16/08/2026
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August 16, 2026 | Solemn Eucharistic Celebration | Turning Over of the Image of San Roque
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๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ
๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง
๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐
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๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐
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Saint Roch was the only son of a wealthy nobleman in France, who was the governor of the town of Montpellier. In answer to the persevering prayers of the parents, this child was granted to them. His future career was indicated by a birthmark in the form of a red cross that was deeply marked on his breast.
The parents raised St Roch in a devout manner. Proof was given when, at the age of 20, he lost both parents. He did not use the immense fortune he inherited for his personal benefit, but he sold all the personal property and distributed the proceeds among the poor while he transferred the ownership of the real estate to his uncle. This done, he joined the Third Order of St Francis, put on a pilgrim's garb, and journeyed to Rome to visit the tombs of the Apostles.
When he arrived at Acquapendente in northern Italy about the year 1315, he found that an epidemic had broken out there and was making fearful ravages. Saint Roch did not hasten on, as many another person, fearful for his life, would have done, but according to the example of Christ and the admonition of the beloved disciple, he offered his life in the service of his brethren in Christ.
Saint Roch went to the hospital of St John, which was filled with the plague stricken, and offered his services to the brothers there. He also went to individual homes and sought out the sick, serving them without rest by day and by night. God rewarded his heroic charity by causing many to be cured at the mere Sign of the Cross which Saint Roch made over them. When the plague abated, Roch proceeded on his journey to Rome.
In Rome, too, an epidemic had broken out. Besides visiting the holy places, Saint Roch again devoted himself to the care of the sick, many of whom were miraculously cured by him. He performed the same services in many other towns of Italy until he arrived in Piacenza and was himself stricken with the dread disease. In the very hospital where he had cured so many sick, he was now looked upon as an intruder, who as an outsider had no right to claim a place there.
