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St. Bonaventure - Feast day July 15

Feast of St. Bonaventure; Christian Religious Observance; July 14; Italian Franciscan priest and theologian, colleague of St. Thomas Aquinas and one of the great medieval minds; reformer of the Franciscans; doctor of the church. On Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he is patron saint, and the festival is the year’s most important event.

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St. Bonaventure Novena to St. Bonaventure Dear St. Bonaventure Cardinal, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, you chose a life that embraced mortification and great humiliation. Choosing to serve those individuals who were rejected and sick you risked illness for yourself. You made your life a continuous prayer and spent hours meditating on the wounds of Christ. Please pray for us that we may have a sincere and humble heart. Pray that we may not lose sight of Jesus’ wounds and thus walk on the…

Saint Bonaventure Stained Glass Window in Chapel of St. Anthony's Medical Center

St Bonaventure

Quote/s of the Day – 24 September – Thursday of the Twenty Fifth week in Ordinary Time, Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11, Psalms 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17, Luke 9:7-9 “… Who is this ab…

Saint of the Day – 15 July – St Bonaventure O.F.M. (1221-1274) – Doctor of the Church – known as the “Seraphic Doctor” – Friar, Bishop, Theologian, Philosopher, …

Today, in the traditional Latin calendar, we celebrate St. Bonaventure, the Seraphic Doctor. Born in 1221 in Bagnorea, Italy, he joined the Franciscan Order and became a leading theologian and mystic, earning his licentiate from the University of Paris in 1248. In 1257, he was elected Minister General of the Franciscans, guiding the order through growth and challenges. Despite his responsibilities, he wrote profoundly, often compared to St. Thomas Aquinas for his mystical theology. St…