OUT OF TOWN?
If you will be out of town go to www.Masstimes.org to find a Catholic Church where you will be staying. You may also find this on our parish APP under the Discover Mass tile.
TOTUS TUUS
Totus Tuus The parish has contacted the diocese with our intent to hold Totus Tuus this year! Much depends on the restrictions of the state for holding events and we should know more by early May. Totus Tuus is a week-long “parish mission” for Catholic youth entering grades 1st through 12th. It is dedicated to the proclamation of the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, apologetics, Christian witness, the sacraments, Marian devotion, and Eucharistic worship. Grades 1st-6th meet Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-2:15 pm and Grades 7th-12th meet Sunday-Thursday from 7:00-9:00 pm.
St. Casimir (1458-1483)
Feast day: March 4
Patron of: Poland, Lithuania, Knights of St. John, invoked against enemies of Poland and the faith
Casimir was born on October 3, 1460, the third of thirteen children to King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria. From a young age he was trained in spirituality and displayed holiness. When his father ordered him to lead the army against King Matthias I Corvinus of Hungary, he refused. Casimir believed the attempt to seize the Hungarian throne was unjust. For his refusal, his father had him confined to the castle of Dzoki for three months. While there, he also refused his father to marry. Casimir reigned briefly as king while his father was away from Poland. When he was visiting Grodno, Lithuania, Casismir died of consumption on March 4th. He was buried in Vilnius, Lithuania and his tomb became famed for miracles.
St. Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538-1606)
Feast day: March 23
Turibius was born in Mayorga, Spain where he studied law. He became a brilliant lawyer and later was made professor of law at the University of Salamanca. King Philip II of Spain appointed him the chief judge of the court of Inquisition at Granada. Despite the fact that Turibius was a layman, King Philip appointed him in 1580 to the post of archbishop of Lima, Peru. He was ordained and consecrated, then sent on his way to reform the diocese in Peru. Turibius was determined to do all he could to help the poor and defend the rights of the Indians. The Spanish conquerors were oppressive to the Indians and they suffered severely under their control. While in Peru, Turibius mastered several Indian dialects, founded schools, churches, hospitals and the first seminary in 1591.
St. Patrick: Bishop of Armagh (d. 461)
Feast Day: March 17
Patron of Ireland
Kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland, Patrick escaped after six years and returned to his native Britain. A voice in a dream told him to return to Ireland to serve the people he had met there. His life is rich with stories, among them that he used a shamrock to teach about the Blessed Trinity: just as the shamrock has three distinct leaves and yet is one plant, God is Father, Son and Holy Spirit - three Persons in one Supreme Being. Using a shamrock to teach about a central Christian mystery appealed to the imagination of the Irish. They sensed that God is present in all creation. St. Patrick showed them that, in the mystery of the Holy Trinity, God is beyond all creation as well.
*Information on the saints was taken from Catholic Online, American Catholic and OSV Encyclopedia of Saints.