ST BONIFACE [WINFRITH] OF MAINZ
Bishop and Martyr [Memorial]
"In the pope's commission on May 15, 1719, we have the first record of Winfrith's new name, Boniface. The pope apparently gave him this new name because the previous day had been the feast of a martyr by that name. From then on he was known as Boniface to all who knew him.
"Missionaries had come to Thuringia before but the Church there was in bad shape, isolated and subject to superstition and heresy. Boniface saw that he was going to get no help from the local clergy and monks, but he had learned in Friesland he could not spread God's word alone. He was about to send for help when he heard that Radbord had died and the missionary Willibrord was back in Friesland. Boniface immediately took off for Friesland, the site of his former humiliation. Perhaps he returned in hopes of redeeming his earlier disaster. It seems more likely, however, that he was following through on the lesson he had learned at that time and was going to get training from the expert in missions: Willibrord.
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June 4
Co-Founder, Minor Clerks Regular
Patron of Naples, Italy; Italian cooks
"He was born in 1563, a member of a noble Neapolitan family. Thought he had a rare skin disease, much like leprosy, Francis became a priest, at which time his skin disease disappeared. In 1588, he co-founded the Minor Clerks regular [with St John Augustine Adorno] and spent the rest of his life as the superior. He was canonized in 1807."
From the Catholic Online.
June 3
Ugandan Martyrs
"For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew more safe and powerful through the centuries, the martyrs of Uganda are a reminder that persecution of Christians continues in modern times, even to the present day.
"The Society of Missionaries of Africa [known as the White Fathers] had only been in Uganda for 6 years and yet they had built up a community of converts whose faith would outshine their own. The earliest converts were soon instructing and leading new converts that the White Fathers couldn't reach. Many of these converts lived and taught at King Mwanga's court."
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June 2
STS MARCELLINUS AND PETER
Died 304
"Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. Evidence of the respect in which they were held are the basilica Constantine built over their tombs and the presence of their names in the first Eucharistic prayer."
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June 1
ST JUSTIN MARTYR
100 - 165
"Christian apologist, born at Fravia Neapolis, about AD 100, converted to Christianity about AD 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome, where he suffered martyrdom about the year 165. two "Apologies" bearing his name and his "Dialogue with the Jew Tryphon" have come down to us. Leo XIII had a Mass and an Office composed in his honor and set his Feast for April 14."
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ST HANNIBAL MARY DI FRANCIA
Founder of the Rogationists of the Sacred Heart and the Daughters of Divine Zeal. The Congregations that he founded was inspired by the command of the Lord Jesus Christ to ask the Lord of the harvest that he may send more laborers into his vineyard [see Luke 10:2; Matthew 9:38].See also Catholic Online.
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May 31
ST MECHTILDIS
Died 1160
"Benedictine abbess and miracle worker. She was the daughter of Count Berthold of Andechs, in modern Bavaria, Germany. The count and his wife, Sophia, founded a monastery on their estate at Diessen, Bavaria, and placed Mechtildis there at the age of five. She became a Benedictine nun, and then abbess. In 1153 the Bishop of Augsburg placed her in charge of Edelstetten Abbey. Mechtildis was revered for her mystical gifts and miracles. She died at Diessen on May 31."
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May 30
Patroness of Soldiers and France
"At a very early age, she heard voices: those of St Michael, St Catherine and St Margaret. At first the messages were personal and general. Then at last came the crowning order. In May, 1428, her voices "of St Michael, St Catherine and St Margaret" told Joan to go to the King of France and help him reconquer his kingdom. For that time the English king was after the throne of France, and the Duke of Burgundy, the chief rival of the French king, was siding with him and gobbling up evermore French territory."
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May 29
ST MAXIMINUS OF TRIER
Bishop; Patron of Trier, Germany;
invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rains
Died 347
'He was probably born at Silly, France, and succeeded St Agritus as bishop of Trier, giving refuge to St Athanasius in 336. St Paul, the Patriarch of Constantinople, was also given Maximinus' protection. Maximinus was an ardent enemy of the Arian heretics, opposing them in councils of Milan, Sardica, and Cologne. He was a known miracle worker and apologist for orthodox Christianity and was called "one of the most courageous bishops of his time" by St Jerome.'
