Nicholas Owen

1550-1606 FEAST March 22 St. Nicholas became a lay Jesuit brother in 1597. He served St. Edmund Campion and was once imprisoned for defending him against […]

Patrick

c. 389-461 FEAST March 17 The patron of Ireland, this bishop was born in Roman Britain, kidnapped at 16 by Irish raiders and sold into slavery […]

Clement Mary Hofbauer

1751-1820 FEAST March 15 A baker, Czech-born Johannes Hofbauer, after a period of solitary living and wandering between Rome and Vienna, established the Redemptorists north of […]

Luigi Orione

1872 – 1940 FEAST March 12 The founder of The Little Work of Divine Providence, which encompasses two active and two contemplative religious orders for men […]

Catherine of Bologna

1413-1463 FEAST March 9 As a girl, Catherine de’Vigri was a maid of honor at the ducal court in Ferrara, in Italy. Well educated at court, […]

Blessed Daniel Brottier

1876-1936 Feast Date: February 28 Daniel was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Blois, France, in 1899, then taught school for three years. But the […]

Perpetua and Felicity

died 203 FEAST March 7 Martyrs in Carthage, now in Tunisia, these young women — the noblewoman Perpetua and the slave Felicity — were among five […]

Cyril and Methodius

Ninth Century Feast Date: February 14 These Greek brothers were distinguished even before they became “the apostles of the Slavs.” Cyril taught in Constantinople and Methodius […]