Saint of the Day: St. Raphael Kalinowski, 1835-1907; born inside the Russian partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the city of Vilnius; he was a teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor, and priest, who founded many monasteries around Poland after the suppression by the Russians; first male Discalced Carmelite to be beatified since St. John of the Cross
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/19/24