Saints of the Week – September 26 to October 2

St. Michael

Month of Our Lady of Sorrows (Sept) / Month of the Most Holy Rosary (Oct)

Sunday, September 26 – 18^th Sunday after Pentecost (Traditional) / 26^th Sunday in Ordinary Time (New)

Sts. Cosmas & Damian (283), twins, Martyrs, Patrons of Physicians and Pharmacists (New)

Sts. Cyprian & Justina (3^rd c.), Martyrs (Traditional)

Sts. Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, Priests and Companions (1642, 1646, 1648, 1649), Martyrs, Secondary Patrons of Canada (Traditional/some places)

Monday, September 27

St. Vincent de Paul (1660), Priest, Founder, Patron of All Charitable Societies (New)

Sts. Cosmas & Damian (283), twins, Martyrs, Patrons of Physicians and Pharmacists (Traditional)

Tuesday, September 28

St.Wenceslaus (929), Duke, Martyr, Patron of Bohemia (New, Traditional)

St. Lawrence Ruiz, Husband, Father and Companion (1633-1637), Martyr (New)

Blessed John of Dukla (1484), Religious (Historical)

Wednesday, September 29

Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels (New)

Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (530), (Michaelmas Day) (Traditional)

Thursday, September 30

St. Jerome (420), Priest, Doctor of the Church, Translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible (New, Traditional)

Friday, October 1 – First Friday

(Obligatory Day of Abstinence from Meat or Substitution of Some Other Sacrifice)

St. Therese of Lisieux (1897), Virgin, Religious, Doctor of the Church, Patroness of All Foreign Missions (New)

St. Remigius (Remi) (530), Bishop (Traditional)

Saturday, October 2 – First Saturday

The Holy Guardian Angels (New, Traditional)

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Saints of the Week – September 19 to 25

Padre Pio

Month of Our Lady of Sorrows

Sunday, September 19 – 17^th Sunday after Pentecost (Traditional) / 25^th Sunday in Ordinary Time (New)

St. Januarius (Gennaro) (304), Bishop, Martyr, Patron of Naples and Companions (Traditional, New)

Our Lady of La Salette, 1846

Monday, September 20

Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, Paul Chong Hasang, Catechist & Companions (1839-1867), Korean Martyrs (New)

St. Eustace and Companions (118), Martyrs; St. Eustace, Patron Against Fire (Temporal or Eternal) and of Those in Difficult Circumstances (Tradiational)

Tuesday, September 21

St. Matthew (65), Apostle, Evangelist, Martyr, Patron of Bankers and Accountants (Traditional, New)

Wednesday, September 22 – Ember Wednesday in September (Traditional)

(Day on Which Fasting and Partial Abstinence Formerly Required)

St. Thomas of Villanova (1555), Bishop, Religious, Patron of Valencia (Traditional)

St. Maurice and Companions (c. 285), Martyrs (Tradiational)

Thursday, September 23

St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) (1968), Priest, Religious, Stigmatist (New)

St. Linus (79), Priest, Martyr (Tradiational)

St. Thecla (1^st c.), Virgin, Martyr, Invoked for the Dying (Traditional)

St. Constantius the Sacrisan (1^st c.) (Historical)

Friday, September 24 – Ember Friday in September (Traditional)

(Obligatory Day of Abstinence from Meat or Substitution of Some Other Sacrifice)

Our Lady of Ransom (1218) (Traditional)

St. Pacific of San Severino (1707), Priest (Historical)

Saturday, September 25 – Ember Saturday in September (Traditional)

(Day on Which Fasting and Partial Abstinence Formerly Required)

Blessed Herman the Cripple (1054), Religious, Author of the Salve Regina (Historical)

St. Finbar (Barry) (633), Bishop (Historical)

St. Cleophas (1^st c.) (Historical)

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Saints of the Week – September 12 to 18

