{"id":462,"date":"2013-07-04T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:25:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T22:25:50","slug":"patron-saint-st-pius-x","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spx.nsw.edu.au\/about\/our-history\/patron-saint-st-pius-x\/","title":{"rendered":"ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ18 X – Patron Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"
ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ18 X is a worthy patron challenging us to blend faith, learning and culture and for the College to produce young men who respect themselves and others.<\/p>\n
Giuseppe Sarto was born in 1835 at Riese, Northern Italy, the second eldest of ten children. Though poor, his parents valued education and Giuseppe walked 6 kilometres to school each day.<\/p>\n
He was ordained a priest in 1858 and later was Bishop of Mantua and Cardinal Patriarch of Venice. Fr Sarto had a strong pastoral concern in his priestly ministries and often pawned his personal possessions to help the poor.<\/p>\n
His Papacy extended from 9 August 1903 to 20 August 1914 and was noteworthy for a number of achievements: codification of Canon Law, promotion of scientific study of the Bible, more modern liturgies and church music and many social justice initiatives.<\/p>\n
He is often called the Pope of the Eucharist because he made Holy Communion available to younger people \u201cat the age of reason\u201d.<\/p>\n
Pope Pius X was canonized on 29 May 1954 and two days later at a special Mass in the local parish church the school was officially named ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ18 X College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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