Saint of the Day for Monday, November 17th, 2014: St. Hugh of Lincoln

Saint of the Day for Monday, November 17th, 2014

St. Hugh of Lincoln

Hugh of Lincoln was the son of William, Lord of Avalon. He was born at Avalon Castle in Burgundy and was raised and educated at a convent at Villard-Benoit after his mother died when he was eight. He … continue reading

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St. Hugh of Lincoln St. Acisclus St. Alphaeus St. Anianus St. Dionysius the Great of Alexandria St. Dionysius of Alexandria St. Eugene St. Gregory Thaumaturgus St. Hilda

St. Hilda of Whitby St. Hugh St. Hugh of Noara Bl. Josaphat Kocylovskyj Martyrs of Paraguay St. Namasius St. Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz Bl. Salomea of Poland St. Valentine and Dubatatius

Saint of the Day for Saturday, November 8th, 2014: St. Castorius

Saint of the Day for Saturday, November 8th, 2014

St. Castorius

St. Castorius is the patron saint of sculptors and his feast day is November 8th. Castorius, Claudius, Nicostratus, and Symphorian are called “the four crowned martyrs” who were tortured … continue reading

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St. Castorius St. Cybi St. Cybi St. Pope Deusdedit Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity Four Crowned Martyrs St. John Baptist Con St. Joseph Nghi

Bl. Maria Crucified Satellico St. Martin Tho St. Martin Tinh St. Moroc St. Paul Ngan Sts. Tysilio St. Willehad of Bremen St. Wiomad

Saint of the Day for Friday, November 7th, 2014: St. Achillas

Saint of the Day for Friday, November 7th, 2014

St. Achillas

Bishop and theologian who lived in an era of dispute in the Church. Achillas was the bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, one of the most powerful cities in the world at the time. Succeeding as bishop a man … continue reading

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St. Achillas St. Amarand St. Amaranthus Bl. Anthony Baldinucci St. Auctus St. Blinlivet St. Cumgar St. Engelbert St. Ernest

St. Florentius of Strasbourg St. Gebetrude St. Hieron St. Hyacinth Castaneda St. Melasippus Bl. Peter Ou St. Rufus of Metz St. Tremorus of Brittany St. Willibrord

Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 4th, 2014: St. Francis of Assisi

Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 4th, 2014:

 

 

 

St. Francis of Assisi (circa 1182-1220) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

St. Francis of Assisi

 

 

 

Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181. In 1182, Pietro Bernardone returned from a trip to France to find out his wife had given birth to a son. Far from being excited or … continue reading

 

 

 

 

 

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St. Francis of Assisi St. Adauctus St. Ammon St. Aurea St. Crispus & Gaius St. Domnina

St. Hierotheus St. Mark St. Peter of Damascus St. Petronius St. Quintius

 

Saint of the Day for Saturday, September 27th, 2014: St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent was born of poor parents in the village of Pouy in Gascony, France, about 1580. He enjoyed his first schooling under the Franciscan Fathers at Acqs. Such had been his progress in four … continue reading

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St. Vincent de Paul St. Absadi St. Adheritus Sts. Adolphus and John St. Barrog St. Bonfilius Bl. Brother Scubilionis St. Ceraunus

St. Deodatus St. Elzear of Sabran St. Epicharis St. Euprepius St. Fidentius and Terence St. Hiltrude St. John Mark

today’s holiday: Feast of St. Clare of Assisi

Feast of St. Clare of Assisi

There were a number of women who joined the Second Order of St. Francis, but the first and most famous was St. Clare (c. 1194-1253). She was joined 16 days later by her sister, Agnes; other women, referred to as the Poor Ladies, were eventually drawn to the hard life that Clare had chosen, and the religious order that she and Francis founded is known today as the Poor Clares. Clare died in 1253 and was canonized on August 12, 1255. Her feast day was eventually moved to August 11, the date of her death according to the revised Roman Catholic calendar. More… Discuss

St. Anthony of Padua Feastday: June 13

St. Anthony of Padua

Feastday: June 13

Birth: 1195 /Death: 1231

 Saint Anthony was canonized (declared a saint)
less than one year after his death.

There is perhaps no more loved and admired saint in the Catholic Church than Saint Anthony of Padua, a Doctor of the Church. Though his work was in Italy, he was born in Portugal. He first joined the Augustinian Order and then left it and joined the Franciscan Order in 1221, when he was 26 years old. The reason he became a Franciscan was because of the death of the five Franciscan protomartyrs — St. Bernard, St. Peter, St. Otho, St. Accursius, and St. Adjutus — who shed their blood for the Catholic Faith in the year 1220, in Morocco, in North Africa, and whose headless and mutilated bodies had been brought to St. Anthony’s monastery on their way back for burial. St. Anthony became a Franciscan in the hope of shedding his own blood and becoming a martyr. He lived only ten years after joining the Franciscan Order.

So simple and resounding was his teaching of the Catholic Faith, so that the most unlettered and innocent might understand it, that he was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Saint Anthony was only 36 years old when he died. He is called the “hammer of the Heretics” His great protection against their lies and deceits in the matter of Christian doctrine was to utter, simply and innocently, the Holy Name of Mary. When St. Anthony of Padua found he was preaching the true Gospel of the Catholic Church to heretics who would not listen to him, he then went out and preached it to the fishes. This was not, as liberals and naturalists are trying to say, for the instruction of the fishes, but rather for the glory of God, the delight of the angels, and the easing of his own heart. St. Anthony wanted to profess the Catholic Faith with his mind and his heart, at every moment.

