Bl George Rehms (1752-1794) & 63 companions.
Dominican priest and martyr
Blessed George Rehms was born in 1752 in Katzenthal, Upper Rhine and took the Dominican habit at the age of 20 in the convent-novitiate of Faubourg-St. Germain, Paris. He made solemn profession the following year as a son of the convent of Schelestad, Lower Rhine.
During the French Revolution Bl George refused to take the schismatic oath and continued to preach the Catholic faith. He was imprisoned on a boat along with his 63 companions. He died on August 11, 1794 due to ill treatment.
Let us pray:
O God, who has pleased to make the Order of Preachers fruitful in an abundant progeny of Saints, and has gloriously crowned in them the merits of all heroic virtues, grant unto us to tread in their footsteps, that we may, at last, be united in perpetual festivity with those in heaven whom we venerate today under one celebration upon earth. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MALTA 