MEMORIAL – JUNE 21
St. Aloysius was born to a wealthy family in Italy in the 16th century. Even though his father desired him to go to the military, at the age of 9, Aloysius desired to become a religious and promised Jesus his virginity to Jesus. His father initially refused to allow him to enter an order, but Alysious kept an austere prayer life and set his hopes on becoming a Jesuit. At the age of 18, his father relented and Aloysius took up hospital ministry as a Jesuit. He contracted the plague from those he served and died at the age of 23. St. Aloysius had plenty of contact with other saints receiving his first communion from St. Charles Borromeow and last rites from St. Robert Bellarmine.