St. Joseph of Cupertino

Month of Our Lady of Sorrows

Sunday, September 12 – 16^th Sunday after Pentecost (Traditional) / 24^th Sunday in Ordinary Time (New)

The Most Holy Name of Mary (Traditional, New)

Monday, September 13

St. John Chrysostom (407), Bishop, Doctor of the Church, Patron of Orators (New)

Tuesday, September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross (335, 629) (Traditional, New)

St. Maternus (1^st c.), Bishop (Historical)

St. Notburga (1313), Virgin, Patroness of Peasants, Servants and the Poor (Historical)

Wednesday, September 15 – The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady (Traditional) / Our Lady of Sorrows (New)

St. Nicomedes (90), Martyr (Traditional)

St. Catherine of Genoa (1510), Widow (Historical)

Thursday, September 16

Sts. Cornelius (253), Patron, Martyr, & Cyprian (258), Bishop, Martyr (Traditional, New)

Sts. Euphemia, Lucy and Geminianus (4^th c.), Martyrs (Tradiational)

Friday, September 17

(Obligatory Day of Abstinence from Meat or Substitution of Some Other Sacrifice)

St. Robert Bellarmine (1621), Jesuit, Bishop, Cardinal, Doctor of the Church (New)

The Imprinting of the Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi (1224) (Traditional)

St. Hildegarde (1179), Abbot (Historical)

Saturday, September 18

St. Joseph of Cupertino (1663), Priest, Religious, Patron of Aviators and Those Who Fly (Traditional)

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Saints of the Week, May 30 to June 5

St. Francis Caracciolo

Sunday, May 30 – Trinity Sunday (Traditional, New)

St. Felix I (274), Priest, Martyr (Traditional)

St. Joan of Arc (1413), Virgin, Patroness of France and Soldiers (Traditional/some places)

St. Ferdinand III (1252), King of Castile and Leon (Historical)

Monday, May 31 – Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Traditional)/Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth (New)

St. Petronilla (1^st Century), Virgin (Traditional)

June is the Month of the Sacred Heart

Tuesday, June 1

St. Justin (165), Martyr, Patron of Lecturers (New)

St. Angela Merici (1540), Virgin, Foundress of the Ursulines (Traditional)

Wednesday, June 2

St. Marcellinus, Priest and St. Peter, Exorcist (304), Martyrs (Traditional, New)

St. Eresmus (Elmo) (303), Bishop, Martyr, Patron against Stomach Ailments (Traditional)

St. Blandina (177), Martyr (Historical)

Thursday, June 3 – Corpus Christi (Traditional, Thursday after Trinity Sunday)

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions (1887), Protomartyrs of Equatorial Africa (New, Traditional/some places)

St. Clotilde (545), Widow, Queen of France (Historical)

Friday, June 4 – First Friday

(Day of Obligatory Fast from Meat or Substitution of Other Suitable Sacrifice)

St. Francis Caracciolo (1608), Priest, Founder of Minor Clerks Regular (Traditional)

Saturday, June 5 – First Saturday

St. Boniface (754), Bishop, Martyr, Apostle of Germany (Traditional, New)

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Saints of the Week – May 23 to May 29

St. Philip Neri

Sunday, May 23 – Pentecost (Whitsunday) (Traditional, New)

St. John Baptist de Rossi (1764), Priest, Patron of the Abandoned (Historical)

St. Julia of Corsica (440), Virgin, Martyr, Patroness of Corsica (Historical)

Monday, May 24 – Monday after Pentecost (Traditional)

Our Lady, Help of Christians (Historical)

Saints Donatian and Rogatian (287), Martyrs (Historical)

Saint Joanna (1^st Century) (Historical)

Tuesday, May 25 – Tuesday after Pentecost (Traditional)

St. Bede the Venerable (735), Priest, Doctor of the Church (New)

St. Gregory VII (1085), Pope (New, Traditional)

St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi (1607), Virgin (New)

