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The story of the Christian Life Community,
formerly the Sodality of Our Lady,
is a story of Mary's invitation to obey Jesus-"Do whatever He tells you."
It tells of a four hundred-year old movement that attempted to live Mary's
advice to return to its source-Christ her Son. Thus, it has rediscovered
its original vision, studied seriously the needs of the modern world,
and then refashioned itself to serve this world.
Heroes, Heads of Countries, Magistrates, Statesmen and Diplomats
1. María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco
Aquino (born January 25, 1933), widely known
as Cory Aquino;President of the Philippines from 1986
to 1992; Asia's first female President;wife of the popular
opposition senator Benigno Aquino Jr. When he was assassinated
at then Manila International Airport on his return from
exile on August 21, 1983, she became the focus of the
opposition to the autocratic rule of President Ferdinand
Marcos.
2. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
(1861-1896), Philippine National Hero. Patriot, physician
and man of letters whose life and literary works were
an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement.
3. Ladislaus IV, (1595-1648), king of
Poland. Founder of the Sodality of the Immaculate Concepcion
at Warsaw. He led two crusades against the Ottomans.
4. Garcia Moreno (1821-1875) Ecuadorean
patriot and statesman; assassinated at Quito, 6 August,
1875.
5. Philippe de Hauteclocque (1902-1947)
- French general and hero during World War II who achieved
fame as the liberator of Paris. He once became the prefect
of the French Sodality.
6. Johann Tserclaes Tilly (1559-1632)
- commander of the Catholic League in Germany during the
Thirty Years' War.
7. Jan III Sobieski (1674-1696)-king
of Poland (1674-1696), who raised the Ottoman siege of
Vienna in 1683.
8. Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) stopped
the advance of the German forces during the great push
of Spring at the Second Battle of Marne in July 1918,
WWI mounting the counterattack that turned the tide of
the war.
9. Hubert Lyautey (1894-1934) was commissary-general
in Morocco during the early stages of the First World
War.
10. Jose Moscardo Ituarte (1878-1936),
a Spanish general, defender of the Alcazar of Toldeo in
1936.
11. Henry Abel Smith (1900-1993) Colonel
in the British Army during World War II and a former Governor
of Queensland. He was knighted by George VI.
12. Albert, Count Apponyi (1846-1933)
Hungarian statesman. One of the most brilliant orators
in Hungarian public life.
13. Gustave Xavier Lacroix de Ravignan
(1795-1858) French Jesuit orator and author. Elected in
1817 as King's Counsel in the Paris circuit and in 1821
deputy attorney general before joining the Society of
Jesus. He laid the foundation of lofty but practical spirituality,
master of self, generosity, and zeal.
14. Engelbert Dollfuss (1892 - 1934).
Austrian statesman, serving as chancellor for two years
from 1932 until his assassination in 1934.
15. Queen Fabiola of the Belgians (1872-)
born Doña Fabiola Fernanda María de las
Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón, was
the Spanish-born Queen consort of king Baudouin I of the
Belgians, until the king's death in 1993. Before her marriage
she published an album of 12 fairy tales (Los doce Cuentos
maravillosos), one of which ("The Indian water lilies")
would get its own pavilion in the Efteling theme park
in 1966. Admired for her devout Catholicism and involvement
in social causes, particularly those related to mental
health, children's issues, and women's issues in the Third
World, Queen Fabiola is a recipient of the 2001 Ceres
Medal, in recognition of her work to promote rural women
in developing countries, from the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Saints, Venerables, Martyrs and Missionaries of the Sodality
St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897)
Carmelite
Patron Saint of Mission; Doctor of the Church.
Little Flower of Jesus
Brought up in an atmosphere of faith where every virtue
and aspiration was carefully nurtured and developed, her
vocation manifested itself when she was still a child.
Educated by the Benedictines, when she was fifteen she
applied for permission to enter the Carmelite Convent,
and being refused by the superior, went to Rome with her
father, as eager to give her to God as she was to give
herself, to seek the consent of the Holy Father, Leo XIII,
then celebrating his jubilee. He preferred to leave the
decision in the hands of the superior, who finally consented
and on 9 April, 1888, at the unusual age of fifteen, Thérèse
Martin entered the convent of Lisieux where two of her
sisters had preceded her.
She is a saint of "littleness," simplicity,
and abandonment in God's service, of the perfect accomplishment
of small duties.
St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879)
Mystic
Famed visionary of Lourdes, baptized Mary Bernard.
