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Feast of Saint Scholastica -- 10 February 2023

	Scholastica (c. 480 – 10 February 543) is a saint of the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion. She was born in Italy. According to a ninth century tradition, she w... READ MORE



Saint Apollonia -- 09 February 2023

	Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius. According to church tradition, her to... READ MORE



St. Josephine Bakhita -- 08 February 2023

	Josephine Margaret Bakhita, F.D.C.C. (ca. 1869 – 8 February 1947), was a Sudanese-Italian Canossian religious sister who lived in Italy for 45 years, after having been a slave in Sudan. In 2000, she w... READ MORE



Pope Pius IX -- 07 February 2023

	Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX, Pio Nono; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti;[a] 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He ... READ MORE



ST. PAUL MIKI AND COMPANIONS -- 06 February 2023

	Paul Miki was born into a wealthy Japanese family. He was educated by the Jesuits in Azuchi and Takatsuki. He joined the Society of Jesus and became a well known and successful preacher – gaining nume... READ MORE


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St. Ignatius of Laconi -- 11 May 2020

Birth: 1701 Death: 1781 Ignatius was the son of a poor farmer in Laconi, Italy. He was born on December 17, 1701. When he was about seventeen, he became very ill. He promised to be a Franciscan if... READ MORE



Sts. Nereus & Achilleus -- 12 May 2020

So often we hear people or even ourselves excuse an action by saying "I was only following orders." But for Nereus and Achilleus this excuse could not stand in the face of the cross. Everything we ... READ MORE



St. John the Silent -- 13 May 2020

Birth: 452 Death: 558 Bishop of Colonia in Palestine and a hermit. Born in Nicopolis, Armenia, he established a monastery at the age of eighteen. Appointed a bishop at the age of twenty-eight, he ... READ MORE



St. Dymphna -- 15 May 2020

Patron: of those suffering for nervous and mental afflictions Birth: 7th century Death: 7th century Canonized: on 620 Dymphna was born in Ireland sometime in the seventh century to a pagan fathe... READ MORE



St. Paschal Baylon -- 17 May 2020

Patron: of Eucharistic congresses and Eucharistic associations Birth: 1540 Death: 1592 Franciscan lay brother and mystic. Born to a peasant family at Torre Hermosa, in Aragon, on Whitsunday, he w... READ MORE


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