ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC,, ST. CLEMENT M. HOFBAUER, ST. ZACHARY, POPE, Mar.15

ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC, CO-FOUNDRESS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY

St. Louise de Marillac, Roman Catholic Nun she met St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual adviser. She devoted the rest of her life to working with him. She helped direct his Ladies of Charity in their work of caring for the sick, the poor, and the neglected. Feastday March 15

ST. CLEMENT M. HOFBAUER, REDENTORIST

was born in Moravia (the Czech Republic) on December 26, 1751. He worked for a time as a baker, but feeling called to a different life, he studied whenever he could. After time in a Norbertine monastery and as a hermit, Clement went on pilgrimage to Rome, where he joined the Redemptorists. Mar. 15

ST. ZACHARY, POPE

Encourged the missionary work of Saint Boniface, and appointed Saint Abel as archbishop of Rheims, France. When Venetian slavers bought slaves at Rome to sell to Saracens in Africa, Zachary bought them all so that Christians should not become the property of heathens. Mar. 15