Happy Feast Day Saint Peter Chrysologus Doctor of the Church 380-450 Feast Day: July 30 Patronage: When feverish, rabid dogs, Imola, Italy Saint Peter Chrysologus, known as the “Doctor of Homilies”, was an Italian Bishop that had exceptional preaching skills, thus meriting the title Chrysologus, meaning “golden speech”. His sermons were simple, practical, and clear,
Happy Feast Day Blessed Father Solanus Casey 1870-1957 Memorial: July 30 Father Solanus Casey was born in Wisconsin to a large Irish family, steeped in a strong Catholic faith. He was ordained in 1904 as a “Simplex” Capuchin priest because of his less than stellar, academic work. His first assignment was in Yonkers, N.Y. where
Happy Feast Day Saint Martha of Bethany Feast Day: July 29 Patronage: butlers; cooks; dietitians; domestic servants; homemakers; hotel-keepers; housemaids; housewives; innkeepers; laundry workers; maids; manservant; servants; servers; single laywomen St. Martha of Bethany is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary, she is
Happy Feast Day Saint Pantaleon 275-305 Feast Day: July 27 Patronage: physicians, midwives, livestock, against headaches, consumption, locust, witchcraft, accidents, loneliness, crying children Saint Pantaleon, one of the 14 Holy Helpers, was born near the Black Sea in Asia to a wealthy pagan father and Christian mother who taught him the faith. As a physician
Happy Feast Day Blessed Titus Brandsma 1881-1942 Feast Day: July 27 Patronage: Catholic Journalist, tobacconist, Friesland Blessed Titus Brandsma was a Carmelite martyr at the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. He had a Doctorate in Philosophy, taught at various universities and was an advisor to Catholic journalists. He was imprisoned for speaking against the spread
Happy Feast Day Saint Joachim and Saint Anne with the Child Mary Feast Day: July 26 Patronage: Grandparents, Holy Families, and Marriages Saint Joachim and Saint Anne are the parents of the Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim, whose name means “Yahweh prepares”, was from Nazareth and probably rich. He married St.
Happy Feast Day Saint James the Greater Died 44 AD Feast day: July 25 Patron of veterinarians, equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists James, son of Zebedee was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the Apostle. He is also called James the Greater to
Happy Feast Day Saint Christopher Died: 251 Feast day: July 25 Patronage: Bachelors, transportation, traveling, storms St. Christopher, whose name, means “Christ-bearer” is venerated as a martyr. His most famous legend, tells that he carried a child, who was unknown to him, across a river before the child revealed himself as Christ. Therefore he is
Happy Feast Day Saint Charbel Makhlouf 1828-1898 Feast day: July 24 Saint Charbel, born in a small village in Lebanon, to a poor religious family, entered the Maronite Monastery of St. Maroun, (A Lebanese Maronite order) at 23 and was ordained a priest in1859. He served there for 16 years, then retired to the hermitage
Happy Feast Day Saint Christina the Astonishing 1150-1224 Feast Day: July 24 Patronage: Those who suffer from mental disorders, health care workers for the mentally ill, Millers Saint Christina the Astonishing was orphaned as a teenager and became a shepherdess. She died when she had a massive seizure and during her funeral, Christina rose and
Happy Feast Day St. Declan of Ardmore 350-450 Feast day: July 24 Patronage: Ardmore, Ireland, The Dioceses’ of Waterford and Lisman Saint Declan was born a prince of the Decius (the ruling class) tribe of Celts. Baptised by St. Colman, he was the first person to bring Christianity to Ireland, before St. Patrick, though only
Happy Feast Day Saint Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373 Feast Day: July 23 (new) October 8 (trad) Patronage: Europe, Sweden, Widows Bridget of Sweden was married at 13 and the mother of eight children (the second eldest was St. Catherine of Sweden). After the death of her husband of twenty years, she founded the
Happy Feast Day Saint Mary Magdalene 1st century Feast day: July 22 Patronage: contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairdressers, penitent sinners, sexual temptation Mary Magdalen has been called the second-most important woman in the New Testament after Mary the mother of Jesus. Mary Magdalen traveled with Jesus as one of His followers. She was present
