August 4. Feast Day of Saint John Mary Vianney.


Saint John Vianney was a great promoter of Saint Philomena. In turn she is known to many of us today as The Patroness of the Living Rosary.

Current literature from a Ms. Patty Melvin of P.O. Box 1303 Dickinson, Texas 77539 USA gives a cite from the reign of Pope Saint Pius X.

He "raised the Archconfraternity of St. Philomena to a Universal Archconfraternity and named St. John Vianney its Patron.

"This Pope and great Saint of Holy Mother the Church solemnly declared..."

The Pope's declaration:

"... to discredit the present decisions and declarations concerning St. Philomena as not being permanent, stable, valid and effective, necessary of obedience, and in full - effect for all eternity, proceeds from an element that is null and void and without merit or authority (1912)."

Way to go, Holy Father! :)

Speaking for myself, I seem to have somehow literally inherited my own decade of Saint Philomena's Living Rosary -- the First Joyful Mystery! -- from my own father dead these past 25 years.

But!

Have I been consist in keeping to my end of the assignment?

No way, José! :(

Maybe an accumulated total of 5 years out of a quarter century!

Nada más ... :)