Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest (USA); Optional Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin

The Proper Calendar for the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867). He was born in Fussen, Germany, entered the diocesan seminary, and, coming to know the charism of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, joined the order and was sent to North…

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