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Sts. Joachim and Anne -- 26 July 2021
 
Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholi... READ MORE
St. James the Greater -- 25 July 2021
 
Patron: of pilgrims and Spain Death: 44 Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disc... READ MORE
St. John Boste -- 24 July 2021
 
Birth: 1544 Death: 1594 One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and rec... READ MORE
St. Bridget of Sweden -- 23 July 2021
 
Patron: of Sweden Saint Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland's Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. Birgitta's family was pious... READ MORE
St. Mary Magdalene -- 22 July 2021
 
Patron: of contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumeries, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women St. Mary Magdale... READ MORE
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St. Mary Magdalene -- 22 July 2020
 
Patron: of contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumeries, pharmacists, sexual temptation, tanners, women St. Mary Magdale... READ MORE
St. Simon Stock -- 16 May 2021
 
Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning "tree trunk," derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow ... READ MORE
St. Paschal Baylon -- 17 May 2021
 
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
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton -- 04 January 2022
 
Patron: of in-law problems, against the death of children, widows, death of parents, and opposition of Church authorities Birth: August 28, 1774 Death: January 4, 1821 Beatified: by Pope John XXIII... READ MORE
St. Joan de Lestonnac -- 02 February 2022
 
Patron: of abuse victims, people rejected by religious orders, widows Birth: 1556 Death: 1640 St. Joan de Lestonnac was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1556. She married at the age of seventeen. The... READ MORE
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