Feasts & Saints
St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin – 08 Feb
Born to a wealthy Sudanese family, she was kidnapped by slave-traders at age 9, and given the name Bakhita (lucky) by them. Sold and re...
St Paul Miki & Companions, Martyrs
Born wealthy, the son of the military leader Miki Handayu. Paul felt a call to religious life from his youth. Jesuit in 1580, educated ...
St Agatha, Virgin & Martyr – 05 February
We have little reliable information about this martyr, who has been honoured since ancient times, and whose name is included in the can...
The Presentation of the Lord – 02 Feb
The event is described in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 2:22–40). According to the gospel, Mary and Joseph took the Infant Jesus to the Temp...
St John Bosco, Priest – 31 Jan
He was born in Piedmont of a peasant family, and he was brought up by his widowed mother. He became a priest, and his particular concer...
St Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor – 28 Jan
Son of the Count of Aquino, born in the family castle in Lombardy near Naples, Italy. Educated by Benedictine monks at Monte Cassino, a...
St Angela Merici, Virgin – 27 Jan
St Angela was born in 1470 in Desenzano in the territory of Lombardy. she took the habit of the Third Order of Saint Francis and called...
Conversion of Paul, Apostle – 25 Jan
Saul, the young man who looked after the cloaks of the men who were stoning St Stephen, grew into a dedicated and efficient persecutor ...
St Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor – 24 Jan
He was born near Annécy, in Savoy, studied the law, and was ordained to the priesthood despite the opposition of his father. His f...
St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr – 21 Jan
At age 12 or 13 Agnes was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods and lose her virginity by rape. She was taken to a Roman temple to Minerva...