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 Saint of the day June 23 St. Thomas Garnet, 1608 A.D. English Jesuit martyr. A nephew of the Jesuit Henry Garnet, he was born in Southwark, England, and studied for the priesthood at St. Omer, France, and Valladolid, Spain. Initially ordained as a secular priest, he joined the Jesuits in 1604 and worked to advance the Catholic cause in Warwick until his arrest in 1606. He was exiled after months of torture but returned in 1607 and was soon arrested. He was hanged at Tyburn. Beatified in 1929, he was canonized in 1970 and is included among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/june-thomas-garnet-sj St. Agrippina, Roman Catholic Martyr. Martyr, whose shrine is venerated as a site of miracles. Agrippina is believed to have come from a good Roman family. She was caught up in the persecutions instituted by Emperor Valerian or Diocletian and was beheaded or scourged. Her body was taken to Mineo, Sicily, by three devout Christian women. The gravesite bec...

St Aloysius Gonzaga and St Mewan Celebrated on June 21st https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/182

  Gospel in Art: What I tell you in the dark, say in the light https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/5

 Saint of the day June 21 St. John Rigby, 1600 A.D. Martyr of England, a layman executed at Southwark. He was born near Wigan, England, and was reconciled to the Church. Admitting that he was a Catholic, he was arrested and placed in Newgate Prison. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Southwark on June 21. John is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and was canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI.   English martyr; b. about 1570 at Harrocks Hall, Eccleston, Lancashire; executed at St. Thomas Waterings, 21 June, 1600. He was the fifth or sixth son of Nicholas Rigby, by Mary, daughter of Oliver Breres of Preston. In the service of Sir Edmund Huddleston, at a time when his daughter, Mrs. Fortescue, being then ill, was cited to the Old Bailey for recusancy, Rigby appeared on her behalf; compelled to confess himself a Catholic, he was sent to Newgate. The next day, 14 February, 1599 or 1600, he signed a confession, that, since he had been reconciled by the martyr, John ...

  St Alban https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/181

  Gospel in Art: Saint Alban, first martyr of England https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55261

 Saint of the day June 20 June 20th: Blessed William Harcourt, John Gavan, Anthony Turner, SJ Bl. William Harcourt, SJ; Bl.John Gavan, SJ; Bl. Anthony Turner, SJ Died : June 20, 1679 https://www.jesuit.org.sg/june-william-harcourt-john-gavan-anthony-turner-sj/ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/june-william-harcourt-john-gavan-anthony-turner-sj/ Bl. Anthony Turner, 1679 A.D. Martyr of England. The son of a Protestant minister, he was born in Leicestershire and educated at Cambridge. A convert to Catholicism, Anthony went to Rome and joined the Jesuits in Flanders and was ordained in 1661. He returned to England and labored in Worcester until he was arrested in the so-called Titus Oates affair. Convicted on perjured evidence, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn on June 20. Anthony was beatified in 1929.   Bl. William Harcourt, 1679 A.D. Jesuit martyr of England, also called William Barrows. Born in Lancashire in 1609, he studied at St. Omer, France, where in 1632 he becam...

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Bl. Humphrey Middlemore, 1572-1591 A.D. Carthusian martyr of England. He was hanged at Tyburn with two monks of the London Charterhouse.   English Carthusian martyr, date of birth uncertain; d. at Tyburn, London, 19 June, 1535. His father, Thomas Middlemore of Edgbaston, Warwickshire, represented one of the oldest families in that county, and had acquired his estate at Edgbaston by marriage with the heiress of Sir Henry Edgbaston; his mother was Ann Lyttleton, of Pillaton Hall, Staffordshire. Attracted to the Carthusian Order, he was professed at the Charterhouse, London, ordained, and subsequently appointed to the office of procurator. Although few details of his life have come down, it is certain that he was greatly esteemed for his learning and piety by the prior, [Saint] John Houghton, and by the community generally. In 1534 the question of Henry VIII's marriage with Anne Boleyn arose to trouble conscientious Catholics, as the king was determined that the more prominent of...

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  Gospel in Art: Your Father knows what you need before you ask him https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55247

 Saint of the day June 18 St. Marina Roman Catholic Virgin- She flourished in Bithynia in the eighth century, and served God under the habit of a monk, with extraordinary fervor. Her wonderful humility, meekness, and patience are celebrated in the lives of the fathers of the desert. Feastday: June 18 St. Aquilina, Roman Catholic Virgin and Martyr beheaded at Byblos. She was only twelve years old. Feastday: June 18 Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in Syria Commemorated on June 13 Troparion & Kontakion The Holy Martyr Aquilina, a native of the Phoenician city of Byblos, suffered under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). Her parents raised her in Christian piety. When the girl was only twelve years old, she persuaded a pagan friend to convert to Christ. One of the servants of the imperial governor Volusian accused her of teaching others not to follow the religion of their fathers. The girl firmly confessed her faith in Christ before the governor and said that she would not renounce Him. Vo...

  St Rainier of Pisa https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/178

  Gospel in Art: Beware of practising your righteousness before other people https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55238

  Saint of the day June 17 SAINT OF THE DAY, June 17, STS. BLAISE AND DIOGEN, MARTYRS ON THE VIA SALARIA ANTICA Bl. Emmanuel d'Abreu, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Chinese Martyr. He was arrested in Tonkin and was martyred the following year with three companions. Feastday: June 17 St. Nectan. Hermit and martyr also called Nighton or Nectaran. Possibly a native of Wales or Ireland, he is best known through legends. He lived as a hermit in Devonshire, England, founding churches there and in Cornwall, England. The patron saint of Hartland, Devonshire, he was much venerated during the Middle Ages and his shrine was a popular place for pilgrims until its destruction during the Reformation in the sixteenth century. He was reported beheaded by robbers, and in some traditions was a relative of the chieftain Brychan.    St. Briavel. The patron of a parish in Dean Forest, Gloucestershire, England. St. Herve, 575 A.D. Welsh bard who was is a popular patron in Brittany, France. H...

