Happy Feast Day Saint John Eudes 1601-1680 Feast day: August 19 Patronage: fallen women and prostitutes, Diocese of Quebec and Baie-Comeau Saint John Eudes was born in Normandy, France to […]
Happy Feast Day Saint Helen 246 – 330 Feast Day: August 18 Patronage: archaeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses St. Helena also was known as St. Helen, Helena Augusta […]
Happy Feast Day Saint Roch 1295-1327 Feast day: August 16 Patronage: dogs, invalids, skin rashes, invoked against the plague and pestilence Saint Roch was a French noble, orphaned at 20. […]
Happy Feast Day Saint Tarcisius 3rd Century Feast Day: August 15 Patronage: Altar Servers and First Holy Communicants St.Tarcisius is said to have been about 12 years old when he […]
Happy Feast Day Saint Philomena 291 – 304 Feast Day: August 11 Patronage: children, youth, babies, priests, lost causes, sterility, virgins St. Philomena's remains were discovered in the catacombs in […]
Happy Feast Day Saint Cajetan 1480-1547 Feast Day: August 7 Patronage: job seekers, the unemployed, workers, bankers, gamblers, Argentina, Italy Saint Cajetan was born into a noble, Venetian (Italy), family. […]
Happy Feast Day Saint Afra Died: 304 Feast Day: August 5 Patronage: Germany, martyrs, penitent women, medicinal herbs Saint Afra originally from Cyprus, settled in Germany. She is reputed to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Daily Readings
- Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist September 21, 2020Reading 1 EPH 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace: one […]
Hail M
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.
