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St. Honorius of Canterbury, Roman Catholic Priest and Archbishop of Canterbury-Feastday Sept. 30

St. Honorius of Canterbury, Roman Catholic Priest and  Archbishop of Canterbury, England, a native of Rome, sent to the British Isles by Pope St. Gregory I the Great. Honorius was a Benedictine who went to England at the request of St. Augustine of Canterbury. He succeeded to the see in 627. Honorius was consecrated by St. Paulinus, and he consecrated Sts. Felix and Ithamar, the first English born bishops. Honorius gave St. Paulinus refuge when he fled Caedwalla of Wales after the death of King Edwin. Feastday Sept. 30

Bl. Richard Rolle de Hampole Feastday Sept 29

Bl. Richard Rolle de Hampole, Roman Catholic English mystic and hermit.Yorkshire, England, circa 1300, he was educated at Oxford and in Paris from 1320-1326, before entering into the life of a hermit on the estate of a friend, John Dalton of Pickering in 1326. After several years of intense contemplation, he took to wandering across England, finally settling down at Hampole where he assisted the spiritual development of the nuns in a nearby Cistercian community. He died there on September 29. Richard was very well known and his writings widely read during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He was one of the first religious writers to use the vernacular. A cult developed to promote his cause after miracles were reported at his tomb, although the cause was never officially pursued. His works include letters, scriptural commentaries, and treatises on spiritual perfection. Perhaps his best known writing was De Incendio Amoris. He also wrote a poem, Pricke of Conscience. Feastday Sept

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Dangerous to Be an Heir: Margaret Stanley, RIP

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Dangerous to Be an Heir: Margaret Stanley, RIP : Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby, who died on September 28, 1596, is another example of an heir to Elizabeth I who found out how danger...

Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham Sept 24 and St Robert of Knaresborough

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Bl. William Way, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, He was executed at Kingston-on-Thames by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday Sept 23

Bl. William Way, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, He was executed at Kingston-on-Thames by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday Sept 23

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: This Morning: Blessed John Henry Newman and Miracl...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: This Morning: Blessed John Henry Newman and Miracl... : As promised, Matt Swaim and I will talk about Newman's thoughts on miracles, especially those performed by those who are acclaimed a...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Who Was Newman? and What to Read?

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Who Was Newman? and What to Read? : My Newman friend (we've never met but we've talked on the phone a few times and corresponded) Edward Short answers the first quest...

Bl. Thomas Johnson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Carthusian Martyr. A member of the London Charterhouse, he was arrested with fellow monks for opposing the claim by King Henry VIII of spiritual supremacy over the English Church. Imprisoned at Newgate, Thomas was starved to death. Feastday Sept 20

Bl. Thomas Johnson, Roman Catholic Priest and English Carthusian Martyr. A member of the London Charterhouse, he was arrested with fellow monks for opposing the claim by King Henry VIII of spiritual supremacy over the English Church. Imprisoned at Newgate, Thomas was starved to death. Feastday Sept 20

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Preview: Blessed John Henry Newman on Miracles

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Preview: Blessed John Henry Newman on Miracles : On Monday, September 23, Matt Swaim and I will talk about Blessed John Henry Newman and Miracles in our Santo Subito series on the  Son R...

St. Theodore of Tarsus, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, England. He arrived at Canterbury in May 669 and Theodore moved immediately to consolidate his position as primate of England and the metropolitan status of the see of Canterbury. Sept.19

St. Theodore of Tarsus, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, England. He arrived at Canterbury in May 669 and Theodore moved immediately to consolidate his position as primate of England and the metropolitan status of the see of Canterbury. Sept.19

St. Edith of Wilton, was brought as a very young child to Wilton Abbey by her mother, who later became a nun there and Abbess. Edith became a nun when fifteen, declined her father's offer of three abbacies, and refused to leave the convent to become queen when her half-brother, King Edward the Martyr was murdered, as many of the nobles requested. She built St. Denis Church at Wilton. Her feast day is September 16.

St. Edith of Wilton, was brought as a very young child to Wilton Abbey by her mother, who later became a nun there and Abbess. Edith became a nun when fifteen, declined her father's offer of three abbacies, and refused to leave the convent to become queen when her half-brother, King Edward the Martyr was murdered, as many of the nobles requested. She built St. Denis Church at Wilton. Her feast day is September 16.

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: King James II and VII, RIP

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: King James II and VII, RIP : On September 16, 1701, the deposed King of England, Ireland and Scotland died in exile. John Callow, writing for the BBC History Magazine...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Father John Floyd, SJ, RIP--and his Brother Henry

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Father John Floyd, SJ, RIP--and his Brother Henry : According to Edwin Hubert Burton in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Father John Floyd, SJ , was a Catholic missionary in Recusant era Englan...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Barking Abbey and Its Female Scholars

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Barking Abbey and Its Female Scholars : From Eleanor Parker ( A Clerk of Oxford ) at History Today : ‘It is asked of all who hear this work that they do not revile it because a...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Jesuits Land in Virginia: A Spanish Mission

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Jesuits Land in Virginia: A Spanish Mission : You might remember several years ago the news about graves found in the ruins of the Church of England chapel in the Jamestown Colony: the...

Bl. Ralph Corby Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. Arrested and martyred on September 7 at Tyburn with Blessed John Duckett. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday, September 7.

Bl. Ralph Corby Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. Arrested and martyred on September 7 at Tyburn with Blessed John Duckett. They were hanged, drawn, and quartered. Feastday, September 7.

St John Duckett Sept 7

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Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Preview: Gerontius and the Four Last Things

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Preview: Gerontius and the Four Last Things : Matt Swaim and I will talk about Blessed John Henry Newman's great poem about the Four Last Things: Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: One of Three Greats: Pope St. Gregory the First

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: One of Three Greats: Pope St. Gregory the First : Today is the feast of Pope St. Gregory the Great, born around the year 540 A.D., consecrated Pope on September 3, 590, and died on March 1...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Bishop of London, Edmund Bonner, RIP

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Bishop of London, Edmund Bonner, RIP : Edmund Bonner, the former bishop of London (deposed by the authority of Elizabeth I), died in Marshalsea Prison on September 5, 1569. Ther...

Bl. William Browne, Roman Catholic Martyr of England. He was a layman in Northamptonshire arrested and executed at Ripon for being a Catholic. He is associated in martyrdom with Blesseds Thomas Welbourne and John Fulthering. Feastday Sept 5

Bl. William Browne, Roman Catholic Martyr of England. He was a layman in Northamptonshire arrested and executed at Ripon for being a Catholic. He is associated in martyrdom with Blesseds Thomas Welbourne and John Fulthering. Feastday Sept 5

St Cuthbert-Sept 4

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Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: One of Three Greats: Pope St. Gregory the First

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: One of Three Greats: Pope St. Gregory the First : Today is the feast of Pope St. Gregory the Great, born around the year 540 A.D., consecrated Pope on September 3, 590, and died on March 1...