Feast Day- August 4th St. John Vianney Saint John Vianney was born on May 8, 1786 in the village of Dardilly in France. After serving a time in the army during the Napoleonic period he entered seminary formation to become a priest. He struggled mightily with all of his studies and he had a particularly […]
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Saint of the Week – St. Samson
Feast Day – July 28th Saint Samson was born in Wales around the year 485 and is considered one of the greatest missionaries to come from the British Isles. At the age of seven, his parents dedicated him to the service of God in gratitude for his birth after a long period of childlessness. He […]
Saint of the Week – St. Lawrence of Brindisi
Feast Day- July 21st Cesare de Rossi was born at Brindisi, kingdom of Naples, Italy, on July 22, 1559. He was educated by the conventual Franciscans there and by his uncle at St. Mark’s in Venice. When sixteen, he joined the Capuchins at Verona, taking the name Lawrence. He pursued his higher studies in theology, […]
St. of the Week – St. Myrope
July 13th The Holy Martyr, Myrope was born in the city of Ephesus at the beginning of the third century. She lost her father at an early age, and her mother raised her in the Christian Faith. Saint Myrope frequently visited the grave of the Martyr, Hermione, daughter of the holy Apostle Philip. She took […]
St. of the Week – St. Anthony Zaccaria
At the same time that Martin Luther was attacking abuses in the Church, a reformation within the Church was already being attempted. Among the early movers of the Counter-Reformation was Anthony Zaccaria. Anthony Zaccaria’s mother became a widow at 18, and devoted herself to the spiritual education of her son. He received a medical doctorate […]
Saint of the Week – St. Irenaeus
St. Irenaeus was born about the year 125, in the provinces of Asia Minor, where the memory of the apostles was still cherished and where Christians were numerous. He was most influenced by St. Polycarp. Many Asian priests and missionaries brought the gospel to the pagan Gauls and founded a local church. To this church […]
Saint of the Week – St. Aloysius
Feast Day – June 21st St. Aloysius was born in Castiglione, Italy. The first words St. Aloysius spoke were the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. He was destined for the military by his father (who was in service to Philip II), but by the age of nine, Aloysius had decided on a religious life, […]
Saint of the Week – St. Anthony of Padua
Feast Day – June 13th Anthony’s birth and baptismal name was Fernando Martins. He was born in Portugal in 1195 to a wealthy family, yet he felt called to the priesthood and chose a life of poverty. At the age of fifteen he traveled to the capital of Portugal to study to become a priest. […]
Saint of the Week – St. Ephrem
Feast Day – June 9th Poet, teacher, orator, and defender of the faith, Ephrem is the only Syriac Christian recognized as a doctor of the Church. He took upon himself the special task of opposing the many false doctrines rampant at his time, always remaining a true and forceful defender of the Catholic Church. Born […]
Saint of the Week – St. Justin Martyr
Feast Day – June 1st Justin was born in Palestine at the start of the second century, he searched everywhere for truth, traveling to big cities, where he talked and studied with wise teachers. One day, a stranger told Justin to read the Old Testament prophets, who had foretold the coming of Christ. He did […]
