Saint Isidore the farmer . Feast Day May 15th. Saint Isidore was born in 1070 in Madrid in the Kingdom of Castille to poor but very devout parents. He spent his life as a hired hand in the service of a wealthy Madrilenian land owner called Juan De Vergas,…
Saint Joseph the Worker. Feast Day may 1st. Pope Pius X1 instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955 to Christianize labour and to provide all workers with a role model and protector. Saint Joseph the divinely appointed earthly guardian of the Virgin Mary and foster father…
Saint George, Patron Saint of England. Feast Day 23rd April. George was born in to a wealthy Christian family of the nobility in Lydda in Syria in 280 AD ,his father Gerontius was from Cappadocia and an officer in the Roman army . After the death of his parents…
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes. Feast Day. April 16th. Marie Bernade Soubirous was born in the vicinity in Lourdes in France in 1844. The first child of a poverty stricken family she suffered from terrible bouts of ill health especially chronic asthma. At the age of 14 in 1858 she…
Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanow Feast Day . April 11th. Stanislaus was born in to a wealthy noble family at Szczepanow near Krakow Poland in 1030 AD. He was educated at Gniezno in the Cathedral school and was ordained there. He was given a Canonry by Bishop Lampert Zula of Krakow who…
Saint. Francis of Paola. Feast Day. April 2nd. Francis was born in 1416 in the Italian province of Calabria to devout Catholic parents. His parents remained childless until they prayed to St Francis of Assisi for his intercession,not long after Francis was born. From his early years he demonstrated signs…
Saint Ludger of the Netherlands . Feast Day March 26th. Ludger was born in to a wealthy Dutch noble family in Zuilen in Holland around 742. He was trained by St Gregory of Utrecht and later moved to England where he studied under Blessed Alcuin of York. In 777 he was ordained in…
Saint Nicolas de Flue Feast Day March 21st. Saint Nicolas was born in the district of Unterwalden in 1417 to a family of well to do peasants. At the age of 21 he joined the army, where due to his efficiency he rose to the rank of captain. When he…
Saint Louise de Marillac. Feast Day. 15th March. Louise was born in to a noble wealthy family in 1951 in Meux in the Picardy region of France. She received an excellent education at the” Royal Monastery of Poissy,” where her aunt was a Dominican nun. From the age of…
Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity. Feast Day March 7th. Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a well educated married noble woman said to have been 22 years of age when she was martyred for her beliefs . At the time of her…