Happy Feast Day Saint Lawrence of Brindisi Doctor of the Church 1559-1619 Feast Day: July 21 Patronage: Brindisi, Italy Saint Lawrence of Brindisi was raised and educated in Italy by the Franciscans. At 16, he entered the Capuchin order, continuing his extensive studies in theology, philosophy, and languages. Talented as a linguist in over six
Happy Feast Day Saint Daniel the Prophet 5th century BC Feast Day: July 21 Patronage: Courage, Fortitude, and Strength Daniel, meaning “God is my Judge”, is one of the four Great Prophets in the Old Testament and the writer of the book of scripture that bears his name, the Book of Daniel. He is from
Happy Feast Day Saint Margaret of Antioch 3rd C. Feast day: July 20 Patronage: childbirth, pregnancy, backache, kidney disease, sterility, dying people, against the devil, exiles, falsely accused martyrs, nurses, Saint Margaret of Antioch’s life is shrouded in legend. When her father, a pagan priest, found out that Margaret converted to Christianity, he cast her
Happy Feast Day Saint Elijah 900 BC Feast Day: July 20 Patronage: Carmelites, Air Forces, civil aeronautics, Romanian Air Force Saint Elijah or Elias is considered one of the greatest Old Testament prophets who lived in Israel during the reign of King Ahab. His life and mission are chronicled in the Book of Kings with
Happy Feast Day Saint Camillus de Lellis 1550-1614 Feast Day: July 18 Patronage: the sick, physicians, nurses, hospitals, doctors Saint Camillus de Lellis was an Italian soldier that overcame his gambling habit and other vices to become a Capuchin Priest. After he received permission from his confessor, St. Philip Neri, he founded the Camillian order
Happy Feast Day Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast day: July 16 Patron saint of Chile Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as patroness of the Carmelite Order. The first Carmelites were Christian hermits living on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the
Happy Feast Day Saint Bonaventure Doctor of the Church 1221-1274 Feast Day: July 15 (New), July 14 (Trad) Patronage: Intestinal disorders, Bagnoregio, Italy, Conchita Indian Pueblo, St. Bonaventure University, NYC Saint Bonaventure was a Franciscan, theologian, philosopher, teacher, writer, cardinal and mystic, lovingly called the ”Seraphic Doctor.” He was close friends with St. Thomas Aquinas
Happy Feast Day Saint Kateri Tekakwitha 1656-1680 Feast Day: July 14 Patroness: Ecologists, Native Americans Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, known as Lily of the Mohawks was an Algonquin–Mohawk virgin. Born in Auriesville (now part of New York), she was orphaned during a smallpox epidemic, which left her with a scarred face and impaired eyesight. In 1676
Happy Feast Day King Saint Henry II 972-1024 Feast day: July 13 (New), July 15 (Trad) Patronage: the childless, the handicapped, those rejected by religious orders, dukes and kings Saint Henry II was a German king and Holy Roman Emperor. He was educated by St. Wolfgang of Regensburg and succeeded his father, Henry, Duke of
Happy Feast Day Saint Teresa of the Andes 1900-1920 Feast Day: April 12 and July 13 Patronage: against disease, against illness, young people, sick people, Santiago, Los Andes Saint Teresa of the Andes, known as the “Flower of the Andes” was Chile’s first canonized saint. She was an active young adult and an excellent athlete
Happy Feast Day Saints Louis & Zelie Martin Feast day: July 12 Saint Louis Martin and Saint Zelie Martin are the parents of Saint Therese of Lisieux. Zélie wanted to become a nun but was turned away by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul due to respiratory difficulties and recurrent headaches. Zélie
Happy Feast Day Saint Veronica Died: 1st C. Feast Day: July 12 Patronage: Laundry workers, Photographers Saint Veronica offered her veil to Jesus to wipe his face on his way to Calvary and Christ left his image miraculously imprinted on it. This beautiful act of charity is commemorated at the sixth station of the way
Happy Feast Day Saint Benedict 480 – 543 Feast Day: July 11 (New), March 21 (Trad) Patronage: Europe, farmers, against poison, against witchcraft It is related by Saint Gregory the Great (+603) that in the wilderness Benedict fed a raven with some of a portion of his bread. When a jealous and wicked priest tried
