Feasts & Saints
St Pius V, Pope – 30 Apr
Born to impoverished Italian nobility, the son of Paolo Ghislieri and Domenica Augeria. Worked as a shepherd as a boy. Received an exce...
St Catherine of Siena – 29 Apr
Youngest of 24 children; her father was a wool-dyer. At the age of seven she had a vision in which Jesus appeared with Peter, Paul, and...
St Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest – 28 Apr
Born poor. Studied in Paris, France, and ordained in 1700. While a seminarian he delighted in researching the writings of Church Father...
St Mark, Evangelist – 25 April
St. Mark, the author of one of the Gospels, was the son of Mary whose house at Jerusalem was the meeting place of Christians. He was ba...
The Annunciation of the Lord – 25 Mar
The annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Gabriel the Archangel that she was to be the Mother of God (Luke 1), the Word being...
St Oscar Romero – 24 Mar
Second of seven children born to Santo Romero and Guadaleupe de Jesus Galdamez. Ordained on 4 April 1942 in Rome, Italy. Parish priest ...
St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 19 Mar
Nothing is known of St Joseph except what is said of him in the Gospels. He was a carpenter; he accepted the will of God; and he suppor...
Chair of St Peter – 22 February
The Chair of Saint Peter (Latin: Cathedra Petri), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica...
Our Lady of Lourdes – 11 Feb
The memorial commemorates the eighteen (18) apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette Soubiroux that occurred between ...
St Scholastica – 10 Feb
Twin sister of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Born to the Italian noblility. Her mother died in childbirth. Nun. She led a community of wome...