St. Urban I (230), Pope, Martyr (Traditional)

St. Madeleine Sophie Barat (1865), Virgin, Foundress (Traditional/some places)

Wednesday, May 26 – Ember Wednesday after Pentecost (Traditional)

(Fasting and Partial Abstinence Formerly Required on this Day)

St. Philip Neri (1595), Priest, Founder, Patron and Apostle of Rome (Traditional, New)

St. Eleutherius (188), Priest, Martyr (Traditional)

Thursday, May 27 – Thursday after Pentecost (Traditional)

St. Augustine of Canterbury (604), Bishop, Apostle of England (New)

St. Bede the Venerable (735), Priest, Doctor of the Church (Traditional)

St. John I (526), Priest, Martyr (Traditional)

Friday, May 28 – Ember Friday after Pentecost (Traditional)

(Obligatory Day of Abstinence from Meat or Substitution of Some Other Sacrifice)

St. Augustine of Canterbury (604), Bishop, Apostle of England (Traditional)

St. Bernard of Montjoux (1081), Priest, Religious, Patron of Mountain Climbers (Historical)

St. Germanus (576), Abbot, Bishop (Historical)

Saturday, May 29 – Ember Saturday after Pentecost (Traditional)

(Fasting and Partial Abstinence Formerly Required on this Day)

St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi (1607), Virgin (Traditional)

St. Maximius of Tiber (4^th Century), Bishop (Historical)

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St. Rita of Cascia

 

Born at Rocca Porena in the Diocese of Spoleto, 1386; died at the Augustinian convent of Cascia, 1456. Feast, 22 May. Represented as holding roses, or roses and figs, and sometimes with a wound in her forehead.

According to the “Life” (Acta SS., May, V, 224) written at the time of her beatification by the Augustinian, Jacob Carelicci, from two older biographies, she was the daughter of parents advanced in years and distinguished for charity which merited them the surname of “Peacemakers of Jesus Christ“. Rita’s great desire was to become a nun, but, in obedience to the will of her parents, she, at the age of twelve, married a man extremely cruel and ill-tempered. For eighteen years she was a model wife and mother. When her husband was murdered she tried in vain to dissuade her twin sons from attempting to take revenge; she appealed to Heaven to prevent such a crime on their part, and they were taken away by death, reconciled to God. She applied for admission to the Augustinian convent at Cascia, but, being a widow, was refused. By continued entreaties, and, as is related, by Divine intervention, she gained admission, received the habit of the order and in due time her profession. As a religious she was an example for all, excelled in mortifications, and was widely known for the efficacy of her prayers.

Urban VIII, in 1637, permitted her Mass and Office. On account of the many miracles reported to have been wrought at her intercession she received in Spain the title of La Santa de los impossibiles. She was solemnly canonized 24 May, 1900.

Source: Mershman, Francis. “St. Rita of Cascia.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 22 May 2010 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13064a.htm&gt;.

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Martyrs in 2009

St. Stephen the First Martyr

We don’t hear about it much or think about it much, but our brothers and sisters continue to give their lives for the Faith. Read this list of those who gave their lives in 2009 and then consider if it’s asking so much of you to merely live as a faithful Catholic.

“Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me; but yet not my will, but thine be done.”

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Saints of the Week – April 4 to April 10

St Vincent Ferrer

Sunday, April 4 – Easter Sunday – Resurrection of Our Lord (Traditional/New)

St. Isidore of Seville (636), Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Traditional, New)

Monday, April 5 – Easter Monday

St. Vincent Ferrer (1419), Priest, Religious, “Angel of the Apocalypse” (Traditional, New)

Bl. Juliana of Mount Cornillon (1258), Virgin (Historical)

Tuesday, April 6 – Easter Tuesday

St. Marcellinus of Carthage (413), Martyr (Historical)

Wednesday, April 7 – Easter Wednesday

St. John Baptist de le Salle (1719), Priest, Founder, Brothers of Christian Schools (New)

