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 Saint of the day May 24 St. David, 1153 A.D. King of Scotland, the son of King Malcolm III and St. Margaret, born in 1084. He was sent to the English Norman court in 1093, and he married Matilda, the widow of the earl of Northhampton, becoming an English baron in 1113. David succeeded his brother, Alexander I, as the king of Scotland in 1124. Years of Struggle against King Stephen ended in 1139 when they made peace. David founded dio-ceses and monasteries in Scotland, instituted Norman law, started the office of chancellor, and conducted many charitable projects. He died in Carlisle, Scotland, May 24. He was never formally canonized. St. Joanna, Joanna was the wife of Chuza, steward of King Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee. She was one of the women who helped provide for Jesus and the Apostles and was one of the three  women who discovered the empty tomb of Jesus on the first Easter morning. Jennifer and Jessica are derivatives of Joanna. Feastday May 24 St. John del Prado,...

  St William of Rochester https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/153

  Gospel in Art: The world itself could not contain the books that would be written https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55060

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 23  St. William of Rochester, Patron of adopted children. William was a well-to-do burgher at Perth, Scotland. He went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem with his adopted son David who murdered him near Rochester, England. When a mentally deranged woman found his body and cared for it, she was miraculously cured of her mental problems. Reportedly miracles occurred at his grave, and it is said that he was canonized by Pope Alexander IV in 1256, though there is no record of such a canonization. There is a shrine dedicated to William at Rochester Cathedral.   St. Goban, 6th or 7th century. Abbot also called Gobhnena. He is believed to be the Goban mentioned in the life of St. Laserian. Goban served in Tascaffin, County Limerick, Ireland.  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DE ROSSI, ROMAN PRIEST

  Pope authorizes beatification of Lebanese 'founding father', 80 Spanish martyrs - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-beatification-spanish-civil-war-martyrs-elias-hoyek-lebanon.html

  The Marriage Question in America: Why Fewer People Are Saying “I Do” - ZENIT - English https://zenit.org/2026/05/20/the-marriage-question-in-america-why-fewer-people-are-saying-i-do/?eti=32937

  St Rita of Cascia https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/152

  Gospel in Art: Yes, Lord... you know that I love you https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55052

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 22  Bl. John Forest, 1538 A.D. Martyr of England, the confessor of the first wife of King Henry VIII, Queen Catherine of Aragon. He became a Franciscan at Greenwich at the age of seventeen and studied at Oxford. John opposed Henry’s divorce and the suppression of religious orders. Because of this he was arrested at Newgate and ordered to agree to the Oath of Supremacy. Refusing, John was dragged on a hurdle to Smithfield and then burned to death at the stake. A wooden statue of St. Derfel was burned with John. He was beatified in 1886.    ST. JULIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR OF CORSICA-Patron of Corsica, Julia was one of the young Carthaginians that a slave merchant wanted to sell in Gaul. She was kidnapped in a port of Corsica. True to her Christian faith, she refused to sacrifice to pagan gods. She is commemorated on May 22.  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/05/22/st--julia--virgin-and-martyr-of-corsica.html St. Boethian, 7th centu...

  St Andrew Bobola, Bl Franz Jagerstatter https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/151

  Gospel in Art: That they may be one even as we are one https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 21  STS CHRISTOPHER MAGALLANES, PRIEST AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS IN MEXICO St. Constantine the Great, 337 A.D. Junior Emperor and emperor called the “Thirteenth Apostle” in the East. The son of Constantius I Chlorus, junior emperor and St. Helena, Constantine was raised on the court of Co-Emperor Diocletian. When his father died in 306, Constantine was declared junior emperor of York, England, by the local legions and earned a place as a ruler of the Empire by defeating of his main rivals at the battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312.   ST. EUGENE DE MAZENOD, BISHOP OF MARSEILLES, FOUNDER OF THE MISSIONARY OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE-St. Eugene de Mazenod, Roman Catholic Priest he founded the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and in 1841 the Oblates sailed for missions in five continents. Patron saint of dysfunctional families. Feast May 21 St. Barrfoin, 6th century. Irish missionary, possibly a bishop, and friend of Sts. Columba and Brendan. Bar...

