Feast Day: 22 June St Thomas More is known as one of the more famous martyrs of Henry VIII’s reign. The popular image is of a man – principled, steadfast, courageous – who placed his own conscience above his king’s demands. Thomas More was an English statesman and writer of the early 16th century. Thomas
Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. – Matthew 11:11 This Thursday, 24 June, is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist.
Feast Day: 23 April St George is the patron saint of England. In the familiar story, he is depicted as a noble knight who saved a town and princess from a dragon. In the epic battle he proved victorious only when he consecrated himself to the sign of the cross. The story is not based
Educated by the Jesuits in Visayas, the Philippines, Pedro could read, write and speak Visayan, Spanish and Chamorro, paint, draw, sing and worked as a carpenter. He served as a teenage catechist alongside Spanish Jesuit missionaries to the violent Chamarros in the Ladrones Islands (modern Marianas) in 1668 at age 14. When he was 17,
Feast Day: 24 March The night before he was murdered while celebrating Mass, Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador said on the radio: “I would like to appeal in a special way to the men of the army, and in particular to the troops of the National Guard, the police, and the garrisons. Brothers, you
Feast Day: 30 November Andrew was Simon Peter’s brother. They lived in Copernicum and were both fishermen. Andrew, along with Peter, James and John formed the inner circle of Jesus’ 12 apostles. Andrew was however a disciple of St John the Baptist prior to becoming a follower of Christ. Not a great deal is known
Feast Day: 28 September “I am a Catholic and wholeheartedly do accept death for God. Had I a thousand lives, all these to Him I shall offer. Do with me as you please.” – St Lorenzo Ruiz Saint Lorenzo Ruiz was born around the year 1600 in Binondo, Manila in the Philippines. He was the
