St. Andrew Avellino, Confessor–W (III) – Sts.Tryphon, Respicius, – Nympha, Virgin, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
Through indefatigable in preaching, hearing confessions, and visiting the sick, Avellino still had time to write some ascetical works. His letters were
St. Martin of Tours, Bishop, Confessor–W (III) – St. Mennas, Martyr–R (Comm.)
St. Martin of Tours was Bishop of Tours, whose shrine in France became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to
St. Martin I, Pope, Martyr–R (III)
Pope Martin I (Latin: Martinus I; died 16 September 655) reigned from 21 July 649 to his death in 655. He was
In USA: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin–W (III) – St. Didacus, Confessor–W (III)
Frances Xavier Cabrini, also called Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American religious sister, who founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, a
St. Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr–R (III)
Josaphat was a monk and archeparch (archbishop) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who was killed at Vitebsk, Vitebsk Voivodeship, in the
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – St. Albert the Great, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor
He was a German Dominican friar and a Catholic bishop. He was known during his lifetime as doctor universalis and doctor expertus
St. Gertrude, Virgin–W (III)
Gertrude produced numerous writings, though only some survive today. The longest survival is the Legatus Memorialis Abundantiae Divinae Pietatis (known in English
St. Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop, Confessor–W (III)
ST. GREGORY was born in Pontus, of heathen parents. In Palestine, about the year 231, he studied philosophy under the great Origen,
Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts. Peter & Paul–W (III)
This feast combines the standard celebration of the dedication of a church for St. Peter's Basilica and the Basilica of Saint Paul
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Widow–W (III) – St. Pontianus, Pope, Martyr–R (Comm.)
Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death she sent her children away and