Heavenly school...

"My life seems destined to be spent in the light irradiating from

the Blessed Sacrament, and it is the heart of Jesus that

I must look to for the solution of all my troubles." - St John XXIII

"In the Blessed Sacrament

a heavenly school is open to you,

with the best teacher

one can possibly imagine,
Jesus Christ Himself."

Pope St John XXIII

Italy ~ 1881-1963

Pope ~  1958-1963

Always close to the suffering and the poor

Dubbed by media as "the good Pope"

Feast Day - Oct 11*

*Opening day of Vatican II (1962)

Click here: List of encyclicals of Pope John XXIII 

Click here: John XXIII: key points in the life of 'The Good Pope' - YouTube

Perhaps the testimony of the world at the death of Pope John XXIII 

was best expressed by a newspaper drawing of the earth

shrouded in mourning with the simply caption, "A Death in the Family."

St John XXIII, pray for us!