04
Feb
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...
Feasts & Saints
04
Feb
St Paul Miki & Companions, Martyrs
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Born wealthy, the son of the military leader Miki Handayu. Paul felt a call to religious life from his youth. Jesuit in 1580, educated ...
02
Feb
St Agatha, Virgin & Martyr – 05 February
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We have little reliable information about this martyr, who has been honoured since ancient times, and whose name is included in the can...
01
Feb
The Presentation of the Lord – 02 Feb
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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...
26
Jan
St John Bosco, Priest – 31 Jan
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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...
26
Jan
St Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor – 28 Jan
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Son of the Count of Aquino, born in the family castle in Lombardy near Naples, Italy. Educated by Benedictine monks at Monte Cassino, a...
26
Jan
St Angela Merici, Virgin – 27 Jan
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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...
24
Jan
Conversion of Paul, Apostle – 25 Jan
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Saul, the young man who looked after the cloaks of the men who were stoning St Stephen, grew into a dedicated and efficient persecutor ...
24
Jan
St Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor – 24 Jan
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He was born near Annécy, in Savoy, studied the law, and was ordained to the priesthood despite the opposition of his father. His first ...
19
Jan
St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr – 21 Jan
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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...