Events for Thursday 28th September 2023
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St Lawrence Ruiz & Companions
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10:00 |
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19:00 |
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 St. Lawrence and fifteen companions were martyred at Nagasaki by the Japanese in 1637. He was of Filipino origin and was killed while in Japan with Dominican missionaries trying to avoid false arrest. When news of the martyrdom reached Manila on December 27th, a solemn Te Deum was sung in the church of Santo Domingo. St. Lawrence was the first Filipino to be canonized.
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St Wenceslaus
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12:00 |
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21:00 |
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 St. Wenceslaus, or Wenceslas- Czech: Václav) , 907 - 935, was the ruler of Bohemia. He sought to bring Christianity to his people. He was martyred by his brother, Boleslaus, near Prague.He is the Patron Saint of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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