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St Pius V | ICN : Pope. Anthony Ghislieri was born in 1504 in Pieddmont, Itay. He joined the Dominicans in 1518, was ordained in 1540 and then taught philosophy and ...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Eighth Day Institute's 2018 "Synaxis" : The latest issue of Synaxis is out. Eighth Day Institute (EDI) held a Benedict Hour Friday afternoon and evening at The Ladder to distri...

St Catherine of Siena | ICN : Mystic. Dominican tertiary. St Catherine was born in 1347, the youngest of about 20 children of a Sienese dyer, Giacomo Benincasa. From a very earl...

St Peter Chanel and St Louis de Montfort | ICN : St Peter Chanel was born in 1804 near Cras in France. His parents were peasants. His parish priest, the Abbe Trompier, took him on as a pupil becau...

St Zita | ICN : Domestic servant. Patron of maidservants. Born at Monsagrati, in 1218, she worked for the Farinelli household all her life from the age of 12. She ...

St Pedro de Betancur | ICN : Priest and the first saint of Guatemala.Born into a poor family on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Pedro was a shepherd until he was 24 whe...

St Mark | ICN : Evangelist. St Mark was the first Gospel writer. He is usually associated with John Mark, whose mother's house in Jerusalem was a meeting place for...

Sin as an Offense Against the Body - Crisis Magazine : “Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the impure person sins against the body itself.” More than any other type of sin, St. Paul is suggesting that impurity is a sin against ourselves. A deep healing of such sins cannot be limited to a correction of external behavior, but must …

St George | ICN : Martyr. Patron saint of England, Venice, Genoa, Portugal and Catalonia. He is highly revered in Germany, Russia, Ethiopia and a patron of soldiers,...

Mexico: Two priests murdered in one week | ICN : The bishops of Mexico have launched an urgent appeal for a culture of peace and reconciliation after two Catholic priests were murdered in differen...

St Theodore of Sykeon | ICN : Monk and Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia. This seventh century saint was the son of a prostitute who lived in a brothel. His father was a circu...

St Agnes of Montepulciano | ICN : Dominican nun and mystic. Born in 1268, to a wealthy family in Gracchiano-Vecchio, in Italy, Agnes is said to have entered a convent in Montepulcia...

St Bernadette | ICN : Visionary, and later nun. Born in 1844, Bernadette was the eldest of six children born to Francois Soubirous, a miller, and his wife Louise. The fa...

St Martin I | ICN : St Martin was the last Pope to be venerated as a martyr. Born in the Italian town of Todi in Umbria, as a young man he rose rapidly in the church, ...

St Teresa of the Andes | ICN : Carmelite novice. Chile's first saint. Teresa was one of six children born in 1900 in Santiago, Chile, to a well-to-do family of mixed Chilean, Eng...

St Stanislaw | ICN : Bishop and martyr. Patron saint of Poland. St Stanislaw was born in 1010 to a noble family in Szczepanow. After his ordination, he received a canon...

Feast of the Annunciation | ICN : Feast of the Annunciation This feast is usually kept on 25 March, but because that date was ...

St Julia Billiart | ICN : Nun and foundress. St Julia Billiart was born in Cuvilly, France in 1751. The fifth of seven children, she attended a little one room school. She e...

St John Baptiste de la Salle | ICN : Priest teacher and founder.St John was born at Rheims in France, in 1651 to a wealthy family. He was given a canonry as a young man. He...

St William of Aebelholt | ICN : Augustinian abbot. Born in France in 1127, William of Aebelholt went on to become one of Denmark's most revered saints. His letters are a valuable ...

St Vincent Ferrer | ICN : Friar. St Vincent Ferrer was born in Valencia in Spain, in 1357. His father was an Englishman, married to a Spanish lady. At the age of 18 he joine...

St Benedict the African | ICN : Laybrother. Born in Sicily in 1526, of African slave parents, St Benedict was freed by his owner at a young age. When he was 21 some Franciscan her...

St Luigi Scrosoppi | ICN : Italian priest and founder of the Sisters of Providence. St Luigi was born on 4 August 1804, at Udine in Italy, the youngest of three sons of Domen...

St Francis of Paola | ICN : Patron saint of seafarers. Founder of the Franciscan Minim Friars, Born at Paola in Calabria, in 1416, St Francis lived at a friary for a year when...

St Hugh of Grenoble | ICN : Bishop and monk. St Hugh was born in 1052, at Chateauneuf in France. He was the son of a knight called Odilo and educated at the cathedral school a...