27 August – St. Joseph Calasanz

In the Novus Ordo, today is the Feast of St. Monnica, mother of St. Augustine.  I have a 1st class relic of her in my Chapel of the Two Trinities.

However, in the Vetus Ordo, I will celebrate Mass for the Feast of St. Joseph Calasanz, a great saint of the mighty Catholic Counter-Reformation. He dedicated his life to the education of children. He founded the Piarists.  He was also a member of the Archconfraternity at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, to which I belong.  St. Joseph’s body is in the nearby San Pantaleone.

Here are some photos of the church in Rome where he is buried.

In the sacristy of The Parish™ he is depicted in a painting with St. Philip.