Oct. 31, 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Left, a German stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the saint's death in 1994.
ST. WOLFGANG OF REGENSBURG (Germany, ca 224-294), Teacher, Benedictine Monk, Bishop
Born in Germany but educated by Benedictine monks in Reichenau, Switzerland, he became friends with a nobleman who would become Archbishop of Trier. Wolfgang taught at the cathedral school of Trier and helped his friend to reform the clergy. When The Archbishop died, he decided to become a Benedictine himself and became directory of the monastery school in Einsiedeln. Later, he was sent as a missionary to Hungary. Emperor Otto II appointed him Bishop of Regensburg, where he immediately initiated clergy reform, keeping to his austere life as a monk. He became tutor to the future emperor and saint, Henry II. Wolfgang was noted for his preaching and teaching, his charity and his care for lay people in the diocese. In the final years of his life, he retired to a hermitage in upper Austria, where he died in 994. He was canonized in 1052. Along with St. Ulrich (who ordained him) and St. Conrad of Constanz, Wolfgang is one of the three great German saints of the 10th century,
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/103110.shtml
OR today.
In St. Peter's Square, the Pope and the children and teens of Italian Catholic Action:
'Growing up means being able to love'
The other papal story in this issue is the Pope's discourse on the late theologian Romano Guardini, who had a great influence on him. There is a Page 1 essay on the Feast of All Saints tomorrow. International news: Terrorism alert follows discovery of various bombs shipped from Yemen to London and the US; mid-term elections in the USA; and a report on the progress made in fighting malaria worldwide - incidence has been cut almost in half.
THE POPE'S DAY
Angelus today - The Holy Father reflected on today's Gospel reading about Zacchaeus of Jericho, saying God does not discriminate between rich and poor. He reminded the faithful that yesterday in Bucharest, the Church beatified Szilárd Bogdánffy, Romanian bishop and martyr, who was arrested in 1949 by the Communists, jailed and died in prison.
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