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St. Julia, Roman Catholic Martyr she refused to sacrifice to Pagan Gods, disrespecting the state gods was a crime punishable by death, which the magistrate could only overlook at his own risk. Feastday May 23
St. Julia, Roman Catholic Martyr she refused to sacrifice to Pagan Gods, disrespecting the state gods was a crime punishable by death, which the magistrate could only overlook at his own risk. Feastday May 23
St Felix of Cantalice-May 18| ICN
St Felix of Cantalice | ICN : Franciscan brother. Felix of Cantalice, OFM Cap, was born on 18 May 1515 to peasant parents in Cantalice, Italy, He was the third of four sons born...
St Paschal Baylon-May 17| ICN
St Paschal Baylon | ICN : Franciscan laybrother. Patron of Eucharistic devotions. St Paschal was born in 1540 at Torre Hermosa in Aragon. He came from a poor shepherd family...
St Simon Stock | ICN
St Simon Stock | ICN : Carmelite friar. According to tradition St Simon Stock was born somewhere in Kent, possibly the village of Stockbury, and lived in Aylesford. The s...
Contraception and the Manipulation of Language - Crisis Magazine
Contraception and the Manipulation of Language - Crisis Magazine : Individual Americans have enjoyed more personal freedom, individual rights, and collective liberty than most, if not all, other civilizations in history. Yet we are living in a time when freedom, rights, and liberty have been so thoroughly redefined and distorted that we struggle to communicate with each other. A faithful Catholic uses the same words …
St Dympna | ICN
St Dympna | ICN : Martyr. Possibly seventh century. Patron of the mentally ill. Few facts are known about this ancient saint but her memory has been very influential...
Runaway slave-turned-priest moves closer to beatification
Runaway slave-turned-priest moves closer to beatification : The first African American priest in the U.S. could become the country’s first African American saint as his cause took another step forward this week.
St Matthias | ICN
St Matthias | ICN : Apostle. Matthias was chosen by the apostles, to fill the place left vacant by Judas Iscariot. He was with them at Pentecost. According to legend h...
Feast of Our Lady of Fatima | ICN
Feast of Our Lady of Fatima | ICN : On 13 May 1917, three children were shepherding their little flock in the Cova da Iria, parish of Fatima, town of Vila Nova de Ourém - today the d...
St Pancras | ICN
St Pancras | ICN : Martyr. Little is certainly known of the life of Saint Pancras. According to legend, he came from Phrygia and was martyred in Rome at the age of 14...
St John of Avila, St Damien | ICN
St John of Avila, St Damien | ICN : Priest, writer, mystic. John was born in 1500 in New Castile to wealthy Jewish parents. He studied law at Salamanca but then gave the subject up to...
St Peter of Tarantaise | ICN
St Peter of Tarantaise | ICN : Cistercian archbishop. Born in Dauphine, France in 1102, Peter joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of 20 with his two brothers and...
St Jutta | ICN
St Jutta | ICN : Married woman. St Jutta lived in 13th century Thuringia. She was married at the age of fifteen to a nobleman and bore children by him. During their...
St Philip and St James the Younger | ICN
St Philip and St James the Younger | ICN : Apostle. St Philip was from Bethseda in Galilee. Soon after Jesus called him to be an apostle, he began to convert others, finding his friend Natha...
St Athanasius | ICN
St Athanasius | ICN : Bishop. Patriarch of Alexandria. Born in 296, to Christian parents, Athanasius became deacon and secretary to Bishop Alexander. He attended the Cou...
St Joseph the Worker | ICN
St Joseph the Worker | ICN : Foster father of Jesus and husband of Our Lady. Patron saint of families, homes, hospices, manual workers, especially carpenters, and those who des...