Catholic Saint of the Day
Pope John Paul I
Pope John Paul I was also called Albino Luciani. He was born on October 17 1912 in Canale d’Agordo, Belluno, Veneto, Italy and died on September 28 1978 at the age of 65 in the [Read More …]
Catholic Saint of the Day
Blessed Lazarus Devasahayam – Feast Day – January 14
Blessed Lazarus Devasahayam was also known as Neelakanta Pillai. He was born on April 23 1712 in the village of Nattalam, The Kingdom of Travancore, India. He worked in the palace of Hindu King Marthanda [Read More …]
Saint Joseph of Calasanz – Feast Day – August 25
Saint Joseph of Calasanz was also known as Joseph Calasanctius. He was a Spanish Catholic priest and founder of the Pious Schools. He was born on September 11 1557 in Peralta de la Sal, Kingdom [Read More …]
Our Lady of Loreto – Feast Day – December 10
The title Our Lady of Loreto refers to the Holy House of Loreto, the house in which Mary was born, and where the Annunciation occurred, and to an ancient statue of Our Lady which is [Read More …]
Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles A cathedral is theology in stone, the medievals said, a truism which extends to all churches, not just cathedrals, and to their sacred web of [Read More …]
Saint Faustina Kowalska – Feast Day – October 5
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska was also known as Helena Kowalska. She was a Polish Roman Catholic nun born on August 25 1905 in Głogowiec, Łęczyca County in Poland and died on October 5 1938 at [Read More …]
Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions – Feast Day – September 28
Saints Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he learned Chinese and Tagalog from them, and Spanish from the Dominicans whom [Read More …]
Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr – Feast Day – September 28
St Wenceslaus I or Vaclav died as a martyr on September 28 935 AD in Stará Boleslav, Bohemia (now Czechia or the Czech Republic). He was born in 907 AD near Prague and became the [Read More …]