The Family Remembers

January 1, 1820

Francis Regis Clet, CM, is condemned to death at Wuchangfour, China.

January 1, 1851

Ghebre Michael, CM, is ordained a priest by St. Justin de Jacobis, Ethiopia.

January 3, 1839

First Mass ever celebrated in Houston, Texas by Fr. John Timon, CM, missionary and the future first Bishop of Buffalo, New York.

January 4, 1821

Elizabeth Ann Seton dies in Emmitsburg, Maryland at 2 am.

January 6, 1816

Felix de Andreis, CM, arrives in St. Louis; he is the first Vincentian Superior in the USA.

January 8, 1632

Priests of the Mission take possession of Saint-Lazare, north of Paris.

January 12, 1789

Joseph Rosati, future missionary in the USA and first Bishop of St. Louis, is born in Sora, Italy.

January 12, 1954

Pope Pius XII signs the decree for the cause of Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

January 14, 1934

Mother Joan Antida Thouret, founder of the Sisters of Charity, Bexcon, France, is canonized.

January 18, 1840

First apparition of Mary to Sr. Justine, DC, promoting the Green Scapular.

January 20, 1842

Alphonsus Ratisbonne, a Jewish lawyer-banker, has a vision of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.

January 25, 1617

Vincent de Paul gives his first sermon of “The Mission”…the birthday of the Congregation of the Mission.

January 25, 1794

Elizabeth Ann Bayley, age 19, marries William Magee Seton, age 25, in New York City.

January 30, 1831

Catherine Laboure receives the habit of the Daughters of Charity in Paris.

January 31, 1618

Vincent de Paul resigns as pastor of Chatillon.