More at Catholic Online.
May 28
ST BERNARD OF MONTJOUX
Patron of mountaineers, skiers, the Alps
923 - 1008
"Bernard of Montjoux was probably born in Italy. He became a priest, was made Vicar General of Aosta, and spent more than four decades doing missionary work in the Alps. He built schools and churches in the diocese but is especially remembered for two Alpine hospices he built to aid lost travelers in the mountain passes named Great and Little Bernard, after him. The men who ran them in time became Augustinian canons regular and built a monastery. The Order continued into the twentieth century."
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May 27
ST AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY
Died in 605
"At the end of the sixth century anyone would have said that Augustine had found his niche in life. Looking at this respected prior of a monastery, almost anyone would have predicted he would spend his last days there, instructing, governing, and settling even further into this sedentary life.
"But Pope St Gregory the Great had lived under Augustine's rule in that same monastery. When he decided it was time to send missionaries to Anglo-Saxon England, he didn't choose those with restless natures or the young looking for new worlds to conquer. He chose Augustine and thirty monks to make the unexpected, and dangerous, trip to England."
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May 26
ST PHILIP NERI
Patron of Rome
"If one had to choose one saint who showed the humorous side of holiness that would be Philip Neri.
"There are stories of him wearing ridiculous clothes or walking around with half his beard shaved off. The greater his reputation for holiness the sillier he wanted to seem. When some people came from Poland to see the great saint, they found him listening to another priest read to him from joke books."
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ST MARY MAGDALENE DE PAZZI
1566 - 1607
"... Mary Magdalene de Pazzi is not a saint because she received ecstasies and graces from God. Many have received visions, ecstasies, and miracles without becoming holy. She is a saint because of her response to those gifts -- a lifelong struggle to show love and gratitude to God who gave her those graces.
"In fact Mary Magdalene saw her ecstasies as evidence of a great fault in her, not reward for holiness. ... In her eyes, God gave these gifts to those who were too weak to become holy otherwise. That Mary Magdalene received these gifts proved, in her mind, how unworthy she was."
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May 24BLESSED LOUIS MOREAU
1824 - 1901
Beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 10, 1987
"... ordained priest on December 19, 1946. He was named bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada on November 19, 1875. Founder of the Sisters of Saint-Joseph of Saint-Hyacinthe and Sisters of Sainte-Martha.
From the Catholic Online.
May 23
ST JOHN BAPTIST ROSSI1698 - 1764
"This holy priest was born in 1698 at the village of Voltaggio in the diocese of Genoa and was one of the four children of an excellent and highly respected couple. When he was ten a nobleman and his wife who were spending summer at Voltagiio obtained permission from his parents to take him back with them to Genoa to be trained in their house. He remained with them three years, winning golden opinions from all, notably from two Capuchin friars who came to his patrons' home. They carried such a favorable report of the boy to his uncle who was then minister provincial of the Capuchins that a cousin Lorenzo Rossi, a canon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, invited him to come to Rome."
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May 22
ST RITA OF CASCIAPatron of impossible causes
1381 - 1457
"St Rita was born at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent. Instead they arranged a marriage for her. Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband was a man of violent temper. In anger he often mistreated his wife. He taught their children his own evil ways.
"Rita tried to perform her duties faithfully and to pray and receive the sacraments frequently. After nearly twenty years of marriage, her husband was stabbed by an enemy but before he died, re repented because Rita prayed for him. Shortly afterwards, her two sons died, and Rita was alone in the world. Prayer, fasting, penances of many kinds, and good works filled her days. She was admitted to the convent of the Augustinian nuns at Cascia in Umbria, and began a life of perfect obedience and great charity."
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Patron Saint of dysfunctional families
1782 - 1861
'Early in life he experienced the upheaval of the French Revolution. Nonetheless, the entered the seminary, and following ordination he returned to labor in Aix-en-Provence. That area had suffered greatly during the Revolution and was not really a safe place for a priest. Eugene directed his ministry toward the poorest of the poor. Others joined him in his labors, and became the nucleus of a religious community, the Missionaries of Provence. Later Eugene was named Bishop of Marseille. There he built churches, founded parishes, cared for his priests, and developed catechetics for the young. later he founded the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and in 1841 the Oblates sailed for missions in five continents. Pius XI, said, "the Oblates are the specialists of difficult missions." After a life dedicated to spreading the Good News, Eugene died on May 21, 1861. He was beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1975. Canonized by Pope John Paul II.'
