Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque was a Visitation nun who, in the year 1675, received from Our Lord, Who appeared to her out of the depths of the Blessed Sacrament, the assignment to be the great apostle of the public veneration … Continue reading
Category: Saint of the Day
Saint Hedwig (1243)
Saint Hedwig was the aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. She was a queen. She did much to foster convents for the consecration to Jesus and Mary of young Catholic girls. She herself became a nun in her widowhood. She … Continue reading
Saint Gerard Majella (1755)
He was a poor boy of southern Italy. His great loves were the Blessed Sacrament, Our Lady and the crucifix. He used to say, “Suffer only for God and your suffering will bring you Heaven on earth.” He tried to … Continue reading
Saint Callistus (222)
He was the seventeenth Pope and reigned for five years. He built a beautiful church to Our Lady called “Holy Mary beyond the Tiber.” He was martyred for the Faith.
Saint Gerald (909)
He was a Count of Aurillac in France. He led a life of great and heroic virtue. He founded a Benedictine Abbey and made it one of the most beautiful religious houses of his day. His great devotion was to … Continue reading
Saint Edward the Confessor (1066)
Saint Edward the Confessor, known as Good King Edward, was raised to the throne of England when he was forty years old, on Easter Sunday in 1042. To satisfy his nobles and his people, and so that England might have … Continue reading
Saint Wilfred (709)
He became a monk at Lindisfarne in England. He founded an abbey at Ripon and was made later Bishop of Compiegne.
Saint Edwin (633)
He was a king of Northumbria in England who was martyred for the Faith. His wife brought him into the Catholic Church. He was baptized six years before he died.
Our Lady of the Pillar (36)
This feast commemorates the apparition of the Mother of God during her own lifetime to Saint James, the great apostle of Spain, in the year 36, in the town of Saragossa in Spain. This was to encourage Saint James to … Continue reading
Saint Kenneth (599)
He was born in Ireland and was trained to be a monk by Saint Finian, and by Saint Cadoc in Wales. He founded two monasteries. The city of Kilkenny in Ireland is named for him.
The Divine Maternity of Our Lady
This glorious feast was established as a commemoration of the Third Ecumenical Council of the Church at Ephesus, in 431. It was set up for our own time in 1931 by Pope Pius XI, fifteen hundred years after the Council … Continue reading
Saint Francis Borgia (1572)
Saint Francis Borgia was the Duke of Gandia and Viceroy of Catalonia, an intimate and trusted friend of the King and Queen of Spain. When his wife died, he distributed his vast estates and titles among his children and became … Continue reading
Saint John Leonardi (1609)
He was a priest of Lucca in Italy. With the assistance of Saint Philip Neri and Saint Joseph Calasanctius he founded an Order known as the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God to work among the sick and the … Continue reading
Saint Abraham (2000 B.C.)
The great patriarch of pre-Christian times was Abraham, who lived two thousand years before the coming of Christ. He was first called Abram, which means “father”. His name was later changed by God to Abraham, which means “great father”, father … Continue reading
Saint Denis (95)
Saint Denis is called “the Areopagite” because, as a judge, he lived on the hill of Ares in Athens. He was converted to the Catholic Faith by Saint Paul and was soon brought by him to see the Blessed Virgin … Continue reading