Calendar Information: September• Sept. 8 The Birthday of Mary• Sept. 12 The Most Holy Name of Mary• Sept. 14 The Exaltation of the Cross• Sept. 15 Our Lady of Sorrows• Sept. 19 St. Januarius• Sept. 20 St. Andrew Kim and Companions• Sept. 21 St. Matthew (Evangelist)• Sept. 22 St. Pius Pietralcina (Padre Pio)• Sept. 23 St. Vincent de Paul (Vincentians)

September Saints• 3 Dates Honor Mary: Her Birthday, 9/8 (Nine months

prior to her birth we celebrate Mary’s “Immaculate Conception” 12/8; Her Holy Name 9/12; and Our Lady of Sorrows, 9/15

• The 7 Sorrows of Mary are: Flight into Egypt escaping death of Jesus; Presentation in Temple and Simeon’s Prophecy; Lost in Temple; Carrying Cross; On the cross; Off the cross and burial.

• Somewhere in the world Mary is honored every single day, 365 days a year.

September Saints• Januarius: blood miracle/liquefication; and San

Gennaro Festival in lower Manhattan• Andrew Kim: Korean martyr (witness)• Padre Pio: Stigmatist• Matthew: Symbol=angel; Magi birth story; tax

collector• St. Vincent de Paul: worked with the poor and

started the Vincentians or Congregation of Mary; (Also many women’s religious communities); He was France