03
Oct
St Francis of Assisi – 04 Oct
Son of Pietro Bernadone, a rich cloth merchant. Though he had a good education and became part of his father‘s business, he also had a ...
Feasts & Saints
01
Oct
The Holy Guardian Angels – 02 Oct
The term guardian angels refers to the belief that each person has an angel who is available to shepherd their soul through life, and h...
30
Sep
St Therese of Lisieux – 01 October
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Born to a pious middle-class French family of tradesmen; daughter of Blessed Louis Martin and Blessed Marie-Azelie Guérin Martin, and a...
28
Sep
Sts Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels – 29 Sep
St Michael
Archangel. Leader of the army of God during the Lucifer uprising. Devotion is common to Muslims, Christians and Jews, and t...
26
Sep
St Vincent de Paul, Priest – 27 Sep
Born to a peasant family. A highly intelligent youth, Vincent spent four years with the Franciscan friars at Acq, France getting an edu...
13
Sep
Our Lady of Sorrows – 15 Sep
The devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows flourished in the Middle Ages, and the hymn Stabat Mater was composed for it. Although it is offici...
15
Aug
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 15 Aug
The feast celebrates the assumption of the body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven upon her death. According to Pope Benedict XIV, ...
15
Aug
St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest & Martyr – 14 Aug
Second of three sons born to a poor but pious Catholic family in Russian occupied Poland. His parents, both Franciscan lay tertiaries, ...
15
Aug
St Clare, Virgin – 11 August
Clare’s father was a count, her mother the countess Blessed Orsolana. Her father died when the girl was very young. After hearing Saint...
06
Aug
St John Vianney, Priest – 04 August
He was the son of a peasant farmer, and a slow and unpromising candidate for the priesthood: he was eventually ordained on account of h...