Tag: Prayer Calendar
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23rd January: St Marianne Cope
Featured Saint: St Marianne Cope (1838-1918) St Marianne Cope was born in Heppenheim, Germany. A year later her family emigrated to New York, US. As the eldest child and due to her father’s illness, she worked in a local factory to support their household. In 1862 she joined the Sisters of St Francis. There she…
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22nd January: St Vincent of Saragossa
Featured Saint: St Vincent of Saragossa (Died about 304) St Vincent was born in Huesca but lived in Saragossa, Spain. He is the Patron Saint of Lisbon and Valencia. The Island of St Vincent in the Caribbean is named after him. St Vincent was another of those many people who resolutely refused to renounce his…
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21st January: St Agnes of Rome
Featured Saint: St Agnes of Rome (291-304) St Agnes’ life was a very short one. She was born into a wealthy Christian family and, with such wealth came many marriage suitors. She refused them all, opting for a life of ‘resolute devotion to religious purity’. For her refusal, St Agnes was condemned to be dragged through the…
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20th January: Saints Fabian and Sebastian
Featured Saints: St Fabian (200-250) and St Sebastian (256-283) St Fabian was one of many Popes martyred for his Christian faith and leadership. Although he initially found favour with the Roman rulers of his time, it ended when a new emperor was appointed and insisted that Christians demonstrate their loyalty to Rome by offering incense to their…
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19th January: St Wulfstan
Featured Saint: St Wulfstan (1008-1095) St Wulfstan was born in Warickshire, England. Even in his early youth, he was noted for his very religious and spiritual nature. He joined a Benedictine Monastery, was ordained a priest in 1038 and appointed Bishop of Worcester in 1062. He was a champion of the poor and opponent of the…
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18th January: St Charles of Sezze
Featured Saint: St Charles of Sezze (1613-1670) St Charles was born in Sezze, Italy. Inspired by the lives of other Saints, he became a Franciscan Friar. From the age of 22 he lived the life of a Lay Brother, not a Priest. He was happy to do the community house chores such as cook, porter…
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17th January: St Anthony of Egypt
Featured Saint: St Anthony of Egypt (251-356) St Anthony is said to have lived for 105yrs. At the age of 34 he disposed of all his worldly wealth and lived a life of solitude and prayer in the desert. His new home was a small cave, south east of Cairo, Egypt. He is often considered…
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16th January: St Bernard and Companions
Featured Saint: St Bernard and Companions (Died 1220) St Bernard and five accompanying Franciscan Friars came to a very untimely death for their insistence on preaching the Gospel of Jesus. With the blessing of St Francis, their Superior, they left Italy on a missionary journey of conversion to Morocco. When they arrived. they taught where crowds gathered and…
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15th January: Saint Ita
Featured Saint: Saint Ita (480-570) St Ita (Deirdre or Dorothy) was born in Waterford, Ireland. Against her father’s wishes she refused to get married. Instead, she set up her own community devoted to the education of the young, and care of the poor, sick and elderly. She is often referred to as the “Foster Mother…
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14th January: St Sava
Featured Saint: Saint Sava (1174-1235) St Sava was the youngest son of a Serbian Grand Prince. He became a Monk and founded many Monasteries and Churches including, those on Mount Athos and Zica. He was the first Archbishop of the Serbs and remains one of their most important figureheads. When St Sava moved to Greece, his father…