Happily, today is a "ferial" day, which means the priest can pick any Mass (in the ordinary form); so I used the Mass for Saint Rose-Philippine.
After Mass, I was talking with one of the parishioners about how many American saints there are; and I wasn't sure. So, when I got back, I did some research:
Feast Saint Burial/shrine
January 4 Saint
Elizabeth Ann Seton Emmitsburg,
MD
January 5 Saint
John Neumann Philadelphia,
PA
January 23 Saint
Marianne Cope Syracuse,
NY
March 3 Saint
Katherine Drexel Bensalem
Twp, PA
April 2 Saint
Pedro Calungsod, martyr Martyred
in Guam;
Shrine: Cebu City, Philippines
May 8 Blessed Teresa Demjanovich Convent Station, NJ
May 10 Saint
Damion de Veuster Leuven,
Belgium
July 1 Blessed JunÃpero Serra Carmel, CA
July 13 Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Santiago Caguas, Puerto Rico
July 14 Saint
Kateri Tekakwitha Kahnawake,
Quebec
October 3 Saint
(Mother) Theodore Guerin St.
Mary of the Woods, IN
October 5 Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos New Orleans, LA
October 6 Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, Martyr Guam
October 19 Saints
Isaac Jogues, Midland,
Ontario;
John Brebouf and
Companions, martyrs Auriesville, NY
November 6 Blessed Eduardo Farre, Martyr;
Blessed Lucas Tristany, Martyr
(Priests of
Tucson, AZ who died in Spanish Civil War)
November 13 Saint
Francis Cabrini Manhattan,
NY;
Chicago,
IL.
November 18 Saint Rose
Philippine Duschesne Saint
Charles, MO.
I bet that's more than you thought!
A couple of notes. Not all these are on the general calendar; the blesseds, in particular. As a result, I'm not 100% certain of the date they are observed; the two martyrs from Tucson, Arizona, in particular, were hard to track down. Also, I don't know of a shrine for either of them. Readers?
6 comments:
It is certainly more than I thought. I only celebrate Mother Cabrini and Saint Elizabeth Ann Seaton.
Mother Cabrini started the religious order of nuns who beat the stuffing out of me when I was in grammar school. And I love them for it!
My wife and I heard Mass several times at the "Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seatonas we prepared to be married at Fraunces Tavern in Downtown NYC. She has always had a special place in my heart and I often pray to her for her intercession.
(I think St. Jude gets tired of hearing from me all the time. Just sayn')
Father,
Did you know that two Saints/Blesseds on that list were pastors at the same Church? St. John Neumann and Blessed Francis X. Seelos were both pastors at Saint Alphonsus Church in Baltimore (and both Redemptorists, I believe).
Pax tecum!
D.v
Would André Bessette be on that list? His feast is January 6 in the U.S.
You forgot St. Vincent of Green Bay.
northernHermit:
I think Saint Andre Bessette is a Canadian saint.
Not that there's anything wrong with that; and I thought about expanding my list to include all of North America, but then I thought, what about Mexico, the Caribbean...and I decided I had to stop somewhere.
With help of ours prayers I prayerful hope the canonization of Venerables Solanus Casey ofm cap, Fulton Sheen & Michael McGiviny to be added to the American list
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