  St Bernardino of Siena https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/150

  Gospel in Art: The world has hated them because they are not of the world https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55036

SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 20  Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church   ST. AUREA, MARTYR OF OSTIA St.  Ethelbert, 794 A.D. Martyred king of East Anglia, England. When Ethelbert, the son and heir of Ethelred, went to Mercia to ask for the hand of a princess, he was murdered by her mother, Queen Cynethryth. He was especially venerated in Hereford.   St. Basilissa Roman Catholic Martyr. After her conversion to Christianity. She was beheaded for her faith when she was denounced to Emperor Galienus by Pompeius and remained steadfast in her refusal to marry him. May 20 ST. BERNARDIN OF SIENA, FRANCISCAN-St. Bernardine of Siena, Roman Catholic Franciscan missionary. He is known as “the Apostle of Italy” for his efforts to revive the country's Catholic faith during the 15th century. His preaching was frequently directed against gambling, witchcraft, sodomy and usury - particularly as practised by Jews. Feast May 20 https://www.traditionalca...

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 20  Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church   ST. AUREA, MARTYR OF OSTIA St.  Ethelbert, 794 A.D. Martyred king of East Anglia, England. When Ethelbert, the son and heir of Ethelred, went to Mercia to ask for the hand of a princess, he was murdered by her mother, Queen Cynethryth. He was especially venerated in Hereford.   St. Basilissa Roman Catholic Martyr. After her conversion to Christianity. She was beheaded for her faith when she was denounced to Emperor Galienus by Pompeius and remained steadfast in her refusal to marry him. May 20 ST. BERNARDIN OF SIENA, FRANCISCAN-St. Bernardine of Siena, Roman Catholic Franciscan missionary. He is known as “the Apostle of Italy” for his efforts to revive the country's Catholic faith during the 15th century. His preaching was frequently directed against gambling, witchcraft, sodomy and usury - particularly as practised by Jews. Feast May 20 https://www.traditi...

  St Dunstan https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/149

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 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 19  STS. PARTHENIUS AND CALOGERO, MARTYRS ON THE VIA APPIA Bl. Peter Wright, 1651 A.D. Jesuit martyr in England. Born in Slipton, Northamptonshire, England, Peter converted to Catholicism and was given preparation for the priesthood in Ghent and Rome. Entering the Jesuits in 1629, he ministered to English soldiers in Flanders and accompanied Sir Henry Gage back to England. He also served as a chaplain to the Royalist army during the English Civil War. After the war, he was arrested at the home of the Marquis of Winchester during the oppression of Catholicism by Oliver Cromwell and was put to death at Tyburn.   Bl. Alcuin, 804 A.D. Benedictine scholar and counselor to Charlemagne, sometimes called Alcuin of York. He was born in York, England, circa 735 and became a monk in the Benedictine Order in York. Ordained a deacon, Alcuin became headmaster of the cathedral school. He went to Rome and then met Charlemagne at Parma. Charlemagne in...

  St Felix of Cantalice https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/148

  Gospel in Art: The hour is coming when you will be scattered https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55021

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 18  ST.JOHN I, POPE AND MARTYR-St. Pope John I, Roman Catholic Pope and Martyr. John was elected Pope while he was still an archdeacon upon the death of Pope Hormisdas in 523. Feast May 18 St. Theodotus of Ancyra, and Companions Theodotus was an innkeeper at Ancyra, Galatia (modern Turkey), who gave burial to seven virgins, Thecusa, Alexandra, Claudia, faina (Phaina), Euphrasia, Matrona, and Julitta after their martyrdom for refusing to wear pagan priestess robes and take part in a pagan festival. Theodotus was himself betrayed by an apostate and was martyred. In turn, his remains were gathered up by a Christian and sent to Malus where they received a proper burial and were enshrined in a chapel. May 18 St. Merililaun, 8th century. Martyred pilgrim. He was from England, journeying to Rome, when he was slain at Reims, France, under circumstances that warranted his being considered a martyr.   ST. FELIX OF CANTALICE, CAPUCHIN FRIAR St. ...

