FEAST OF ST. AGNES
http://disegnoworks.com/news/1652/ ST. AGNES JANUARY 21 Patron: of young girls, chastity, rape survivors, and the Children of Mary Birth: 291 Death: 304 St. Agnes of Rome was born in 291 AD and raised in a Christian family. […]
Category: Saints
Feast of Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Father Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi was born in Nigeria in 1903. He was brought up by the missionaries and trained as a teacher and a catechist. Later he decided to join the seminary and in […]
Saint Nicholas Owen
Nicholas, also called “Little John,” because of his small stature was born at Oxford in the year 1550. He saved the lives of many priests and laypersons in England during the penal times (1559-1829), when […]
St. Patrick, pray for us
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world’s most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party […]
Life of St Polycarp
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, was a revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century. Saint Ignatius, on his way to Rome to […]
Feast of Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto
February 20th, dioceses in Portugal celebrate the feast of Blesseds Francisco, 11, and Jacinta, 10, the youngest non-martyrs to be beatified in the Church’s history. The brother and sister, who tended their families’ sheep herds […]
St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch
St Theodosius was born at Mogariassus, in Cappadocia, in 423. He imbibed the first tincture of virtue from the fervent example and pious instructions of his virtuous parents. He was ordained reader, but sometime after, […]
St. William of Bourges
William Berruyer, was a member of the illustrious family of the ancient counts of Nevers, and he was educated by Peter the hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, and his uncle by the mother’s side. He learned […]
Saint John Neumann
Neumann was born in Prachatice, Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic. He attended school in Budweis and joined the seminary there in 1831. Two years later, he transferred to the University of Prague, where he studied theology. […]
St Genevieve
St. Genevieve was a beautiful peasant born around 422 in Nanterre, France, to her father Severus and her mother Gerontia. When Genevieve was only seven-years-old, St. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre visited Nanterre. While there, many […]
St. Basil the Great
St. Basil the Great, born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330 was one of ten children of St. Basil the Elder and St. Emmelia. Several of his brothers and sisters are honored among the saints. […]
Feast of St Sylvester I, Pope
St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian. He passed through those days of terror, witnessed the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, and […]
St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
St. John the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus was the son of Zebedee and Salome . John was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His […]
St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr
Saint Stephen, one of the first ordained deacons of the Church was the first Christian martyr. The Greek word from which we derive the English word martyr literally means witness. In that sense, every Christian […]
Life of St. Mary Di Rosa
Saint Mary (Paula) Di Rosa was born in 1813. As a strong woman, she had tackled enormous projects from the time she was seventeen, arranging retreats and special missions for her parish and setting up […]
Saint John of the Cross
John was born in Spain in 1542, he learned the importance of self-sacrificing love from his parents. His father gave up wealth, status, and comfort when he married a weaver’s daughter and was disowned by […]
Life of Saint Lucy
St. Lucy’s history was lost and all we really know for certain is that this brave woman who lived in Syracuse lost her life during the persecution of Christians in the early fourth century. Her […]
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary
The Immaculate Conception, was the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother,Saint Anne, free from original sin by virtue of the foreseen merits of her sonJesus Christ. Mary was conceived by normal biological means, but God acted […]
Saint Ambrose
Ambrose was descended from an ancient roman family, which, at an early period had embraced Christianity, and numbered among its descendants both Christian martyrs and high officials of State. After the early death of his […]
Life of St. Maria Giuseppa Rossello
Maria Giuseppa Rossello, the foundress of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy was born at Albisola Marina, Liguria, Italy, in 1811, and was baptized Benedetta. She was the fourth of the ten children of […]
Life of St. Sabas the monk
Sabas who was born at Mutalaska, Cappadocia, near Caesarea was the son of an army officer, assigned to Alexandria, who left him in the care of an uncle. Maltreated by his uncle’s wife, Sabas ran […]
More about St. Barbara
Barbara was born in the mid third century in Heliopolis, Phoenicia to her rich pagan father Dioscorus. Barbara was really beautiful and her father, in order to preserve her beauty and protect her from the […]
St Bibiana
St. Bibiana was Virgin and Martyr. Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about this saint. However, according to a later tradition, She had christian parents, Flavian, a Roman knight, and Dafrosa, his wife. In […]
St James Intercisus
A soldier and courtier to King Yezdigerd I of Persia in the early fifth century, James was a Christian who, during Yezdigerd’s persecution of Christians, renounced his faith for fear of death. His family, who […]
Saint Felicity of Rome
Felicity was a rich, noble widow. She was a mother of seven sons, all of whom were martyred. Felicity devoted her life to charity and caring for the poor. She was arrested for her faith […]
SAINT ROSE PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE’S STORY
Born in Grenoble, France, of a family that was among the new rich, Rose Philippine learned political skills from her father and a love of the poor from her mother. The dominant feature of her […]