Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007...5:52 pm

St Cajetan

Today is the feast of St. Cajetan. Although born wealthy, Cajetan was a fierce advocate for the poor, going after his age’s equivalent of payday lenders. He was a popular saint among the early Jesuit missionaries in our region, and his name is on both a mission (San Cayetano de Calabazas) and the San Cayetano mountains that you see along I-19 on the way to Nogales. Tumacácori Mission was consecrated to him during the Jesuit period (the Franciscans reconsecrated it to St. John later) and San Xavier Mission features a statue of him as well.

The band Cracker had a song called “St. Cajetan” on their debut album. Dave Lowery admited to me once that it was the name of a church he saw once and just liked the name.

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