  St Paschal Baylon https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/147

  Gospel in Art: And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55013

  St Simon Stock, St Brendan the Navigator, St Gemma Galgani https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/145

  Gospel in Art: Ask, and you will receive https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55009

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 16  ST. ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM AND MARTYR St. Simon Stock.  Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning "tree trunk," derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow tree trunk of an oak tree. It is also believed that, as a young man, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he joined a group of Carmelites with whom he later returned to Europe. Simon Stock founded many Carmelite Communities, especially in University towns such as Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, and Bologna, and he helped to change the Carmelites from a hermit Order to one of mendicant friars. In 1254 he was elected Superior-General of his Order at London. Simon Stock's lasting fame came from an apparition he had in Cambridge, England, on July 16, 1251, at a time when the Carmelite Order was being oppressed. In it the Virgin Mary appeared to him holding the brown scapular i...

Vienna’s Silent Transformation: Nearly 50% of students in schools are already Muslim. Only 17% are Catholic - ZENIT - English : Perhaps no recent controversy symbolizes Vienna’s cultural unease more clearly than the city government’s decision earlier this year not to erect a statue honoring Polish King John III Sobieski. Sobieski led the Christian coalition that defeated Ottoman forces outside Vienna on September 12, 1683, in one of the decisive battles of European history

  St Dympna and St Isidore the Farmer https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/143

  Gospel in Art: When a woman has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55004

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 14  ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Sts. Victor and Corona, Roman Catholic Husband and Wife and Martyrs. They were put to death in Syria during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. May 14 ST. MICHAEL GARICOÏTS, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF PRIESTS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS OF BÉTHARRAM St. Engelmund, 739 A.D. Benedictine abbot, companion of St. Willibrord. He was born in England where he ruled an abbey. Then he went to Friesland.  St. Carthach the Younger, 637 A.D. Irish hermit and bishop, also called Carthage, Cuda, or Mochuda. Originally a swineherd, Carthach was ordained and then became a hermit about 590 in Kiltulagh and then in Bangor, under St. Comgall. Carthach traveled to Offaly, where he founded a monastery, ruling more than eight hundred monks. He wrote a rule for the monastery in metrical verse, a document that is extant. He is believed to have served as the bishop of Fircall until he and his monks were expelled by some local lord. Carthach founded ano...

  St Matthias, St Corona https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/142

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  Feast of Our Lady of Fatima Celebrated on   May 13th https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/371

  Gospel in Art: Feast of Our Lady of Fatima https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54989

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 13  B. MARY VIRGIN OF FATIMA St. Mael. A hermit of Wales sometimes called Mabel. He was a disciple of St. Cadfan, whom he accompanied from Brittany, France, to Wales and then to the island of Bardsey.   St. Merewenna, 970 A.D. Abbess of Romsey, in Hampshire, England. She is also called Merwenna and Merwinna. King Edgar the Peaceful of England restored Merewenna abbey.   St. Juliana of Norwich, Roman Catholic English Benedictine Mystic. St. John the Silent, Roman Catholic Bishop. He asked to be walled up and lived for seventy-five years as a silent recluse. Feast May 13 St. Abban. Irish hermit whose life is largely undocumented. Born in Ireland, Abban resided in Abingdon, England before the era of St. Patrick. Abban is part of the great panorama of early Irish Christians who served as models for European monasticism and faith. He is especially revered in Abingdon, England. 

