Optional memorial of Saint John Eudes, priest (†1680 Caen – France). For many years he preached popular missions in various parishes. He was greatly persecuted by the Jansenists. Founder of the Eudist Fathers, missionaries, and of the Work of Our Lady of Charity, which became the Institute of the Good Shepherd of Angers, to rehabilitate wayward young women. He was the great promoter of devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.