner, born 1900 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany, died on August 20, 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp. He was a German Catholic priest and member of the Carmelite Third Order.
Bl. #GeorgHafner #Aug20
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2. His beatification took place in 2011.
Bl. Georg was chaplain in Kothen and revealed himself as a persistent opponent of National Socialism while he was pastor of Oberschwarzach from 1934 to 1941. That is why he was sent to Dachau concentration camp in 1941
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Bl. Georg was chaplain in Kothen and revealed himself as a persistent opponent of National Socialism while he was pastor of Oberschwarzach from 1934 to 1941. That is why he was sent to Dachau concentration camp in 1941
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3. where he died of starvation and disease. Having held on unwaveringly to his steadfast #Christian conviction until the end, Blessed Georg's death at the hands of the Nazis was judged to be out of "hatred for the faith" and his has been considered a matryr's death.
During the #FrenchRevolution, these #Carmelite sisters refused to sign the Constitution Civile du Clerge that would render their Order submissive to the state. Kind of like the Little Sisters of the Poor.
I had the privilege of seeing a performance of Francis Poulenc’s opera Dialogues De Carmelites in NYC in the 80’s. Bottom line: don’t mess with nuns - you won’t win.
Here’s the incredible Jessye Norman as Sister Teresa of St Augustine: m.youtube.com/watch?v=XwVa04…
One of the leading figures of French #islamologie in modern times was Louis Massignon (1883-1962) chair at the Collège de France on #Islam and whose name is forever associated with the study of Sufism and an #empathetic study of #Islam 1/
In fact his turn to faith before WW1 followed a trip to #Iraq in 1907 and encounter with Muslim hospitality and spirituality reawakened his #Catholicism along with the #intercessionary friendship of Joris-Karl Huysmans (1838-1907) and the hermit Charles de Foucauld (1848-1916) 2/
After his own doubt, De Foucauld became a Trappist monk living in Morocco, Syria and then in the Algerian Sahara with the Tuareg when he was martyred in 1916 and is currently in the process of being canonised by Pope Francis vaticannews.va/en/vatican-cit… 2a/
