Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 31st, 2015, St. John Bosco

Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 31st, 2015

St. John Bosco

What do dreams have to with prayer? Aren’t they just random images of our mind? In 1867 Pope Pius IX was upset with John Bosco because he wouldn’t take his dreams seriously enough. Nine years … continue reading

More Saints of the Day

St. John Bosco St. Adamnan of Coldingham St. Aidan of Ferns St. Athanasius St. Bobinus St. Cyrus St. Domitius St. Eusebius St. Francis Xavier Bianchi St. Geminian St. Julius of Novara

St. Madoes St. Marcella St. Marcella St. Martin Manuel St. Metranus St. Nicetas Sts. Saturninus, Thrysus, & Victor St. Tarskius St. Trypbaena St. Ulphia

this day in the yesteryear: Pope Pius IX Defines Immaculate Conception as Dogma (1854)

Pope Pius IX Defines Immaculate Conception as Dogma (1854)

The Immaculate Conception is the Roman Catholic dogma that asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was preserved from the stain of original sin—the condition of sin that marks all humans as a result of Adam’s first act of disobedience—at the moment of her conception. In 1709, Pope Clement XI made the feast of the Immaculate Conception a holy day of obligation—145 years before it became official church dogma. The Immaculate Conception is often confused with what other church doctrine? More… Discuss

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

More Saints of the Day

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

This Day in the Yesteryear: EDGARDO MORTARA KIDNAPPED FROM JEWISH FAMILY AFTER SECRET BAPTISM (1858)

Edgardo Mortara Kidnapped from Jewish Family after Secret Baptism (1858)

Mortara, the son of a Jewish couple living in the Papal States, was secretly baptized Catholic as an infant by a panicked servant during an infantile illness. The baptism was deemed valid by the Catholic Church and, because canon law forbade non-Christians from raising Christian children, Pope Pius IX ordered the six-year-old Mortara to be taken to Rome as his ward. Several countries objected to the pope’s decision and called for the boy to be returned to his parents. What became of Mortara? More… Discuss