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Saint of the Day for March 1, Saint David of Wales (d. March 1, 589) Saint David of Wales’ Story David is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically, we have little reliable information about him. It is known th

Saint of the Day for March 28 Saint Catharine of Bologna (September 8, 1413 -March 9, 1463 ) Saint Catharine of Bologna’s Story Some Franciscan saints led fairly public lives; Catharine represents the saints who served the Lord in obscurity. Born in Bo

Stairway To Heaven It’s just a spring clean for the May queen. Yes, there are two paths you can go by But in the long run There’s still time to change the road you’re on. And it makes me wonder. Your head is humming and it won’t go In case you don’t kno

Saint of the Day for March 26 Saint Catherine of Genoa-(1447 – September 15, 1510) Going to confession one day was the turning point of Catherine’s life. When Catherine was born, many Italian nobles were supporting Renaissance artists and writers. The n

Saint of the Day for February 22 Chair of Saint Peter The Story of the Chair of Saint Peter This feast commemorates Christ’s choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of the whole Church. After the “lost weekend” of pain, doubt, and s

Prayer for the Government: In 1791, Bishop John Carroll wrote and delivered the well-known “Prayer for the Nation,” urging American Catholics to recite this regularly with their parish communities for God’s blessings on our nation and the Church. Pray

Blessed John of Fiesole Saint of the Day for February 18 (1387 – February 18, 1455)

Return to me with all your heart (Joel 2:12)  Jesus, help me to identify one or two ways to change my life this Lent

Saint of the Day for February 13 Saint Giles Mary of St. Joseph (November 16, 1729 – February 7, 1812) Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph’s Story In the same year that a power-hungry Napoleon Bonaparte led his army into Russia, Giles Mary of Saint Joseph

he Story of Our Lady of Lourdes On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years later, on February 11, 1858, a young lady appeared to Berna

Saint of the Day for February 10 Saint Scholastica  (c. 480 – February 10, 542)-Twins often share the same interests and ideas with an equal intensity. Therefore, it is no surprise that Scholastica and her twin brother, Benedict, established religious com

Prayer of Consecration Saint of the Day for February 9-Saint Jerome Emiliani (1486 – February 8, 1537) Saint Jerome Emiliani’s Story A careless and irreligious soldier for the city-state of Venice, Jerome was captured in a skirmish at an outpost town

Saint Colette’s Story Colette did not seek the limelight, but in doing God’s will she certainly attracted a lot of attention. Colette was born in Corbie, France. At 21, she began to follow the Third Order Rule and became an anchoress, a woman walled into

Saint Paul Miki and Companions’ Story (d. 1597) Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped, immediately killing over 37,000 people. Three and a half centuries before, 26 martyrs of Japan were crucifi

Prayers Come, Spirit Of Life, Rosary Saint Agatha is the Patron Saint of:  Nurses As in the case of Agnes, another virgin-martyr of the early Church, almost nothing is historically certain about this saint except that she was martyred in Sicily during t

Saint of the Day for February 4 Saint Joseph of Leonissa (January 8, 1556  â€“ February 4, 1612) Saint Joseph of Leonissa’s Story Joseph was born at Leonissa in the Kingdom of Naples. As a boy and as a student in early adulthood, Joseph drew attention fo

Saint of the Day for February 3 Saint Blaise Reflection Four centuries give ample opportunity for fiction to creep in with fact. Who can be sure how accurate Blaise’s biographer was? But biographical details are not essential. Blaise is seen as one more

This Novena to be made from the 2nd to the 10th of February

Saint of the Day for January 23-Saint Marianne Cope-(January 23, 1838 – August 9, 1918 Saint Marianne Cope’s Story Though leprosy scared off most people in 19th-century Hawaii, that disease sparked great generosity in the woman who came to be known as M

Saint of the Day for January 22 Saint Vincent of Zaragossa( d. c. 304) Reflection The martyrs are heroic examples of what God’s power can do. It is humanly impossible, we realize, for someone to go through tortures such as Vincent had and remain faithfu