St John Bosco | ICN
St John Bosco | ICN : Founder of the Salesian Order. St John was born on 16 August 1815 in Piedmont, the youngest son of a peasant farmer who died when he was only two. ...
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St Thomas Aquinas | ICN
St Thomas Aquinas | ICN : Dominican friar and theologian. St Thomas was born to a noble family at Rocca Secca near Aquino. He was educated from the age of five to thirteen a...
St Angela Merici | ICN-St Angela -Jan 27-Founder of the Ursuline nuns.
St Angela Merici | ICN : Founder of the Ursuline nuns. St Angela was born in 1474, at Desenzano on the shores of Lake Garda near Verona in Italy. Her parents died when she ...
St Paula | ICN
St Paula | ICN : Widow. This early Christian saint came from the noblest of Roman families, the Scipios and Gracchis. She was happily married and had five children:...
Conversion of St Paul | ICN
Conversion of St Paul | ICN : Apostle of the Gentiles. This is one of the feast days celebrating the life of St Paul. Originally named Saul he was born a Jew in Tarsus. He grew ...
St Francis of Sales | ICN
St Francis of Sales | ICN : Bishop of Geneva. Patron saint of writers and journalists. St Francis was born in Savoy in 1567. A delicate child, he was educated at home first an...
St Vincent Pallotti | ICN
St Vincent Pallotti | ICN : Priest and founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate. The son of a Roman grocer, St Vincent was ordained priest in 1817. He taught theology...
St Agnes | ICN
St Agnes | ICN : Virgin, martyr of Rome. St Agnes is one of the most famous of early Christian saints. Her death in 305 was recorded in the Deposito Martyrum just f...
St Prisca | ICN
St Prisca | ICN : Martyr. Not a great deal is known about this early Roman saint, but that she came from a noble Roman family and was very young when she died for he...
St Anthony of Egypt | ICN
St Anthony of Egypt | ICN : Abbot. St Anthony was born in 251 in Upper Egypt. When he was 20, his parents died, leaving him a large estate. After much prayer Antony decided to...
St Paul the Hermit | ICN
St Paul the Hermit | ICN : Saint Paul the Hermit is regarded as the first Christian hermit. He was born in 228 AD. The Life of Saint Paul the First Hermit, was composed in La...
St Sava of Serbia | ICN
St Sava of Serbia | ICN : St Sava was the first archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian church. Born in Tirnovo, Bulgaria, in 1173, the third son of prince Stephen Nemanya (...
Our Lady of the Pillar-NEW-During his pilgrimage in Spain Fr speaks of the history of Our Lady of the Pillar.
Our Lady of the Pillar-NEW-During his pilgrimage in Spain Fr speaks of the history of Our Lady of the Pillar.
St Theodosius | ICN
St Theodosius | ICN : Abbot. Born at Cappadocia in 423, St Theodosius went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem as a young man, with dreams of becoming a hermit. For a time he liv...
St Dermot | ICN
St Dermot | ICN : Irish abbot. This 6th century saint is said to have been of royal blood and a native of Connaught. A famous teacher, poet, writer and preacher in h...
UK's newest religious community set to open first convent | ICN
UK's newest religious community set to open first convent | ICN : The newest religious community in the UK has just received the keys to its very first convent - a converted barn complex near Dereham in Mid Norfol...
Abandon All Pride Those Who Seek the Kingdom - Crisis Magazine
Abandon All Pride Those Who Seek the Kingdom - Crisis Magazine : At the very end of Evelyn Waugh’s novel on the finding of the True Cross, Helena, he writes a paean to the Magi in the form of a prayer: You are especial patrons, and patrons of all latecomers, of all who have a tedious journey to make to the truth, of all who are confused …
St Raymond of Penafort | ICN
St Raymond of Penafort | ICN : Dominican friar and teacher. Patron of church lawyers. Raymond was born to an aristocratic family in 1175 in Catalona, Spain. He was educated at th...
St Andre Bessette | ICN
St Andre Bessette | ICN : Canadian laybrother. Alfred Bessette was born on August 9, 1845, near Montreal in Canada, the eighth of twelve children. When Alfred was nine, his ...
St Genevieve | ICN
St Genevieve | ICN : Virgin and patron of Paris. Born at Nanterre in around 420, St Genevieve is said to have met St Germanus of Auxerre on his way to England, when she...
Pope issues 'fruit of war' image | ICN
Pope issues 'fruit of war' image | ICN : Over the holidays, Pope Francis issued a card with a stark New Year warning about the threat of global conflict.The Vatican has printed and ...
Cardinal Nichols: Pastoral Letter for Feast of the Holy Family | ICN
Cardinal Nichols: Pastoral Letter for Feast of the Holy Family | ICN : Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,I hope that during these last few days you have managed to visit the crib. It's still there, waiti...