  St Pancras https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/141

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 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR MAY 11  Bl. John of Rochester, 1537 A.D. Carthusian martyr of England who died with Blessed James Walworth. He was born in Terling, Essex, and became a monk in the London Charterhouse. John was implicated in Blessed James Walworth’s correspondence with the duke of Norfolk. He and James refused to take the Oath of Supremacy and were martyred at York and beatified in 1886.   ST. ANTHIMUS OF ROME, MARTYRED ON THE VIA SALARIA St. Tudy, 5th century. Abbot also called Tegwin and Tudinus. A native of Brittany, France, he became a disciple of St. Brioc and embraced the erernetical life. Eventually, he served as abbot of a community of monks near Landevennec, Brittany. Later, he journeyed to England and preached in Cornwall.  

  St Comgall https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/140

  Gospel in Art: I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54974

  Spiritual Classics Book Club - Reading the Saints Together https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54963

Saint Damien of Molokai, St John of Avila  https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/139

Gospel in Art: If you love me, you will keep my commandments https:// indcatholicnews.com/news/54966

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 10  ST. GORDIANUS, MARTYRED ON THE VIA LATINA STS. QUARTUS AND QUINTUS, MARTYRED ON THE VIA LATINA St. Peter Van, Roman Catholic Catechist and Vietnamese Martyr. A native catechist, he was arrested by authorities and beheaded. May 10 St. Solange, Roman Catholic Martyr, a shepherdess whose beauty attracted the lustful attention of a noble in Poitiers. He kidnapped her, but when she leaped from the horse on which he was carrying her off, he pursued and killed her. May 10 ST. JOHN OF AVILA, PRIEST St. William of Pontoise, 1192 A.D. English hermit. He resided at Pontoise, in France, having gone there to take up the eremetical life. His hermitage became popular in the region. He may have been Benedictine at St. Martin's Abbey.   St. Comgall, b.516 A.D., d.601 A.D. Abbot and teacher of St. Columbanus and the monks who evangelized France and central Europe. He was born about 516 in Yester, Ireland, and studied under St. Fintan at Cluain Eidn...

  St Pachomius, St Louise de Marillac https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/137

  Gospel in Art: If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54961

  Saints of the day May 09 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 Bl. Thomas Pickering, 1679 A.D. Benedictine martyr. Born in Westmoreland, England, he entered the Benedictines as a lay brother at Douai, France, and there took his vows in 1660. Going home to England, he became attached to the Benedictines in the service of the Chapel Royal of Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II (r. 1660-1685). Arrested as part of the "Popish Plot," he was condemned and hanged at Tyburn. St. Beatus, 112 A.D. A monk and hermit called Beatus of Lungern and earlier designated as the Apostle of Switzerland. Baptized in England by St. Barnabas and ordained by St. Peter, Beatus went to Switzerland. He lived and died on Mount Beatenburg above Lake Thun. The cave became a popular pilgrim's destination, the famed site of Beatus' fight with a dragon.   ...

  Saints of the day May 08 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. Peter of Tarantaise, Roman Catholic Monk and Archbishop.He was named the archbishop of Tarantaise against his wishes, and he devoted much energy to reforming the diocese, purging the clergy of corrupt and immoral members, aiding the poor, and promoting education. He is also credited with starting the custom of distributing bread and soup the so called May Bread just before the harvest, a custom which endured throughout France until the French Revolution. Feastday May8 ST. VICTOR MAURUS OF MILAN, MARTYR In 1576, at the request of St. Charles of Borromeo, Victor's relics were transferred to a new church in Milan established by the Olivetan monks. The church still bears St. Victor's name today. After a life of adherence to the Faith during perilous times, St. Victor Maurus was take...