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May 20ST BERNARDINE OF SIENA
"In the year 1400, a young man came to the door of the largest hospital in Siena. A plague was raging through the city so horrible that as many as twenty people died each day just in the hospital alone. And many of the people who died were those who were needed to tend the ill. It was a desperate situation -- more and more people were falling ill and fewer and fewer people were there to help them. The twenty-year old man who stood there had not come because he was ill but because he wanted to help. And he brought not new patients but young men like himself willing to tend the dying."
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May 19
ST CELESTINE VPope
"When the father of this Italian saint, died, his good mother brought up her twelve children well, even though they were very poor. "Oh, if I could only have the joy of seeing one of you become a saint!" she use to say. Once when she asked as usual, "which one of you is going to become a saint?" little Peter [who was to become Pope Celestine] answered with all his heart, "Me, mama! I'll become a saint!" And he did.
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May 18ST JOHN I
Pope and Martyr
"A native of Tuscany in Italy, John was elected Pope while he was still an archdeacon upon the death of Pope Hormisdas in 523. At that time, the ruler of Italy was Theodoric the Goth who subscribed to the Arian brand of Christianity, but had tolerated and even favored hi Catholic subjects during the early part of his reign. However, about the time of St John's accession to the Papacy, Theodoric's policy underwent a drastic change as a result of two events: the treasonable [in the sovereign's view] correspondence between ranking members of the Roman Senate and Constantinople and the severe edict against heretics enacted by the emperor Justin I, who was the first Catholic on the Byzantine throne in fifty years."
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May 17
ST PASCHAL BAYLON
Patron of Eucharistic congresses and associations
1540 - 1592
"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, Paschal labored as a shepherd for his father, performed miracles, and was distinguished for his austerity. He also taught himself to read. Receiving a vision which told him to enter a nearby Franciscan community, he became a Franciscan lay brother of the Alcantrine reform in 1564, and spent most of his life as a humble doorkeeper. He practiced rigorous asceticism and displayed a deep love for the Blessed Sacrament, so much that while on a mission to France, he defended the doctrine of the Real Presence against a Calvinist preacher and in the face of threats from other irate Calvinists."
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May 16ST SIMON STOCK
"Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning 'tree trunk', derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow tree trunk of an oak tree. It is also believed that, as a young man, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he joined a group of Carmelites with whom he later returned to Europe. Simon Stock founded many Carmelite communities, especially in University towns such as Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, and Bologna, and he helped to change the Carmelites from a hermit Order to one of mendicant friars."
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May 15ST ISIDORE THE FARMER
Patron of Farmers
"... was born at Madrid, Spain, in the latter half of the 12th century. For the greater part of his life he was employed as a laborer on a farm outside the city. Many marvelous happenings accompanied his lifelong work in the fields and continued long after his holy death. He was favored with celestial visions and, it is said, the angels sometimes helped him in his work in the fields. St Isidore was canonized in 1622."
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May 14
Feast of
Apostle
ST JOHN THE SILENT
452 - 558
"Bishop of Colonia in Palestine and a hermit. Born in Nicopolis, Armenia, he established a monastery at the age of eighteen. appointed a bishop at the age of twenty-eight, he spent nine years in his office before retiring to Jerusalem to embrace the eremitical life. Through a vision, he found his way to the monastery, or laura, of St Sabas, asking to be walled up and living for seventy-five years as a silent recluse."
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STS NEREUS AND ACHILLEUS
Roman Soldiers and Martyrs
"[Pope St] Damasus tells us that Nereus and Achilleus were soldiers in the Roman army where they helped carry out the persecution of Christians. They probably had nothing against Christians and didn't carry for the bloody slaughter they were commanded to perform, but they obeyed these cruel orders out of fear of dying themselves. after all, that was what soldiers have always been expected to do. We are not told how they were converted, only that it was a "miracle of faith." After this miracle, they threw down their weapons and escaped from their camp, discarding armor and arms as they went toward their new life in Christ. As participants in the persecution they knew perhaps betetr than any other Christian what pain awaited them. Faith, however, had triumphed over fear of death and the victory of faith was the sweetest they had known."
