Summary: St Thérése of the Child Jesus, Doctor of the Church. Born at Alençon (France) in 1873; died of tuberculosis on 30 Sept. 1897. Coming from a devout family, she entered a Carmelite monastery at fifteen, [...]
'Saints are always men and women of the future, witnesses of the world to come.'
Summary :St Thérèse of Lisieux had deep feelings of having a vocation to be a priest and how she dealt with this sense of calling in the light of its impossibility.
Catherine Broome OP examines [...]
Jerome's most important work was his translation of the Bible into Latin, which came to be known as the Vulgate and has remained the accepted Latin version up to our own time.
Summary: St Jerome, priest, Doctor of the Church. died on this day in 420. Began work on a new Latin translation of the Bible, known as the Vulgate. Settled in Bethlehem where he founded monasteries, he devoted himself to studying the Scriptures, writing, and teaching, and famous for [...]
St Augustine, said: "Angel is the name of their office, not of their nature."
Boleslaus struck Wenceslaus on the head with a sword. They struggled, and then friends of Boleslaus finished off the assassination.
Vincent 's gift was that he was able t to use his influence among the rich and fashionable to organise the resources needed for works of charity among the poor and oppressed.
Because they refused payment for their medical services, they were known as "the silverless ones". During the persecution of Diocletian (303), they were imprisoned, tortured and beheaded.
St Sergius by his prayer prayer and self-discipline built up Russian spirituality and helped restore Russian society
"He shall be called Finn-barr, that is 'beautiful hair', from the beautiful head he offered in sacrifice to God."
Theodore, a Greek monk living in Rome who was sent by Pope Vitalian (657-672) to be the archbishop of Canterbury.
Eunan intervened to liberate war captives and to claim safety during war for women, children and clerics.
The stigmata on Padre Pio's hands and feet became visible and a wound in his side bled for the rest of his life.
Summary: St Thomas of Villanova, educator, philanthropist, born at Fuentellana, Spain, 1488; died at Valencia, 8 Sept., 1555.
Son of Aloazo Tomas [...]
Matthew, a Jew, was a tax collector for the Romans and accused of being a traitor to his own people, went on to write his Gospel
Kim Taegon was Korea’s first Roman Catholic priest. One year after his ordination, he was arrested, tortured and at the age of 25 was finally beheaded on 22nd September 1846 at the Han River near Seoul.
Januarius was a 4th century bishop who with his companions suffered martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian.
Joseph of Cupertino was worthy of sainthood because of his extraordinary humility, gentleness and patience.
Summary: St Hildegard of Bingen, a visionary, doctor of the Church and mystic in her medieval Germany, now she is very much admired as a saint.
Fr John Murray PP details her life here
Summary: Hildegard of Bingen, (1098–1179), a German mystic, writer, composer, philosopher, Benedictine abbess, visionary, & polymath. “Who is this woman?” asked Cistercian Pope Eugenius III, when shown her writings. “She rises out of the wilderness like a column of smoke from burning spices.”
St Robert Bellarmine was a Jesuit theologian and then a bishop who was almost elected pope.
Cyprian was put to death on 14th September AD 258
The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order in Florence are credited with starting devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows in A D 1239.
Summary: Helen was the mother of the Emperor Constantine (285-337 AD). She is famous for her discovery of the Holy Cross which led to the great feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on 14th September.
Fr John Murray profiles her life and influence.
Summary: The Cross is the sign of our Redemption, and within the Redemption is contained the pledge of resurrection and the beginning of new life: the lifting up of human hearts.
Summary: John Chrysostom, a bishop and an eloquent preacher (His nickname ‘Chrysostomos’ means “golden-mouthed”) . He became patriarch of Constantinople, fell foul of the empress Eudoxia there, possibly for his denunciation of her wealth, and she had him deposed and [...]
Summary: St Ailbe is regarded as the patron saint of Munster and his church at Emly and was for long the province’s chief ecclesiastical centre. He is the patron saint of the joint archdiocese of Cashel and Emly with the see at Thurles. (The last bishop of Emly [...]
Summary: St Catherine of Genoa, for Catherine life was very painful , she called her spiritual life is a ‘beautiful purgatory’. Her personality was both enigmatic and engaging.
Patrick Duffy tells her story.
Her Marriage
Summary: St Nicholas of Tolentino , born in 1245 0r 6, gaining a reputation for working miracles and making peace. Tolentino had a name as a trouble town, but Nicholas brought it peace. He was known as the Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italian saint and mystic.