  St Peter of Tarantaise https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/136

  Gospel in Art: You are my friends https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54954

  St John of Beverley https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/135

  Gospel in Art: That my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54947

 Saints of the day May 07 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. John of Beverly. John was born at Harpham, Yorkshire, England. He studied under Adrian at St. Theodore's School in Kent, and on his return to his native land, became a monk at Whitby. He was named bishop of Hexham in 687 and then transferred to York as metropolitan in 705, succeeding St. Bosa. John was known for his holiness, his preference for the contemplative life, and his miracles, many of which are recounted in Bede's Ecclesiastical History, the author of which he had ordained. In ill health, John resigned the bishopric of York in 717 and retired to Beverly Abbey, which he had founded, and remained there until his death on May 7. His shrine was for centuries one of the most popular pilgrim centers in England. He was canonized by Pope Benedict IX in 1037.  St. Liudhard, 600 A...

  St Edbert, St Dominic Savio https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/134

  Gospel in Art: I am the vine; you are the branches https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54939

The exact number of new baptisms in France in 2026, as officially reported by the Church and illustrated with charts - ZENIT - English : What is particularly notable is the profile of these new Catholics. Far from being a marginal or aging demographic, 42 percent of adult catechumens are between 18 and 25 years old

 Saints of the day May 06 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. Eadbert, 698 A.D. Abbot bishop of Lindisfarne, Ireland, successor of St. Cuthbert. He was praised by St. Bede for his learning and knowledge of the Scriptures. Eadbert’s relics were enshrined in Durham, England, circa 875. In some lists he is called Edbert.   Bl. Edward Jones. Blessed Edward Jones and Anthony Middleton, Martyrs Edward Jones from Wales and Anthony Middleton from Yorkshire were both educated at the Douai College in Rheims. They became priests and were sent to the English mission in the time of Elizabeth II. Middleton was the first to arrive in England, in 1586, and pursued the ministry for some time without being discovered, helped considerably by his youthful appearance and slight stature. Jones followed, in 1588, and quickly became known by the English Catholics as a...

  St Jutta https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/133

  Catholic social teaching does not belong to any political party. It challenges both the right and the left.  https://www.globalsistersreport.org/columns/social-justice/faith-public-life-requires-moral-clarit

  Gospel in Art: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54932

 Saints of the day May 04 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 Bl. Carthusian Martyrs, 1540 A.D. English monks of the Carthusian Order put to death by King Henry VIII because of their continued allegiance to the pope and the authority of the Holy See. These martyrs, eighteen in all, were beatified in 1886.   St. Augustine Webster, 1535 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonized in 1970. Augustine was a Carthusian prior of the Charterhouse at Axholme, England. He was arrested in London and martyred at Tyburn.   St. John Houghton, 1535 A.D.  Protomartyr of the English Reformation. A native of Essex, he served as a parish priest after graduating from Cambridge. He then became a Carthusian and the prior of the Carthusian Charterhouse of London. As an opponent of King Henry VIII’s Acts of Succession and Supremacy, he was ...

Anglican archbishop meets with leaders of Catholic religious orders and nuns from around the world in Rome - ZENIT - English : During the meeting, particular attention was given to the theme of “walking together,” a central image in the Church’s current journey. Walking together implies recognizing and embracing differences — cultural, spiritual, and theological — while seeking a common path oriented toward building authentic relationships and fostering unity

  The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/132

  Gospel in Art: Feast of The English Martyrs https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54925

Saint of the day May 03 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 May 3 St.  Ethelwin, (d. eighth century).  Ethelwin, Second bishop of Lindsey, England. He accompanied St. Egbert to Ireland, where he died. Feast day: May 3.   St. Scannal, 563 A.D. Disciple of St. Columba and an Irish missionary. He was associated with the region of CellColeraine.   St. Gluvias, 6th century. Monastic founder and brother of St. Cadoc of Llancarfan, Wales. Gluvias labored in Cornwall, England, where he may have started an abbey. He is also called Glywys. Sts. Timothy & Martha, Roman Catholic Martyrs, husband and wife, in Antinoe (modern Egypt). Timothy was a reader in the Egyptian Church who was ordered to hand over the Scriptures to Roman officials. When he refused, he was arrested and condemned with his wife of a mere three weeks, Martha. They were nai...

  St Philip and St James the Younger https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/130