Author: Timothy
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St Peregrine of Laziosi: Day 7
Background: St Peregrine (1260 – 1345) was born in Italy. After a turbulent youth, he repented of his sins, joined the Servite Order and was ordained a priest, devoting his life to preaching, penance and helping the sick and poor. He became well known for his miracles. St Peregrine developed a cancerous deformity of his…
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Marian & James
Saints Marian and James (Died 259) were born in the Constantine area (Algeria) around the beginning of the third century. Both were believed to hold religious positions within the church; Marian a Reader and James a Deacon. In 257, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Valerian (253 – 260), all Christian gatherings were banned,…
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Jesus’ Discourse About The Bread Of Life (4)
Extract: The day after Jesus miraculously fed the five thousand, people went searching for him. When they found him, Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, said, “You are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but for the…
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St Peregrine of Laziosi: Day 6
Background: St Peregrine (1260 – 1345) was born in Italy. After a turbulent youth, he repented of his sins, joined the Servite Order and was ordained a priest, devoting his life to preaching, penance and helping the sick and poor. He became well known for his miracles. St Peregrine developed a cancerous deformity of his…
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Jutta of Kulmsee
St Jutta (Approx. 1200 – 1260) was born into an aristocratic family at Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. She married at 15 and raised her children in a contemplative form of Christianity; all of whom later followed a religious monastic life. When her husband died on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, St Jutta decided to join the Third Order…
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Forty Martyrs of England & Wales
The term English & Welsh Martyr’s refers to a group of Canonised Saints who were executed for practising their Catholic faith during the English Reformation between 1534 and 1680. However, many also remember on this day, the hundreds of other uncanonized and undocumented English, Welsh and Scottish Catholics who were likewise executed for their practice…
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Jesus Appears To His Disciples In Galilee
Extract: Once again Jesus, the Risen Christ, appeared to a group of his disciples including Simon Peter, Thomas (Didymus), Nathanael (From Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee (James and John), and two other disciples. On the occasion, they had been fishing all night on the Sea of Tiberius and had caught nothing. In the…
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Conleth
St Conleth (Approx. 450 – 519), who was probably from County Wicklow (Ireland), was a hermit who lived a life of prayer and penance. He was persuaded, by St Bridget of Ireland, to make sacred church chalices, crosses and other beautiful metalwork decorations for her convent. A noted artefact that he made for St Finbar of…
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St Peregrine of Laziosi: Day 5
Background: St Peregrine (1260 – 1345) was born in Italy. After a turbulent youth, he repented of his sins, joined the Servite Order and was ordained a priest, devoting his life to preaching, penance and helping the sick and poor. He became well known for his miracles. St Peregrine developed a cancerous deformity of his…
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James The Less (Apostle)
St James, Apostle and author of the first Catholic Epistle, was the son of Alphaeus of Cleophas. His mother Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed Virgin, and for that reason, according to Jewish custom, he was sometimes called the brother of the Lord. The Apostle held a distinguished position…