Saint Dominic of Silos. Feast Day 20th December. Dominic was born in Canas in Rioja in Spain to a family of peasants and worked as a shepherd before becoming a Benedictine monk at the monasteries of San Millan de la Cogolla.Here he underwent ordination to the priesthood and became…
Saint Ambrose. Feast Day. December 7th. Aurelius Ambrosius, better known as saint Ambrose in English was born in Trier in Germany in 340. He was the son of a praetorian prefect of Gaul and was well educated in rhetoric,poetry and law. Ambrose became a lawyer and due to his…
St Andrew the Apostle-Feast Day November 30th. St Andrew was a hardy Galilean fisherman and the elder brother of St Peter the Apostle. He was born some time in the early first century and originally was a disciple of John the Baptist. As soon as he saw Jesus however he instantly recognised…
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary- Feast Day November 21st. Also known as the» Dedication of the Blessed Virgin Mary», the feast originated in the East where it was referred to as the feast of «The entry of the «Most Holy Theotokos» , in to the temple». The feast…
Pope Leo the Great-Feast Day November 10th. Leo was born in to an aristocratic Tuscan family in Rome in 390 AD. We first hear of him serving as a deacon under Pope Sixtus 111. He was an erudite man that commanded respect and was often called to act as a powerful…
All Saints Day-Feast Day November 1st. All Saints day is a solemn holy day of the Catholic Church celebrated annually on November 1st and is a day of holy obligation where Catholics are bound to celebrate in the Holy Mass.The day is dedicated to all the saints of the Church…
St Anthony Mary Claret-Feast Day October 24th. Anthony was born in Sallent in Barcelona, Spain in 1807. He was one of eleven children and the son of a wool manufacturer. At the age of 12 he became a weaver, however as a young adult he felt the call to a…
St Luke the Evangelist-Feast Day October 18th. St Luke is the third evangelist of the Canonical Gospels. Both theof Acts and the Gospel of Luke are ascribed to him.He is believed to have been born in Antioch in Syria some time in the first century. It was assumed that he…
Saint Daniel Comboni-Feast Day 10th October: Daniel was born in Italy in 1831 to a poor farming family ,he knew from an early age that he would be a priest and missionary. His love was Africa and when God called him there in 1857 ,three years after his ordination…
Saint Francis of Assisi. Feast Day Oct 4rd. An Indulgent youth, Giovanni de Pietro Bernadone was born in 1182 and nicknamed Francesco from an early age . His father was a wealthy silk merchantand Francesco livedmisspent youth.going of to fight for his home town in 1204 he had a…
