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The feast day of St Aloysius Gonzaga is 21st June.
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St Aloysius Prayer Card Image and prayer Copies of this card are available from the Jesuit Institute |
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Aloysius Gonzaga, age 9 |
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St Aloysius Gonzaga Similar to Fire William Hart McNicols |
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Aloysius carries a man dying of plague Statue at St Aloysius College Malta Image © 2012 Jesuit Institute |
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St Aloysius tends the sick Source unknown |
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The Vocation of Aloysius Gonzaga Woodcut by Eric Kennington (1888 - 1960) "The saint, a man of bronze, kneels on a raock amid the swirl of things; but the bronze lives, thrilled by the deluge of the Holy Spirit. Aloysius has to respond in his own way to Christ who, though he was God, abdicated the external homage due to God, taking a servant's form, and "humbling himself" even to death upon a cross. Aloysius, with all his will, responds. The strain is still seen as terrific: peace is not yet consummated; but vistory will be absolute." Image © 2012 Jesuit Institute |
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Aloysius Gonzaga as a young nobleman | |
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Aloysius asissts victims of the palgue | |
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Aloysius assists victims of the plague | |
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Aloysius leaves the family home | |
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St Aloysius Gonzaga SJ | |
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Frontispiece from Cepari's Life of Aloyisus Gonzaga (1609) Campion Hall Collections Image © 2012 Jesuit Institute |
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The hospice where St Aloysius tended the sick |
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The plaque commemorating the place where Aloysius tended the sick and contracted plague from which he died |
Translation:
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, having renounced his princely title became a religious in the Society of Jesus. He was among the first students of the the Roman College when, in the fervid impulse of sacrifice and love, in the year MDXCI (1591), he consecrated his young life to the comfort of those suffering from plague, frequenting this hospital where he carried one of the infected patients contracting the disease himself whereupon, on the 21st June, at only 23 years old, he rose to his celestial reward, an angel of purity and a martyr to charity. The Roman Peoples placed this memorial on the occasion of the centenary of the Canonisation solemnly celebrated by the Church and the State to the Glory of God and the honour of Italy 29 June 1928. |
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The Arms of the Gonzaga family (1510) | |
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| Called A short dramatised introduction for an assembly or Mass for the Feast of St Aloysius. From St Aloysius College Junior School, Sydney.  download text |
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A Hymn to St Aloysius
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Aloysius by Clifford Stevens and William Hart McNichols (1993) A collection of essays on Aloysius' life, spirit and relevance today. It is difficult to find good contemporary material on St Aloysius Gonzaga. This is an excellent exception.  Available from the Jesuit Institute |
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mp3 recording (1m 53s)
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