Oct. 24 Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret, Bishop, Opt. Mem.

Gospel Verse, Jn 17:13:10-17: Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth.Today the Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Claret (1807-1870), bishop, the founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Anthony Mary Claret died in the Cistercian monastery at Fontfroide in France on this date in 1870. He was canonized in 1950 and listed in the General Roman Calendar in 1960.

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