14/07/2025
HAPPY FEAST DAY
The feast day of St. Camillus de Lellis is celebrated on July 14th in the universal calendar. He is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses, and healthcare workers. He is also invoked against the vice of gambling.
St. Camillus was known for his deep compassion and heroic care for the suffering, especially those in hospitals. He founded the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm (MI), also known as the Camillians, whose members vow to serve the sick even at the risk of their own lives.
Despite his own health challenges, including a chronic leg wound, he dedicated himself to caring for the sick with love and tenderness, seeing Christ in each suffering person.
Today, the CADIS Australia, the San Kamilo Counseling & Healing Center, the Commission on Youth - Diocese of Dumaguete, the former Camillian seminarians in Negros Island, the sponsors and benefactors, and the St. Vincent Ferrer Balugo Chapel community celebrated the Feast Day of Saint Camillus, and also honor the Camillian Mission in the Diocese of Dumaguete through the words and works of Fr. Thomas Welu, MI.
🔉 Salamat gid sa kaayo, dear friends, benefactors, conferers, families, and communities 💚