SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 28

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 28 

ST. PETER CHANEL, PRIEST, FIRST MARTYR OF OCEANIA

ST. LOUIS-MARY GRIGNION DE MONTFORT, FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY

St. Cronan of Roscrea, 626 A.D. Founder and hermit in Ireland. He was the son of Odran, born in Munster, or possibly Ely O’Carroll, Offaly, Ireland. Cronan founded fifty monasteries, the first at Puay and the most famous at Roscrea. He ended his life as a blind hermit.  

St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Roman Catholic laywoman and Patron of mothers, physicians, preborn children, April 28