St. Francis Borgia, Confessor–W (III)
Francis Borgia died on 30 September 1572, in Rome. He was beatified in Madrid on 23 November 1624, by Pope Gregory XV.
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary–W (Comm.)
The feast is a celebration of Mary's motherhood of Jesus. The English title “Mother of God” is a translation of the Latin
Ferial–G (IV)
ST. WILFRID. “A quick walker, expert at all good works, with never a sour face,” such was the great St. Wilfrid, whose
St. Edward, King, Confessor–W (III)
King Edward the Confessor reigned in England from the end of the Danish rule (1042) to the Norman conquest (1066). His subjects
St. Callistus I, Pope, Martyr–R (III)
A Christian slave of Rome, Callistus was ordained by Pope St. Zephyrinus, whom he succeeded as pope in the year 217. As
St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin–W (III)
Teresa was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, author during the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through
St. Hedwig, Widow–W (III)
Hedwig (c. 1174-1243), the aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, was married at an early age to Henry, Duke of Silesia. After
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin–W (III)
MARGARET MARY was born at Terreau in Burgundy, on the 22d July, 1647. During her infancy she showed a wonderfully sensitive horror
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – St. Luke, Evangelist–R (Comm.)
Luke the Evangelist is one of the Four Evangelists the four authors of canonical Gospels of Jesus Christ. Luke was a native
St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor–W (III)
It is also said that Peter slept very little and that he always slept sitting up. Because he was awake most of