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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. Rita -- 22 May 2020
 
Patron: of impossible cases, difficult marriages, and parenthood Birth: 1381 Death: 1472 Beatified: by Pope Urban VII in 1627 Canonized: by Pope Leo XIII on May 24, 1900 Saint Rita was born Mar... READ MORE
St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen -- 24 April 2020
 
Birth: 1577 Death: 1622 Franciscan Capuchin martyr. He was born Mark Rey is Sigmaringen, Germany, in 1577. A practicing lawyer, he traveled across Europe as a tutor to aristocrats but then started... READ MORE
St. Eleutherius -- 06 September 2021
 
Death: 585 A wonderful simplicity and spirit of compunction were the distinguishing virtues of this holy man. He was chosen abbot of St. Mark's near Spoleto, and favored by God with the gift of mir... READ MORE
St. Francis Xavier -- 03 December 2020
 
Patron: of Catholic missions; African missions; Goa, India; China; missionaries Birth: 1506 Death: 1552 Beatified: Oct. 25, 1619 by Pope Paul V Canonized: March 12, 1622 by Pope Gregory XV St. ... READ MORE
St. John of Damascus -- 04 December 2020
 
Birth: 645 Death: 749 Saint John Damascene has the double honor of being the last but one of the fathers of the Eastern Church, and the greatest of her poets. It is surprising, however, how little... READ MORE
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