St Therese of Lisieux
Just before her 14th birthday she received a vision of the Child Jesus; she immediately understood the great sacrifice that had been made for her, and developed an unshakeable faith…
Browsing: Saints
St Jerome
Student of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen and Secretary to Pope Damasus I who commissioned him to revise the Latin text of the Bible…
Feast of the Archangels
The liturgy celebrates the feast of these three archangels who are venerated in the tradition…
St Wenceslaus
Son of Vratislav I, Duke of Bohemia, whose family had been converted by Saint Cyril…
St Vincent de Paul
Taken captive by Turkish pirates to Tunis, and sold into slavery. Freed in 1607 when he converted one of his owners to Christianity…
Ss Cosmas and Damian
The twin brothers Saint Cosmas and Damian were physicians and early Christian martyrs born in Cilicia, part of today’s Turkey…
Bl Herman the Cripple
Born deformed with a cleft palate, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida, Herman was cared for…
St Pacifico of San Severino
Joined the Franciscans in December 1670, was a professor of philosophy, taught novices and ran parish missions.