Feasts & Saints
St Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop & Doctor – 01 Aug
Saint Alphonsus Liguori was born in Marianella near Naples on September 27, 1696. He was the first born of a rather large family b...
St Ignatius of Loyola, Priest – 31 July
Ignatius (or Iñigo) was born in Loyola in the Spanish Basque country. He was a soldier, but was wounded in the battle of Pamplona ...
St Martha – 29 July
Martha was the sister of Mary of Bethany and Lazarus. In the West, her feast day comes a week after that of St Mary Magdalene beca...
Sts Joachim & Anne – 26 July
An ancient tradition, already known in the 2nd century, gives these names to the parents of the Virgin Mary. The cult of St Anna b...
St James, Apostle – 25 July
He was the brother of St John and, like him, a fisherman. He was one of the witnesses of the Transfiguration and one of those who ...
St Bridget of Sweden, Religious – 23 July
Daughter of Birger Persson, the governor and provincial judge of Uppland, and of Ingeborg Bengtsdotter. Her father was one of the great...
St Mary Magdalene – 22 July
We have very little solid information about Saint Mary, and both scholars and traditions differ on the interpretation of what we do kno...
Our Lady of Mt Carmel – 16 July
The Church celebrates on this day the feast of the Scapular of Mount Carmel. The scapular, which derives its name from the Latin word s...
St Bonaventure – 15 July
Healed from a childhood disease through the prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi. Bonaventure joined the Order of Friars Minor at age 22....
St Benedict, Abbot – 11 July
Born to the Roman nobility. Twin brother of Saint Scholastica. Studied in Rome, Italy, but was dismayed by the lack of discipline and t...