January 3 - Bl. Stephana Quinzani, sister and virgin (1457-1530) - Italy 4 - Bl. Zedislava Berkiana, lay Dominican and wife (c. 1200-1252) Monravia 7- St. Raymond of Penyafort, friar, priest, 3rd Master of the Order (c. 1175-1275) - Spain   He encouraged dialogue with Moslems and Jews and established a school for the study of Arabic languages and the Koran. St. Raymond was a professor of canon law at the University of Bologna and entered the Order at the age of 47. He put into permanent form the Dominican Constitutions, a document from which many democratic codes have borrowed greatly.   From a print from Mission San José 10 - Bl. Gonsalvo of Amarante, friar and priest (c. 1187-1259) Portugal         Bl. Ann of the Angels Monteagudo, nun and virgin (1602-1686) - Peru 11 - Bl. Bernard Scammacca, friar and priest (c. 1187-1259) - Sicily 18 - St. Margaret of Hungary, nun and virgin (1242-1270) - Hungary    Stained glass window: Holy Rosary Church, Houston Photographer: George McCracken Margaret was the daughter of the King of Hungary, Bela IV who promised her to God before her birth that the country would be spared the terror of the Tartars. In the Dominican convent at Vesprim, three year old Margaret was in the company of other children of the nobility. She took seriously her dedication to God and later, instead of returning to her family and entering into marriage with the King of Bohemia as was expected, she remained with the Dominicans.   Life in the cloister did not prevent her from being aware of the many needs of the church and of her country. She inspired her sisters by her life of asceticism, her works of mercy, her pursuit of peace, her humble service. 19 - Bl. Andrew of Peschiera, friar and priest (1400-1485) - Italy 22 - Bl. Anthony della Chiesa, friar and priest (1394-1459) - Italy.         He was known for his gentle, yet firm treatment of human frailty. 23 - Bl. Henry Suso, friar and priest (end of 13th c. - 1366) - Germany.         He is associated with Meister Eckhart, John Tauler and Margaret Ebner         in the school of Dominican spirituality known as the "Rhineland Mystics." 27 - Bl. Marcolino of Forli, friar and priest (1317-1397) - Italy 28 - St. Thomas Acquinas, friar, priest, Doctor of the Church (1225-1274) - Italy   Stained glass window: Holy Rosary Church, Houston  Photographer: George McCracken At the age of eighteen, Thomas entered the newly formed mendicant Order of Preachers which generated great opposition from his noble family which resorted in his brothers kidnapping him. He escaped and went to Cologne where he studied under St. Albert the Great. His life subsequently became one of student, professor and author. He devoted all his energies to the service of the truth, eagerly searching it out, lovingly contemplating it, and imparting it in his writing, his teaching and his preaching. He is most noted for his Summa Theologiae. Thomas is Patron of Universities and Catholic Schools. 29- Bl. Villana de Botti, lay Dominican and wife (1332-1361) - Italy