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ST FRANCIS JEROME
Patron of Naples
1642 - 1716
"Jesuit also known as Francis de Geronimo. Born near Taranto, Italy, he was ordained in 1666 and became a Jesuit in 1670. Francis Jerome was famous as a preacher. He was canonized in 1839."
From the Catholic Online.
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ST JOHN OF AVILA
Patron of Andalusia, Spain and of Spanish secular clergy
"The Apostle of Andalusia and the spiritual advisor of St Teresa, St Francis Borgia, St John of the Cross, St Peter of Alcantara, and others. He was born on January 6, 1499, at Almodovar del Campo, Spain. After studying law at the University of Salamanca, he left the university to be a hermit. He then went to Alcala, where he was ordained. John drew great crowds with his fiery denunciations of evil and his many sermons. A brief imprisonment by the Inquisition in Seville made him even more popular. His missionary efforts were centered on Andalusia, and his letters and other writings have become Spanish classics. John was canonized in 1970."
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May 9ST PACHOMIUS
292 - 348
"... was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor's army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded in his mind and led to his conversion after his discharge. After being baptized, he became a disciple of an anchorite, Palemon, and took the habit. The two of them led a life of extreme austerity and total dedication to God; they combined manual labor with unceasing prayer both day and night. Later, Pachomius felt called to build a monastery on the banks of the Nile at Tabennisi; so about 318 Palemon helped him build a cell there and even remained with him for a while. In a short time some one hundred monks joined him and Pachomius organized them in principles of community living."
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May 8ST PETER OF TARANTAISE
1102 - 1175
"Cistercian archbishop. Peter was born near Vienne, in Dauphine, France, and joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of twenty with his two brothers and father. Known for his piety, he was sent to serve as the first abbot of Tamie, in the Tarantaise Mountains, between Geneva and Savoy. There he built a hospice for travelers. In 1142, he was named the archbishop of Tarantaise against his wishes, and he devoted much energy to reforming the diocese, purging the clergy of corrupt and immoral members, aiding the poor, and promoting education."
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May 7ST ROSE VENERINI
1656 - 1728
"Blessed Rose was born at Viterbo in 1656, the daughter of Godfrey, a physician. Upon the death of a young man who had been praying court to her, she entered as convent, but after a few months had to return home to look after her widowed mother. Rose use to gather the women and girls of the neighborhood to say the rosary together in the evenings, and when she found how ignorant many of them were of their religion, she began to instruct them. She was directed by Father Ignatius Martinelli, a Jeuit, who convinced her that her vocation was a teacher in the world rather than as a contemplative in a convent; whereupon in 1685, with two helpers, Rose opened a preschool for girls in Viterbo,: it soon became a success."
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May 6
BLESSED EDWARD JONES AND BLESSED ANTHONY MIDDLETON
Priests and Martyrs
"Edward Jones from Wales and Anthony Middleton from Yorkshire were both educated at the Douai College in Rheims. They became priests and were sent to the English mission in the time of Elizabeth I. Middleton was first to arrive in England, in 1586, and pursued the ministry for some time without being discovered, helped considerably by his youthful appearance and slight stature. Jones followed, in 1588, and quickly became known by the English Catholics as devout and eloquent preacher. The two men of God were hunted down and captured with the aid of spies posing as Catholics, and they were hanged before the very doors of the houses in Fleet Street and Clerkenwell where they were arrested. Their trial is regarded as full of irregularities; the reason for the summary justice dispensed top them was spelled out in large letters: For treason and invasion." After offering their death for the forgiveness of their sins, the spread of the true Faith, and the conversion of heretics, they died on May 6, 1590."
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May 5ST HILARY OF ARLES
Bishop
"... friend and relative of St Honoratus. He was born to a noble family in Lorraine and was successful, although he gave up his secular career to join St Honoratus at Lerins Abbey. When Honoratus died after being named bishop of Arles, Hilary was chosen as his successor in 429. He was known for his austerities, his aid to the poor, and for ransoming captives. On two occasions Hilary became embroiled in controversies with Pope Leo I the Great, but they were reconciled, and Hilary's sanctity brought him great veneration."