  St John Regis and St Richard of Chichester https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/177

  Gospel in Art: Pray for those who persecute you https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55230

 Saint of the day June 16 Bl. William Greenwood, 1537 A.D. Carthusian martyr of England. A lay brother in the Carthusian London Charterhouse, he was arrested for opposing the policies of King Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547) and starved to death in Newgate Prison with six companions.   Sts. Quiriacus and Julitta, Roman Catholic Martyrs. Quiricus was the three year old son of Julitta, a noble widow of Tarsus. Arrested for being a Christian, Julitta enraged the Roman magistrate by scratching his face. Her punishment before execution was to watch while Quiricus was beaten to death Feastday June 16 St. Curig, 6th century. Welsh bishop in the see of Llanbadarn. Several churches in Wales are dedicated to Curig. St. Cettin, 5th century. Bishop and disciple of St.Patrick also called Cetagh. Cettin was consecrated a bishop to help St. Patrick.    St. Colman McRhoi, 6th century. An abbot and disciple of St. Columba. He founded the monastery of Reachrain, now Lamboy Island, in Du...

  SS Vitus, Modesta and Crecentia https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/176

  Gospel in Art: An eye for an eye https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55222

 Saint of the day June 15 Bls. Thomas Green, Thomas Scryven, and Thomas Reding, 1537 A.D. English Carthusian martyrs. Thomas Green studied at St. John's College, Cambridge, entering the London Charterhouse of the Carthusians where he took vows and received ordination. Arrested for opposing King Henry VIII's (r. 1509-1547) claim of spiritual supremacy over the English Church, Thomas was imprisoned with two other Carthusians, the lay brothers Thomas Scryven and Thomas Reding, and four other companions. All were starved to death at Newgate Prison. St. Benildis. Roman Catholic Spanish woman martyr, converted by the heroic death of St. Athanasius. A priest, St. Athanasius, died in the city of Córdoba at the hands of the Moors, the Islamic rulers of that era. Benildis converted during the martyrdom of St. Athanasius and she died at the stake the following day. 853 A.D. Feastday June 15 ST VITUS, MARTYR IN LUCANIA Little is definitively known about St Vitus, apart from the fact of his...

 

  St Dogmael Celebrated on June 14th https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/175

 Gospel in Art: The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55214

 Saint of the day June 14 ST. ELISHA, PROPHET St. Anastasius XVII Roman Catholic Deacon and Martyr. A monk in the Benedictine monastery in Tabanos, near Cordoba, Spain, Anastasius was caught up in the persecutions conducted by the Muslim Moors. With St. Felix and St. Digna, Anastasius was beheaded for the faith. 853 A.D. Feastday June 14 St. Methodius I, Roman Catholic Priest and was exiled by Emperor Leo V the Armenian for refusing to yield to the imperial decrees on the destruction of icons. Feastday: June 14 St. Elgar, 1100 A.D. Hermit on the isle of Bardsey, off the coast of Cearnarvon, Wales. He was born in Devonshire, England, and spent many years as a captive in Ireland.   St. Cearan, 870 A.D. Irish abbot called “the Devout,” also known as Ciaran. He was abbot of Bellach-Duin now Castle Kerrant, County Meath.   St. Dogmael, 6th century. Welsh monk of the house of Cunedda, the son of Ithel ab Ceredig ab Cunedda Wledig. He preached in Pembrokeshire, Wales, ...

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  St Anthony of Padua https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/174

  Gospel in Art: Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55210

 Saint of the day June 13 St. Augustine of Huy, Roman Catholic Martyr. When it was discovered he was a Christian, he joined St. Nicholas Thé in martyrdom.They were sawed into pieces. Feastday: June 13 St. Aquilina, Roman Catholic Martyr. She was arrested during Diocletian's persecution of Christian, and though only twelve, was beaten and decapitated by order of the magistrate, Volusian, when she would not renounce her Faith. Feastday: June 13 St. Anthony of Padua, Roman Catholic Franciscan Brother and Doctor of the Church. Feastday: June 13 St. Damhnade. Virgin venerated in Ireland June 13 

  St Peter of Mount Athos https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/173

  Gospel in Art: Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55203

  Saint of the day June 12 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs, Martyrs of World War II, were Roman Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by the Nazis The group comprises 3 bishops, 52 priests, 26 members of male religious orders, 3 seminarians, 8 religious sisters and 9 lay people. St. John of Sahagun, Roman Catholic Augustinian friar and priest. He was a leading preacher regarding social behavior of his day. Feastday June 12 ST. LEO III, POPE, SAINT ONUPHRIUS, ANACHORITE, Saint Onuphrius, anachorite St. Ternan, 5th century. Missionary and bishop, sometimes called Torannan. According to tradition, he was a disciple of St. Palladius and was perhaps consecrated bishop by him in 432. He worked for many as a missionary bishop among the Picts in Scotland and he is honored as the founder of the abbey of Culross, in Fifeshire, where he died. St. Chirstian, 1138 A.D. Bishop and brother of St. Malachy of Armagh. His Celtic name was Croistan O'Morgair. In 1126, Christian was named the bis...

  St Barnabas Celebrated on June 11th https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/172

  Gospel in Art: Saint Barnabas, Apostle https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55195

  Pope Leo XIV: 'The elderly can be life teachers' - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2026-06/cardinal-parolin-cardinal-farrell-letter-dicastery-meeting.html