Castleford Team Parish Magazine July & August 2014 2014-07 | Page 31

July & August 2014 HIGH DAYS AND HOLY DAYS IN AUGUST 4 Jean-Baptiste, Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859 5 Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 6 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUOR LORD 7 John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866 8 Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 9 Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921 11 Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher, 1667 14 Maximillian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941 15 THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153 William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890 Religious 24 BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE 27 Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 29 The beheading of John the Baptist 30 John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 31