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May 4
ST RICHARD REYNOLDS
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
"Brigettine martyr of England and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born in Devon, England, in 1492 and was educated at Cambridge. In 1513, he entered the Brigettines at Syon Abbey, Isleworth. When King Henry VIII demanded royal oaths, Richard and others opposed the monarch. They were executed at Tyburn. Richard was canonized in 1970."
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May 3
FEAST OF
Apostles and Martyrs
"Philip was born in Bathsaida, Galilee. He may have been a disciple of John the Baptist and is mentioned as one of the Apostles in the lists of Matthew, Mark, Luke and in Acts. Aside from the lists, he is mentioned only in John in the New Testament. He was called by Jesus himself and brought Nathanael to Christ. Philip was present at the miracle of the loaves and fishes, was the one approached by Hellenistic Jews who wanted to know Jesus and the one who asked the Lord to show them the Father."
"James the Less [also James the Just], the author of the first Catholic Epistle, was the son of Alpheus of Cleophas. His mother Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed Virgin, and for that reason, according to Jewish custom, he was sometimes called the brother of the Lord. The Apostle held a distinguished position in the early Christian community of Jerusalem. St Paul tells us he was witness of the resurrection of Christ; he is also a 'pillar' of the Church, whom St Paul consulted about the Gospel."
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ST ATHANASIUS
Bishop and Doctor of the Church
"St Athanasius, the great champion of the Faith, was born at Alexandria, about 296, of Christian parents. Educated under the eye of Alexander, later Bishop of his native city, he made great progress in learning and virtue. In 313, Alexander succeeded Achillas in the Patriarchal See, and two years later, St Athanasius went to the desert to spend some time in retreat with St Anthony. In 319, he became a deacon, and even in this capacity he was called to take an active part against the rising heresy of Arius, an ambitious priest of the Alexandrian Church who denied the Divinity of Christ. This was to be the life struggle of St Athanasius."
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May 1ST JOSEPH THE WORKER
'The feast of St Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII in 1955 in order to Christianize the concept of labor and give to all workmen a model and a protector. By the daily labor in his shop, offered to God with patience and joy, St Joseph provided for the necessities of his holy spouse and of the Incarnate Son of God, and thus became an example to all believers. "Workmen and all those laboring n conditions of poverty will have reasons to rejoice rather than grieve, since they have in common with the Holy Family daily preoccupations and cares" [Leo XIII].'
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POPE ST PIUS V
1504 - 1572
"Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Born Antonio Ghislieri in Bosco, Italy, to a poor family, he labored as a shepherd until the age of fourteen and then joined the Dominicans, being ordained in 1528. Called Brother Michele, he studied at Bologna and Genoa, and then taught theology and philosophy for sixteen years before holding the posts of master of novices and prior for several Dominican houses. Named inquisitor for Como and Bergamo, he was so capable in the fulfillment of his office that by 1551, and at the urging of the powerful Cardinal Carafa, he was named by Pope Julius III commissary general of the Inquisition. In 1555, Carafa was elected Pope Paul IV and was responsible for Ghislieri's swift rise as a bishop of Nepi and Sutri in 1556, cardinal in 1557, and grand inquisitor in 1558. While out of favor for a time under Pope Pius IV who disliked his reputation for excessive zeal, Ghislieri was unanimously elected a pope in succession to Pius on January 7, 1566. As pope, Pius saw his main objective as the continuation of the massive program of reform for the Church, in particular the full implementation of the decrees of the Council of Trent."
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April 29ST CATHERINE OF SIENA
Doctor of the Church
"The 25th child of a wool dyer in northern Italy, St Catherine started having mystical experiences when she was only 6, seeing guardian angels as clearly as the people they protected. She became a Dominican tertiary when she was 16, and continued to have visions of Christ, Mary, and the saints. St Catherine was one of the most brilliant theological minds of her day, although she never had any formal education. She persuaded the Pope to go back to Rome from Avignon, in 1377, and when she died she was endeavoring to heal the Great Western Schism. In 1375 our Lord give her the Stigmata, which was visible only after her death. Her spiritual director was Blessed Raymond of Capua. St Catherine's letter, and a treatise, called "a dialogue" are considered among the most brilliant writings in the history of the Catholic Church. She died when she was only 33, and her body was found incorrupt in 1430."
