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
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost–G (II) – St. Rose of Lima, Virgin
Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 - August 24, 1617), was a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru, who became known