He is typically depicted with a book and the Infant Child Jesus, to whom He miraculously appeared, and is commonly referred to today as the “finder of lost articles.” Upon exhumation, some 336 years after his death, his body was found to be corrupted, yet his tongue was totally incorrupt, so perfect were the teachings that had been formed upon it.

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St. Anthony of Padua St. Aquilina St. Augustine of Huy St. Damhnade St. Felicula

St. Fortunatus & Lucian St. Gyavire St. Peregrinus St. Rambert St. Triphyllius

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Saint of the Day MAY 17 : St. Paschal Baylon – Franciscan lay brother and mystic

Saint of the Day

St. Paschal Baylon

Franciscan lay brother and mystic. Born to a peasant family at Torre Hermosa, in Aragon, on Whitsunday, he was christened Pascua in honor of the feast. According to accounts of his early life, … continue reading

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St. Paschal Baylon St. Adrio Bl. Antonia Mesina St. Cathan St. Giulia Salzano St. Heradius

St. Madern St. Maiduif St. Restituta St. Restituta St. Thethmar

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TODAY’S SAINT: BL. JOHN OF PARMA (MARCH 20)

SAINT OF THE DAY

BL. JOHN OF PARMA
March 20: John Buralli, the seventh minister general of the Franciscans, …  Read More

March 20

Bl. John of Parma St. Cuthbert St. Alexandra and Companions St. Anastasius XVI St. Archippus St. Benignus St. Urbitius St. Wulfram of Sens St. William of Penacorada St. Tetricus St. Herbert of Derwentwater St. John, Sergius, & Companions St. Martin of Braga St. Nicetas St. Paul and Companions St. Photina St. Josef Bilczewski St. Maria Josefa Sancho de Guerra

 

 

TODAY’S SAINT: St. John Joseph of the Cross

Feastday: March 5
Patron of Ischia
1654 – 1739

St. John Joseph of the Cross was born about the middle of the seventeenth century in the beautiful island of Ischia, near Naples. From his childhood he was the model of virtue, and in his sixteenth year he entered the Franciscan Order of the Strictest Observance, or Reform of St. Peter of Alcantara. Such was the edification he gave in his Order, that within three years after his profession he was sent to found a monastery in Piedmont. He became a priest out of obedience, and obtained, as it seems, an inspired knowledge of moral theology. With his superiors’ permission he built another convent and drew up rules for that community, which were confirmed by the Holy See. He afterward became Master of Novices. Sometimes later he was made provincial of the province of Naples, erected in the beginning of the eighteenth century by Clement XI. He labored hard to establish in Italy that branch of his Order which the sovereign Pontiff had separated from the one in Spain. In his work he suffered much, and became the victim of numerous calumnies. However, the saint succeeded in his labors, endeavoring to instill in the hearts of his subjects, the double spirit of contemplation and penance bequeathed to his Reform by St. Peter of Alcantara. St. John Joseph exemplified the most sublime virtues, especially humility and religious discipline. He also possessed numerous gifts in the supernatural order, such as those of prophesy and miracles. Finally,consumed by labors for the glory of God, he was called to his reward. Stricken with apoplexy, he died an octogenarian in his convent at Naples on March 5, 1734. His feast day is March 5th.

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TODAY’S SAINT: St. Margaret of Cortona Feastday – February 22

Feastday: February 22
1247 – 1297
Margaret of Cortona, penitent, was born in Loviana in Tuscany in 1247. Her father was a small farmer. Margaret’s mother died when she was seven years old. Her stepmother had little care for her high-spirited daughter. Rejected at home, Margaret eloped with a youth from Montepulciano and bore him a son out of wedlock. After nine years, her lover was murdered without warning. Margaret left Montpulciano and returned as a penitent to her father’s house. When her father refused to accept her and her son, she went to the Friars Minor at Cortona where she received asylum. Yet Maragaret had difficulty overcoming temptations of the flesh. One Sunday she returned to Loviana with a cord around her neck. At Mass, she asked pardon for her past scandal. She attempted to mutilate her face, but was restrained by Friar Giunta. Margaret earned a living by nursing sick ladies. Later she gave this up to serve the sick poor without recompense, subsisting only on alms. Evenually, she joined the Third Order of St. Francis, and her son also joined the Franciscans a few years later. Margaret advanced rapidly in prayer and was said to be in direct contact with Jesus, as exemplified by frequent ecstacies. Friar Giunta recorded some of the messages she received from God. Not all related to herself, and she courageously presented messages to others. In 1286, Margaret was granted a charter allowing her to work for the sick poor on a permanent basis. Others joined with personal help, and some with financial assistance. Margaret formed her group into tertiaries, and later they were given special status as a congregation which was called The Poverelle (“Poor Ones”). She also founded a hospital at Cortona and the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mercy. Some in Cortona turned on Margaret, even accusing her of illicit relations with Friar Giunta. All the while, Margaret continued to preach against vice and many, through her, returned to the sacraments. She also showed extraordinary love for the mysteries of the Eucharist and the Passion of Jesus Christ. Divinely warned of the day and hour of her death, she died on February 22, 1297, having spent twenty-nine years performing acts of penance. She was canonized in 1728. Her feast day is February 22nd.