St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori – 1st August. Alfonso was born in 1696 in Marianelli in Italy, he was the son of a nobleman from Naples. He was an excellent scholar andthe age of 16 had obtained a doctorate in both civil and canon law from the university of Naples.…
St James the Great Apostle of Christ – 25th July. Saint James was the son of Zebedee a local Galileanand of the beloved disciple St John.firmly believed that his mother was a cousinthe Virgin Mary.his calling James stayed without Jesus throughout his ministry andwith Peter and John his brother,…
St. Benedict of Nursia – 11th July. Saint Benedict the Patron Saint of Europeborn in Nursia in 480 ina wealthy family, his twin sisterSaint Scholastica. At the age of 20 he adopted the hermitic lifestyle and lived this way for several years .He founded a series of monasteries beginning…
Saint Elizabeth of Aragon – 4th July. Also known as Elizabeth of Portugal she was born in to the Spanish royal family in Zaragoza,1271 . From a young ageshowed great enthusiasm for her Christian faithHoly Mass twice daily.Her family were devout Catholics who produced many Saints including St Elizabeth…
St Peter the Apostle—29th June. St Peter, the head of Christ’s originalapostles was born originally, son of John in Bethsaida, he worked along side his brother Andrew who was also an apostle as a fisherman by Lake Genesareth. According to St Johns Gospel it was Andrew that first introduced…
St. Thomas More (22nd June): How can we describe Thomas More? At his own death he used these very words to describe his life’s vocation´,» the King´s good servant but God´s first». Thomas was born in London in 1478 and was the son of a prominent judge. At the…
The Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary —13th June. Then, attention of Christians was very early attracted by the love and virtues of the Immaculate Heart. Free from original sin from the moment of her conception, Mary’s heart is inundated with love and obedience towards God . There is…
St. Thomas Kempis—7th June. Thomas was born in the village of Kempen in the diocese of Cologne in Germany in 1379. Asboy, he attended a school in Deventer operated by the «Brethren of Common Life.» When he finished his7 years of schooling, he followed in his elder brother, Jan´sfootsteps…
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary —31st May. The feast of the Visitation originated during the medieval period ,in 1263 St Bonaventure recommended it and the Franciscan Chapter adopted it . In 1389Pope urban inserted the feast in to the Roman calendar .The story of the Visitation is…
St. Bede—25th May. Bede»The Father of English History» was born in 673 in Monkton in Northumbria. and was an English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter´s at Monkwearmouth and later at its sister monastery Saint Paul´s in Jarrow. From the tender age of 7 he had been entrusted…
