"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.'"
"To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind."
"I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I groaned, 'What can get through from such snares?' Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Humility.'"
St Benedict - July 11th
Founder: Benedictines
Born: March 2, 480 at Norcia, Italy
Died: March 27, 547 at Monte Cassino, Italy
Canonized: c. 1220
Title: "Protector of Europe"
Bio: Founder of the Benedictine Order, exorcist, published "The Rule of Benedict" for monastic living, mystic; Twin of Saint Scholastica.
Patron: Farmers, kidney disease, contra witchcraft, contra poison, contra temptations
Quotes from Saint Benedict
"The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all."
"Idleness is the enemy of the soul."
"Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace."
St Bruno of Cologne - October 6th
Founder: Carthusians
Born: c. 1030 at Cologne, Germany
Died: October 6, 1101 at Serra San Bruno, Italy
Canonized: February 17, 1623
Bio: Personally founded the first two communities of the Carthusian Order; A highly esteemed educator, he remained a close advisor to Pope Urban II, a former student of his; Refused appointment to the office of bishop and instead withdrew to the monastic life; Because Carthusians embrace a strict charism of humility, St Bruno wasn't formally
canonized, but was unilaterally entered into the
Roman Calendar by Pope Gregory XV.
Patron: Germany, Calabria, possessed people
St Camillus de Lellis - July 14th
Founder: Ministers of the Infirm (Camillians)
Born: May 25, 1550 at Naples, Italy
Died: July 14, 1614 at Rome, Italy
Canonized: 1746
Bio: The Camillian religious order is dedicated to the sick. In the past they focused on victims of the Bubonic Plague
Quote: "Why are you afraid? Do you not realize that this is not your work but mine?" - Our Lord to St. Camillus
Patron: The sick, hospitals, nurses, physicians;
help of gambling addicts.
St Dominic - August 8th
Founder: Dominicans
Born: August 8, 1170 at Caleruega, Spain
Died: August 6, 1221 at Bologna, Italy
Canonized: July 13, 1234
Title: "Dog of the Lord" (Latin: Domini (Lord), canis (dog) = "Dominicanis")
Bio: Spread devotion of the Rosary at the behest of the Blessed Mother to help combating heresy (Albigensianism); founded the Dominican Order.
Patron: Astronomers, Dominican Republic
The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP or SVdP or SSVP) is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1844 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor.