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  St Waudru https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/105

  Gospel in Art: The disciples were startled, frightened and thought they saw a spirit https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54751

  St John Baptiste de la Salle, St Henry Walpole https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/103

  Gospel in Art: 'Woman, why are you weeping?' https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54736

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 07 PRAY FOR US Bl. Alexander Rawlins, 1595 A.D. Martyr, missionary, and companion in death with Henry Walpole. Alexander was born in Worcestershire, England, where he was jailed twice for his fervent Catholicism. In 1589 he went to the English seminary in Reims and was ordained there in 1590. Returning to England the following year, Alexander was arrested. He was condemned to death and on April 7, 1595, and along with Henry Walpole was hanged, drawn, and quartered in York, England. He was beatified in 1929.   Bl. Edward Oldcorne, 1606 A.D. English martyr allegedly involved in the Gunpowder Plot. He was born in York, England, and ordained in Rome. In 1587, he became a Jesuit. Returning to England, Edward worked in the Midlands from 1588 to 1606. He was then condemned to death at Worcester for alleged implicitly in the Gunpowder Plot He was beatified in 1929.   St. Henry Walpole, 1558-1595 A.D. Jesuit and one of the Forty Martyrs of England ...

  St William of Aebelholt https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/102

  Gospel in Art: Easter Monday https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54731

  Urbi et Orbi: Pope urges world leaders to lay down weapons - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-04/pope-leo-urbi-et-orbi-easter-2026-peace-weapons-war-dialogue.html

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 06 PRAY FOR US "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy St. Sixtus I, Roman Catholic Pope and Martyr, during the reign of Hadrian c. 115-c. 125. ST. PETER OF VERONA, DOMINICAN AND MARTYR Born to Manichean parents, he entered the Dominican Order despite his family's opposition. He was a strenuous defender of the Catholic doctrine, so much so that he was appointed Inquisitor General for Lombardy. He died a martyr in 1252, killed by those same heretics he had opposed.   St William of Aebelholt https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/102 St. William of Eskilsoe, Roman Catholic Missionary. Born at Saint-Germain, France, circa 1125, he served as a canon at the church of St. Genevieve, Paris, under the great Abbot Suger until about 1170, when he was sent to Denmark with the mission of reforming the canons at Eskilsoe at the request of the  bishop of Roskilde. He became abbot there and, during his three decades among...

  St Vincent Ferrer https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/101

  Gospel in Art: Easter Sunday https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54725

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 05 \ PRAY FOR US "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy ST. IRENE, VIRGIN AND MARTYR Peace, charity and purity: these were the baptismal names assumed by the three martyr sisters in Thessaloniki in 304 under the governor Dulcitius, during Diocletian's persecutions. Irene was the youngest; she was guilty of hiding the Holy Scripture and refusing to eat food offered to the gods. A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, October 5. According to St. Gregory the Great (Dial. IV, ch. xiii) she was the daughter of the younger Symmachus, a learned and virtuous patrician of Rome, whom Theodoric had unjustly condemned to death (525). Becoming a widow before the end of the first year of her married life, she, still very young, founded a convent and hospital near St. Peter’s, there spent the remainder of her days in austerities and works of mercy, April 6 Martyrs of Lesbos, Five virgin Roman Catholic maidens who su...

  St Benedict the African https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/100

  Gospel in Art: Holy Saturday https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54717

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 04 PRAY FOR US  We all must repent and reconcile with The Holy Church, it is the only way forward. "There is only one tragedy in this life, not to have been a saint."- Leon Bloy St. Isidore of Seville, Roman Catholic Priest and Doctor of The Church. Isidore was the first Christian writer to try to compile a summa of universal knowledge, in his most important work, the Etymologiae his learning caught fire in Spanish minds and held back the Dark Ages of barbarism from Spain. Feastday April 4 St. Guier. Hermit priest of Cornwall, England. A local church bears his name.    St. Tigernach. St. Tigernach died 549, bishop. Said to have been the godchild of St. Brigid, and educated in Scotland, he may have been a monk at Clones as well as a bishop of Clogher, but accounts are not too clear. He also is called Tierney and Tierry  ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR, FRANCISCAN-Born to African slaves descendants in Sicily in 1524, Benedict became known as “the holy...

  St Luigi Scrosoppi https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/99

  Gospel in Art: The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John + video https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54709

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 03 PRAY FOR US St. Agape, Roman Catholic Martyr, Agape and her sisters Chionia and Irene, Christians of Thessalonica, Macedonia, were convicted of possessing texts of the Scriptures despite a decree issued in 303 by Emperor Diocletian naming such possessions a crime punishable by death. When they further refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, the governor, Dulcitius, had Agape and Chionia burned alive. When Irene still refused to recant, Dulcitius ordered her sent to a house of prostitution. There she was unmolested after being exposed naked and chained, she was put to death either by burning or by an arrow through her throat. Feastday April 3 St. Richard of Wyche, 1253 A.D. Richard of Wyche, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born at Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England. He was orphaned when he was quite young. He retrieved the fortunes of the mismanaged estate he inherited when he took it over, and then turned it over to his brother Robert. Richar...

  St Francis of Paola https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/98

  Gospel in Art: Maundy Thursday https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54700

  St Hugh of Grenoble https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/97

  Gospel in Art: Wednesday of Holy Week https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54691

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 02--Please Pray for Us Bl. Peter Verhun, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr. Peter was a priest for Ukrainian Catholics at Berlin, Germany. Apostolic Visitor to Germany. Peter was arrested for his faith in 1945, and exiled to Siberia. Feastday April 2 St. Pedro Calungsod, Roman Catholic Filipino Martyr. While missionary work in Guam along with Diego San Vitores were both murdered after baptizing an infant and mother who converted to the Roman Catholic faith. Feastday April 2 St. Ebba the Younger, Roman Catholic Nun. Abbess of Coldingham, England, on the Scottish border, called “the Younger.” She and her nuns were martyred by Danes in an invasion. She mutilated her face to discourage rape by the invading Danes. The raiders set fire to Coldingham, killing all of the nuns. Feastday April 2 Bl. Tarsykia Matskiv, Roman Catholic Nun. On the morning of 17 July 1944 at 8 a.m., a Russian soldier rang the convent door. When Sr Taryskia answered the door she was shot wit...

  St Acacius https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/96

  Gospel in Art: Tuesday of Holy Week https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54683