Feast Day: 23 August St Rose of Lima is the patron of Peru, South America, and the Philippines. Her name was Isabel de Flores. She was born in Lima, Peru on 20 April 20 1586. Her father was a Puerto Rican, who had come to Peru in 1548 with the Spanish conquistadors. She received the
Feast Day: 21 August Pope Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of the frequent reception of Holy Communion, especially by children. The second of 10 children in a poor Italian family, Joseph Sarto became Pius X at age 68. He was one of the 20th century’s greatest popes. Ever mindful of his
Feast Day: 20 August Western Europe’s “man of the twelfth century,” without doubt or controversy, had to be Bernard of Clairvaux. Adviser of popes, preacher of the Second Crusade, defender of the faith, healer of a schism, reformer of a monastic Order, Scripture scholar, theologian, and eloquent preacher: any one of these titles would distinguish
Feast Day: 19 August Ezekiel (1848-1906) was an Augustinian Recollect known for his simple and open spirit. He was deeply devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He ministered for many years in foreign lands. He stongly defended the rights of the Church. He was born in Alfaro, Logrono, Spain, April 9, 1848. His family
Feast Day: 2 January Basil was on his way to becoming a famous teacher when he decided to begin a religious life of gospel poverty. After studying various modes of religious life, he founded what was probably the first monastery in Asia Minor. He is to monks of the East what Saint Benedict is to
Feast Day: 4 September St Cuthbert lived from 634 to 20 March 687. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, and a man who is closely associated with the monasteries at what is now Old Melrose and on Lindisfarne. After his death he became one of the most important medieval saints of northern England, and
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
