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Saint Bruno 1030 -
1101 Educated in Paris.
Priest. Taught theology. Criticized the worldliness he saw in his fellow
clergy. Chancellor of the archdiocese. Following a vision he received of a
secluded hermitage where he could spend his life becoming closer to God,
he retired to a mountain in Dauphiny in 11th century and founded what
became the first house of the Order of the Carthusians; he and his
brothers supported themselves as manuscript copyists. Assistant to Pope
Urban II.
Born: 1030 at Cologne, Germany
Died: 1101 at Calabria
Patronage: possessed people, Ruthenia
Representation: holding a book and being illuminated by a ray of
light
Readings
Rejoice, my dearest brothers, because you are blessed and because of the
bountiful hand of God's grace upon you. Rejoice, because you have escaped
the various dangers and shipwrecks of the stormy world. Rejoice because
you have reached the quiet and safe anchorage of a secret harbor. Many
wish to come into this port, and many make great efforts to do so, yet do
not achieve it. Indeed many, after reaching it, have been thrust out,
since it was not granted them from above.
By your work you show what you love and what you know. When you observe
true obedience with prudence and enthusiasm, it is clear that you wisely
pick the most delightful and nourishing fruit of divine Scripture.
from a letter by Saint Bruno to the Carthusians
source:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb14.htm
Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher
1811 - 1849 Also known
as: Eulalie Durocher
Profile
Tenth of eleven children. Drawn to the religious life, but turned away due
to frail health. Became housekeeper to her brother Theophile, a priest at
Beloeil. Because newly independent Canada was still a wild, untamed place,
its bishop (the whole country was a single diocese) had trouble getting
European religious to emigrate, so he founded new communities. Marie Rose
helped found the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary who serve as
teachers.
Born: 6 October 1811 at Saint Antoine-sur-Richelieu (near Montreal),
Canada as Eulalie Durocher
Died: 6 October 1849 of natural causes
Beatified: 23 May 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Canonization: pending
Patronage: bodily ills, loss of parents, sick people, sickness
Readings
Do not imitate those persons who, after having spent a few months as a
postulant or novice in a community, dress differently, even ludicrously.
You are returning to the secular state. My advice is, follow the styles of
the day, but from afar, as it were.
- Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, giving advice to a novice leaving the
religious life
source:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm42.htm
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