Happy Feast Day Saint Amelia 741-772 Feast Day: July 10 Patronage: arm and shoulder pain, fevers, bruises, fishermen, farmers, and Ghent, Belgium Saint Amelia was born into a religious family in the now Belgium-Luxembourg area. She was preparing to enter the Benedictine Abbey at Munsterbilsen when Charles, son of King Pepin became enamored with her
Happy Feast Day Saint Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus 1865-1942 Feast Day: July 9 Patronage: Diabetics Saint Pauline (Paulina) of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, the first female Brazilian canonized saint, was born in Italy and moved to Brazil as a young child. In 1890, she and a friend cared for dying homeless
Happy Feast Day Saint Augustine Zhao Rong Died 1815 Fest Day: July 9 Martyrs of China From 1648-1930, Chinese children, parents, catechists, and laborers were martyred. Saint Augustine Zhao Rong was a soldier convert who became a priest and was brutally martyred by having his arm cut off and then flayed. His last words were
Happy Feast Day Saint Veronica Giuliani 1660-1727 Feast day: July 9 Saint Veronica, an Italian Capuchin Poor Clare, whose baptismal name was Ursula, is one of the greatest mystics in the Church. Her life was one of the cross and pain, uniting her sufferings with Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, eventually receiving the stigmata. In
Happy Feast Day Saint Maria Goretti 1890 – 1902 Feast day: July 6 (New), July 9 (Trad) Patronage: Crime victims, teenage girls, modern youth, Children of Mary St. Maria Goretti is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Roman Catholic Church and is one of its youngest canonized saints. She died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by
Happy Feast Day Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria 1502-1539 Feast Day: July 5 Patronage: Physicians, Barnabites, Clerks Regular, and the Angelic Sisters of St. Paul Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria was born of a noble family in Italy. He became a medical doctor yet wanted to serve the Church. He was ordained a priest six years later.
Happy Feast Day Saint Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (St. Ella) 1864-1918 Feast Day: July 5 Saint Elizabeth of Russia was born a German princess and granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England. In 1884 she married Grand Duke Sergei of the Russian Imperial Court. She had a happy loving marriage and converted to the Russian Orthodox
Happy Feast Day Saint Elizabeth of Portugal 1271 – 1336 Feast day: July 4 (New), July 8 (Trad) Patronage: victims of adultery, jealousy, and unfaithfulness; Portugal; brides; charitable societies and workers; difficult marriages; falsely accused people; widows St. Elizabeth of Portugal, also known as St Elizabeth of Aragon and St Isabella of Portugal was queen
Happy Feast Day Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati 1901 – 1925 Feast day: July 4 Pier Giorgio Frassati was a handsome, fun-loving, athletic, courageous and devout Catholic born into a prominent Italian family. He died at the young age of 24 and has since become the model for lay people all over the world. Beatified in
Happy Feast Day Saint Thomas the Apostle 1st century Feast Day: July 3 Patronage: architects, builders, construction workers, stone masons, against doubt, against blindness, East Indies, India One of the original 12 apostles, St. Thomas was ready to die with Jesus in Jerusalem but is best remembered for doubting the Resurrection until allowed to touch
Happy Feast Day Venerable Antonietta Meo December 15, 1930 – July 3, 1937 Feast Day: July 3 Venerated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 Antonietta Meo, nicknamed “Nennolina”, was born in Rome and attended Catholic schools where she stood out for her charm, joy, and love of the poor. When she was 6 years old
Happy Feast Day Saint Junipero Serra 1713-1784 Feast day: July 1 Patronage: Vocations, California Saint Junipero Serra was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California. The missions were primarily designed to bring the Catholic Christian faith to the native peoples. Other
Happy Feast Day Saint Oliver Plunkett 1625 – 1681 Feast Day: July 1 Patronage: Peace and Reconciliation in Ireland Born in Ireland, he studied for the priesthood in Rome and was ordained there in 1654. After some years of teaching and service to the poor of Rome, he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland.
