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JULY: In this month as we celebrate our nation's independence, we honor five holy ones from our country's history who shaped the society we might become. Along with Junípero Serra (1), we reflect on the contributions of Blessed Charlie Rodríguez Santiago, lay catechist of Puerto Rico (13), Mohawk healer Kateri Tekakwitha (14), priest martyr Blessed Stanley Rother of Oklahoma (28), and Capuchin counselor Blessed Solanus Casey (30).
We also mark the death dates of significant figures like Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (6), Notre Dame Sister Maureen Turlish, advocate for survivors of childhood sex abuse within the Catholic church (18), poet scholar Sister Madeleva Wolff, C.S.C. (25), priest composer Antonio Vivaldi (28), Catholic author Antoine de Saint Exupéry (31), and the "Mother Teresa of Puerto Rico," Isolina Ferré (Aug. 3).
Nationally, we celebrate the Fourth of July, Parents' Day (24), and World Friendship Day (30). More solemnly, we note World Day Against Trafficking Persons (30) and the bombing of Hiroshima on the Feast of Transfiguration (Aug. 6). Pray that our nation lives up to the example of its finest citizens and our church to its most virtuous saints.
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