St. Bernard, Abbot, Confessor, Doctor–W (III)
BERNARD was born at the castle of Fontaines, in Burgundy. The grace of his person and the vigor of his intellect filled
St. Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal, Widow–W (III)
AT the age of sixteen, Jane Frances de Frémyot, already a motherless child, was placed under the care of a worldly-minded governess.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary–W (II) – Sts. Timotheus, Hippolytus & Symphorianus, Martyrs–R (Comm.)
In devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Roman Catholic venerates in a sense of love responding to love. In devotion
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – St. Philip Benizi, Confessor
St. Philip was born in Florence of the noble family of Benizi on the Feast of the Assumption, 1233. Our Lady herself
St. Bartholomew, Apostle–R (II)
Bartholomew, a doctor in the Jewish law, was a dear friend of St. Philip the Apostle. Because Bartholomew was a man “in
St. Louis IX, King, Confessor–W (III)
Commonly known as Saint Louis, was a Capetian King of France who reigned from 1226 until his death. Louis was crowned in
Ferial–G (IV) – St. Zephyrinus, Pope, Martyr–R (Comm.)
During the 17-year pontificate of Zephyrinus, the young Church endured severe persecution under the Emperor Severus until his death in the year
St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor–W (III)
Joseph Calasanctius (1556-1648) was born in Aragon, Spain. He went to Rome after his ordination to the priesthood, and in the Eternal
St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor–W (III) – St. Hermes, Martyr–R (Comm.)
Saint Augustine or Saint Austin, and also sometimes as Blessed Augustine in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was an early Christian theologian and
Beheading of St. John the Baptist–R (III) – St. Sabina, Martyr–R (Comm.)
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (also known as: Decollation of Saint John the Baptist or Beheading of the Forerunner) is