Beatification: 1925
Canonization: 1933
Bernadette, a severe asthma sufferer, lived in abject
poverty. On February 11, 1858, she was granted a vision
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a cave on the banks of the
Gave River near Lourdes. She was placed in considerable
jeopardy when she reported the vision, and crowds gathered
when she had further visits from the Virgin, from February
18 of that year through March 4.The civil authorities
tried to frighten Bernadette into recanting her accounts,
but she remained faithful to the vision. On February 25,
a spring emerged from the cave and the waters were discovered
to be of a miraculous nature, capable of healing the sick
and lame. On March 25, Bernadette announced that the vision
stated that she was the Immaculate Conception, and that
a church should be erected on the site. Many authorities
tried to shut down the spring and delay the construction
of the chapel, but the influence and fame of the visions
reached Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon Ill,
and construction went forward. Crowds gathered, free of
harassment from the anticlerical and antireligious officials.
In 1866, Bernadette was sent to the Sisters of Notre Dame
in Nevers. There she became a member of the community,
and faced some rather harsh treatment from the mistress
of novices. This oppression ended when it was discovered
that she suffered from a painful, incurable illness. She
died, still giving the same account of her visions. Lourdes
became one of the major pilgrimage destinations in the
world, and the spring has produced 27,000 gallons of water
each week since emerging during Bernadette's visions.
She was not involved in the building of the shrine, as
she remained hidden at Nevers.
St. Camillus of Lellis (1550-1614)
Founder of Congregation of the Servants of the Sick (the
Camilleans)
Son of a military officer who had served both for Naples
and France. His mother died when he was very young. Spent
his youth as a soldier, fighting for the Venetians against
the Turks, and then for Naples. Reported as a large individual,
perhaps as tall as 6'6", and powerfully built, but
suffered all his life from abscesses on his feet. A gambling
addict, he lost so much he had to take a job working construction
on a building belonging to the Capuchins; they converted
him.
He entered the Capuchin noviate three times, but a nagging
leg injury, received while fighting the Turks, each time
forced him to give up. He went to Rome for medical treatment
where Saint Philip Neri became his priest and confessor.
He moved into San Giacomo Hospital for the incurable,
and eventually became its administrator. Lacking education,
he began to study with children when he was 32 years old.
Priest. Founded the the Camellian order who, naturally,
care for the sick both in hospital and home. The order
expanded with houses in several countries. Camillus honored
the sick as living images of Christ, and hoped that the
service he gave them did penance for his wayward youth.
Reported to have the gifts of miraculous healing and prophecy.
1. St. Stanislaus Kostka
2. St. Leonard of Port Maurice
3. St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
4. St. Peter Fourier
5. St. John Baptist dei Rossi
6. St. Charles Borromeo
7. St. Camillus de Lellis
8. St Peter Claver
9. St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
10. St. Margaret Mary
11. St. Julie Billart
12. St. Therese of the Child Jesus-Doctor of the Church
13. Blessed James Sales-Martyr of France against Calvinism
14. St. Francis de Sales-Doctor of the Church
15. St. Alphonsus Liguori- Doctor of the Church
16. St. Peter Canisius- Doctor of the Church
17. St. John Eudes
18. St. Edmund Campion-Martyr of the Reformation in England
19. St. John Ogilve
20. St. Stephen Brinkley
21. Matthew Ricci
22. St. Joseph Pignatelli
23. St. Conrad of parzham-Capuchin
24. St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful mother-Passionist
25. St. Andrew Bobola-Martyr of Lithuania
26. St. Josaphat Kunciewicz-Martyr of Poland
27. St. James Sarcander-Martyr of Moravia
28. St.Philip of Jesus, Franciscan-Martyr of Japan
29. St. Roch Gonzales-Martyr of the Argentine country
30. St. Theophane Venard-Martyr of Tonkin
31. Blessed Crisin, Pongracz and Grodecz-- Martyr of schism
in Hungary
32. Bl. Julian Maunoir
33. St. Benedict Joseph Labre
34. St. Francis Jerome
35. St. Robert Bellarmine-Doctor of the Church
36. St. Gregory Barbadigo
37. St. John Francis Regis
38. St. Aloysius Gonzaga
39. St Francis Solano
40. St. Joseph Calasanctius
41. St. Peter Claver
42. St. Alphonsus Rodriguez SJ
43. St. John Berchmans SJ
44. St. Anthony Ma. Claret
45. St. Bartholomea Capitaneo
46. St. Bemadette Soubirous
47. St. Bernardino Realino
48. St. Charles Sezze
49. St. Dominic Savio
50. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
51. St. John de Britto
52. St. Joseph Cafasso
53. St. Louis Grignon de Montfort
54. St. Mary Ann Paredes
55. St. Peter Louis Chanel
56. St. Gaspar del Bufalo
57. St. Gregory Barbarigo
58. St. Anthony Daniel
59. St. Isaac Jogues
60. St. John de Laland
61. St. John De Brebeuf
62. St. Gabriel Lalemant
63. St. Charles Garnier
64. St Noel Chabanel
65. St. Rene Goupil
66. St. Vincenza Gerosa
67. St. John Baptist de la Salle
68. St. Vincent de Paul
69. St. Vincent Palloti
70. St. Vincent Strambi
71. Vénérable Matt Talbot
72. Venerable Tarin, Francis
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