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P.S. This was the full description, which did not showup:
SAINT JOHN NEPOMUCENE May 16
Priest and Martyr
(1330-1383)

Saint John Nepomucene was born in 1330, in answer to the prayer of his parents, who were poor folk of Nepomuc in Bohemia. In gratitude they consecrated him to God. His holy life as a priest led to his appointment as chaplain to the court of the Emperor Wenceslaus, where he converted many by his preaching and example.

Among those who sought his advice was the virtuous … [More]

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ACL: http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/05-16.htm
Reflection. Saint John Nepomucene, who by his invincible sacramental silence won his crown, teaches us to prefer torture and death to offending the Creator with our tongue. How many times each day do we forfeit grace and strength by sins of speech!

And, that can be applied to me as well

Thank you, Father Kuviky! It is possible to have the investiture of the Scapular, when in Rome, at:
Santa Maria Della Vittoria de RomeÉglise Santa Maria Della Vittoria de Rome

Via 20 Settembre, 17
00187 Rome, Italy
06 4826190

Subway: Repubblica Teatro dell'Opera

(as my daughter and I were able to do here, last year...)

May 16 SAINT SIMON STOCK
Superior General of the Carmelite Order
(†1265)
Saint Simon Stock was born of one of the most illustrious Christian families of England, at the castle of Harford in 1164. Certain prodigies marked him, while an infant in the cradle, as a soul chosen by the Mother of God for Her own. Not yet one year old, he was heard to say the Angelic Salutation distinctly, before he had reached the age to learn it. As soon as he could read he began to recite the Little Office of the … [More]