Feast Day: 30 August Converting in dangerous times St Anne Line is believed to have been born as Alice Higham and was the oldest daughter of a Puritan landowner. During her early 20s she, her brother and her husband all converted to Catholicism. For making such a choice, she lost her dowry and her brother
Feast Day: 25 August Louis IX was born in Poissy, France in 1214 to Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille. He succeeded to the throne at the age of twelve under the regency of his mother. On his twenty-first birthday he assumed full kingship. He was well known for protecting the French clergy from secular
Feast Day: 19 August St John Eudes was born on a farm in northern France and died at 79. He was a religious, a parish missionary, founder of two religious communities, and a great promoter of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. John joined the religious community
Feast Day: 16 August Born in 975, St Stephen was crowned King of Hungary in 1001 and set about establishing Christianity as the religion of his country. He established various episcopal seas and monasteries and sought to create a genuine Christian culture within the realm, founded on the laws to protect orphans, widows and the
Feast Day: 13 August Today’s martyrs died on the island of Sardinia, perhaps from overwork in the mines or perhaps from starvation or neglect rather than execution. In a pacific interlude following the persecution which was their doom, a later pope, Fabian, returned their bodies to Rome for dignified burial. Pontian was interred in the
Feast Day: 12 August Jane Frances was wife, mother, nun, and founder of a religious community. Her mother died when she was 18 months old, and her father, head of parliament at Dijon, France, became the main influence on her education. Jane developed into a woman of beauty and refinement with a lively and cheerful
Next Saturday 14 August is the 104th anniversary of the birth of St Oscar Romero. To mark the occasion, there will be a special Mass celebrated in St George’s Cathedral, Southwark at 12:00 noon. The principal celebrant will be Bishop Nicholas Hudson, auxiliary bishop of Westminster and Trustee of the Romero Trust. The Mass will
Feast Day: 14 August One evening at the dawn of the 20th century in Poland, a ten-year-old boy named Raymond prayed to the Mother of God, asking her what kind of man he was to be. In answer to his prayer, Mary appeared to him later that night, holding two crowns. Mary, who had seen
Our website now has a section dedicated to the saints. You may have noticed that there have been frequent posts about saints as their feast days are commemorated, and it made sense to create a section which we hope will build up to a comprehensive list of biographies of saints. One of the greatest treasures
Feast Day: 11 August The founder of the Order of Poor Ladies, St Clare of Assisi is an Italian saint and was one of the first followers of St Francis of Assisi. She is also the patron saint of television. We celebrate her feast day on 11 August. Who Was St Clare of Assisi? St