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April 28ST PETER CHANEL
Protomartyr of the South Seas, Patron of Oceania
"... was born in 1803 at Clet in the diocese of Belley, France. His intelligence and simple piety brought him to the attention of the local priest, Father Trompier, who saw to his elementary education. Entering the diocesan Seminary, Peter won the affection and the esteem of both students and professors. After his ordination he found himself in a rundown country parish and completely revitalized it in the three year span that he remained there. However, his mind was set on missionary work; so in 1831, he joined the newly formed Society of Mary [Marists] which concentrated on missionary work at home and abroad. To his dismay, he was appointed to teach at the seminary at Belly and remained there for the next five years, diligently performing his duties."
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April 27
ST ZITA
"... was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tried to do God's will obediently whenever it was pointed out to her by her mother. At the age of twelve Zita became a housekeeper in the house of a rich weaver in Lucca, Italy, eight miles from her home at Monte Sagrati. As things turned out, she stayed with that family for the last forty-eight years of her life. She found time every day to attend Mass and to recite many prayers, as well as to carry out her household duties so perfectly that the other servants were jealous of her. Indeed, her work was part of her religion!"
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April 26
ST ANACLETUS or CLETUS
April 25
April 24
ST FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN
1577 - 1622
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April 23
ST GILES OF ASSISI
Died 1262
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April 22
ST ABDIESUS
Died 342
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April 21
ST ANSELM, ARCHBISHOP AND CONFESSOR
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April 20
ST AGNES OF MONTEPULCIANO
Died 1317
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April 19
ST ALPHEGE, ARCHBISHOP AND "FIRST MARTYR" OF CANTERBURY
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ST APOLLONIUS THE APOLOGIST
Died 185
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March 24, Palm and Passion Sunday
March 23
ST TORIBIO ALFONSO DE MOGROVEJO
Patron of Native rights; Latin American bishops; Peru
1538 - 1606
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March 22
ST NICHOLAS OWEN
1550 - 1606
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March 21
BL MARIA CANDIDA OF THE EUCHARIST
1884 - 1949
Beatified by Pope John Paul II
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March 20
BL JOHN OF PARMA
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March 19
ST JOSEPH, PATRON OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
March 18
ST CYRIL OF JERUSALEM
315 - 386
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March 17
ST PATRICK OF IRELAND
Patron of Ireland
387 - 461
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March 16
ST JULIAN OF ANTIOCH
Died 305
From the Catholic Online.
March 15ST LOUISE DE MARILLAC
Died 1660
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March 14
ST MATILDA
Patron of Parents of Large Families
March 13
BL AGNELLO OF PISA
March 12ST FINA "SERAPHINA"
Virgin
AD 1253
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ST CONSTANTINE
"Constantine was king of Cornwall. Unreliable tradition has him married to the daughter of the king of Brittany who on her death ceded his throne to his son and became a monk ... then studied for the priesthood and was ordained. ... He is regarded as Scotland's first martyr."
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ST JOHN OGILVIE
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ST FRANCES OF ROME
1384 - 1440
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ST JOHN OF GOD
Patron of Booksellers
1495 - 1550
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March 7
STS PERPETUA AND FELICITY
Martyrs
March 6
ST COLETTE
1380 - 1447
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March 5
ST JOHN JOSEPH OF THE CROSS
Patron of Ischia
1654 - 1739
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March 4
ST CASIMIR
Patron of Poland and Lithuania
1461 - 1484
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ST KATHARINE DREXEL
Religious
Died 1955
Beatified and Canonized by Pope John Paul II
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March 2
1211 - 1282
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March 1
ST DAVID
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February 28
ST HILARY, POPE
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February 27
ST LEANDER OF SEVILLE
Bishop
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February 26
ST ISABEL OF FRANCE
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February 25
ST TARASIUS
730-806
Patriarch of Constantinople
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THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
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