Saints

First Century FEAST April 25 According to the Acts of the Apostles, Mark’s mother owned the house where the first Jerusalem Christians prayed and where Peter […]

1577 – 1622 FEAST April 24 Born in Sigmaringen (Germany), Mark Roy studied philosophy and law at the University of Freiburg in Breisgau. After tutoring young […]

died circa 303 FEAST April 23 This popular Christian saint is venerated in the Eastern and Western churches and respected as a prophet in Islam. George […]

c. 1033 – 1109 FEAST April 21 This scholarly Italian youth wanted to become a monk, but his father’s disapproval pushed him to a secular life […]

c. 1268 – 1317 FEAST April 20 Born to wealthy parents in a Tuscan village in Italy, Agnes was given to the care of nuns as […]

1851 – 1923 FEAST April 18 Born in Siena, Italy, this foundress had a lifelong devotion to St. Catherine of Siena. As a young member of […]

1844-1879 FEAST April 16 As a child in a poor French family in the Hautes-Pyrenees town of Lourdes, Bernadette suffered both asthma and cholera. Uneducated, she […]

died 655 feast – April 13 Born in Todi and educated in Rome, this pious Italian priest was sent by Pope Theodore I as nuncio to […]