St Josephine Bakhita: 12 Years a Slave
St Josephine Bakhita at a glance Name at birth: Unknown Born: c. 1869 in Olgossa, Sultanate of Darfur (Sudan) Died: February 8, 1947, in Schio, Italy Beatified: May...
Saints
St Paul Miki & Companions
Today is the Feast of St Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit seminarian, martyr and saint, one of the twenty-six martyrs of Japan🙏
St Agatha
St Agatha was martyred in Sicily circa 251. She is the patron of breast cancer patients, assault and burn victims, and nurses. Pray for us🙏
St Blaise
Today is the Feast of St Blaise, bishop, doctor and martyr – on his feast day it is customary for the Church to give a blessing of...
Year of Pilgrims of Hope Marks a Decade Since Blessed Benedict Daswa’s Beatification
By Kati Dijane – The road to sainthood can be long and intense or a smooth sail, depending on a number of factors, one of them being...
St John Bosco: The Champion of Youth
Saint at a glance Name at birth: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco Born: August 16, 1815, in Castelnuovo d’Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia Died: January 31, 1888 (aged 72), in...
St Thomas Aquinas
Today is the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, Dominican philosopher, theologian and angelic doctor. Here is his prayer🙏
St Agnes
Today the Church honours St Agnes, a young martyr in Roman times. Her name means ‘chaste’ and she is the patron of chastity, victims of abuse and...
St Sebastian: The Undercover Christian
Name at birth: Sebastianus Born: c.255 AD in Narbo Martius, Gaul (today Narbonne, France) Died: c.288 in Rome Feast: January 20 Patronages: Soldiers; plagues; archers; athletes; disabled...
St Anthony of Padua
St Anthony of Padua, a Franciscan friar and priest, is known for his preaching and devotion to the poor. St Anthony is the patron of finding lost...
