SAINTS DECEMBER 22

SAINTS DECEMBER 22

St. Chaeromon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nilopolis, in Egypt. When the persecution was instituted by Emperor Trajanus Decius, Chaeromon Was quite elderly. He and several companions fled into the Arabian desert and were never seen again. The bishop and his companions are listed as martyrs. Feastday Dec. 22

ST. FRANCESCA SAVERIO CABRINI, VIRGIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. Pope Francis has described St Frances Xavier Cabrini as a woman who understood that the modern world would be marked by people fleeing their homes in search of peace, and that these were the people she wished to take care of. The Church remembers her on December 22nd as the patron saint of migrants.  

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/22/st--francesca-saverio-cabrini--virgin--foundress-of-the--mission.html