St. Herman Joseph (1241), Priest, Religious (Historical)

Thursday, April 8 – Easter Thursday

St. Julie Billiart (1816), Virgin (Traditional/some places)

Friday, April 9 – Easter Friday

St. Gaucherius (1140) Abbot (Historical)

St. Mary of Cleophas (1^st century) (Historical)

Saturday, April 10 – Easter Saturday

St. Fulbert (1029), Bishop (Historical)

St. Exechiel (6^th Century, BC), 1 of 4 major Old Testament Prophets (Historical)

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Saints of the Week — March 30 to April 3

St. John Climacus

Sunday, March 28 – Palm Sunday (Traditional/New)

St. John of Capistrano (1456), Priest, Patron of Jurists (Traditional)

St. Guntramnus (Gontran) (592), King, Patron of Repentant Murderers & the Divorced (Historical)

February – Month of the Holy Eucharist

Monday, March 29 – Monday in Holy Week

St. Gundleus (Woolo) (5ht Century), Welsh Prince, later a hermit, husband of St. Gladys & father of St. Cadoc (Historical)

Tuesday, March 30 –Tuesday in Holy Week

St. John Climacus (605), Abbot (Traditional)

St. Quirinus of Neuss (117), Martyr (Historical)

Wednesday, March 31 – Wednesday of Holy Week, Spy Wednesday (Historical)

St. Benjamin (421), Deacon, Martyr (Historical)

Bl. Jane of Toulouse (1286), Founder of Carmelite Third Order (Historical)

Thursday, April 1 – Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) – Institution of the Holy Eucharist

St. Hugh (1132), Bishop of Grenoble (Historical)

St. Venantius Fortunatue (605), Bishop (Historical)

Friday, April 2 – Good Friday – Day of Fast and Abstinence

St. Francis of Paola (1507), Religious, Hermit, Founder of the Minim Friars (Traditional, New)

Saturday, April 3 – Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil

St. Richard (1253), Bishop of Chichester (Historical)

St. Irene of Thessalonica (304), Virgin, Martyr (Historical)

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Saints of the Week – February 14 to 20

St. Valentine

Sunday, February 14 – Quinquagesima Sunday (Traditional)/6^th Sunday in Ordinary Time (New)

Sts. Cyril (869), Monk & Methodius (885), Bishop, Apostles of the Slaves (New)

St. Valentine (269), Priest, Martyr, Patron of Greetings & Lovers (Traditional)

Monday, February 15

St. Claude de la Colombiere (1682), Priest, Spiritual Director of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (New/some places)

Sts. Faustinus & Jovita (121), Brothers, Martyrs (Traditional)

Tuesday, February 16 – Shrove Tuesday (Historical)/Holy Face of Jesus (Shrove Tuesday; Historical/some places)

St. Onesimus (95), Bishop, Martyr (Historical)

St. Juliana (305), Virgin, Martyr (Historical)

Wednesday, February 17 – Ash Wednesday – Day of Fast and Abstinence (Traditional, New)

Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites (1233) (New)

Thursday, February 18

St. Simeon (107), Bishop, Martyr, Patriarch of Jerusalem, First Cousin of Jesus (Traditional)

St. Bernadette Soubirous (1879), Virgin, Religious, Saint of Lourdes (Traditional/some places; New/some places)

Friday, February 19

St. Conrad of Piacenza (1351), Hermit, Invoked for Cure of Hernias (Historical)

St. Gabinus (296), Priest, Martyr, Brother of Pope St. Caius, Father of St. Susanna; Ordained in Old Age (Historical)

Saturday, February 20

Bls. Francisco Marto (1919) & Jacinta Marto (1920), Seers of Fatima (New/some places)

St. Eucherius (743), Bishop (Historical)

St. Amata (Amy) (1250), Religious, Niece of St. Clare of Assisi (Historical)

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