Happy Feast Day Sts. Peter and Paul Saint Peter the Apostle 5- 64 Feast Day; June 29 Patronage: fishermen, shipbuilders, bishops, popes, for Christian unity, against doubt, against placing oneself in near occasions of sin, against foot problems https://www.portraitsofsaints.com/collections/all/all-images-st-peter-the-apostle Saint Paul the Apostle c.5 – 67 Feast Days: January 25 (The Conversion of Paul) June
Happy Feast Day Saint Irenaeus of Lyons 130-202 Feast Day: June 28 Patronage: Apologist and Catechist Saint Irenaeus, one of the Fathers of the Church, and a bishop of Lyons, France combated the Gnostic heresy (that the material world was evil and had access to secret knowledge) by exposing and refuting their teaching with the
Happy Feast Day Our Lady of Perpetual Help Feast day: June 27 Patroness of the Republic of Haiti and Almoradi, Spain Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and Our Mother of Perpetual Help is the title given to a 15th-century icon that originated in the Keras Kardiotissas Monastery
Happy Feast Day Saint Cyril of Alexandria Doctor of the Church 376-444 Feast Day: June 27 (New), February 9 (Trad) Patronage: Alexandria, Egypt Saint Cyril of Alexandria championed the teaching concerning Christ’s one divine Personhood against Nestorius. He wrote extensively clarifying the doctrine concerning the Trinity, theological formulas, and the doctrine of Mary as Mother
Happy Feast Day Saint Emma of Gurk 980-1045 Feast day: June 27 Patronage: invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye Saint Emma, a noblewoman, also known as Hemma, was a relative of Emperor St. Henry II. She was raised at Henry’s court by St. Cunegund, and according to legend was married to Landgrave
Happy Feast Day Saint Josemaría Escrivá 1902-1975 Feast day: June 26 José María Mariano Escriva Albás was a Roman Catholic priest from Spain who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. He was canonized
Happy Birthday St. John the Baptist Died: 30 AD Feast day: June 24 (birth) August 29 (death) Patronage: convulsions, epilepsy, hailstorms, baptism, converts, lambs, Jordan John the Baptist was the son of Zachary and Elizabeth and cousin of Jesus. John began his ministry around age 27, preaching a message of repentance to the people of
Happy Feast Day Saint Audrey (Etheldreda) 640-679 Feast Day: June 23 Patronage: Cambridge University, neck and throat ailments, and widows Saint Audrey was an English princess, who took a vow of perpetual virginity at an early age, even though she consented to be married two times for diplomatic reasons. Her first husband died after 3
Happy Feast Day Saint Joseph Cafasso Jan 15, 1811 – Jun 23, 1860 Feast Day: June 23 Patronage: Prison Chaplains, Italian prisons, prisoners, captives Saint Joseph Cafasso was an Italian peasant that had a spinal disability but that didn’t hold him back from becoming a priest and moral theology professor to seminarians. He actively opposed
Happy Feast Day Saint Thomas More 1478-1535 Feast day: June 22 (New), July 9 (Trad) Patronage: adopted children, civil servants, court clerks, difficult marriages, large families, politicians, lawyers, and statesmen St. Thomas More was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a counselor to Henry VIII and Lord
Happy Feast Day Saint John Fisher 1469-1535 Feast day: June 22 (New), July 9 (Trad) Patronage-Diocese of Rochester Born in 1469 in England, Saint John Fisher was a Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal who served as Lady Margaret Beaufort’s confessor (Grandmother of Henry Vlll) and convinced her to found two colleges at the University of
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ary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen.
