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Saint’s Marian & James
Featured Saints: St’s Marian & James (Died 259) Saints Marian and James 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 –…
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Blessed Edmund Rice
Featured Saint: Blessed Edmund Rice (1762 -1844) Blessed Edmund was born into a farming family, the sixth of nine children at Callan, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. Edmund received a good education as well as religious instruction within his home from an Augustinian Friar. In his teens, Edmund joined his uncle who had a successful merchant business…
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St Conleth of Wicklow
Featured Saint: St Conleth (Approx. 450 – 519) St Conleth, probably from County Wicklow (Ireland), was a hermit who lived a life of prayer and penance. He was persuaded, by St Bridget of Kildare, to make sacred church chalices, crosses and other beautiful metalwork decorations for her convent. A noted artefact that he made for…
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St Athanasius
Featured Saint: St Athanasius (Approximately 296/8 – 373) St Athanasius was born in or near Alexandria, Egypt. His Christian family were probably wealthy since, he received a good education and was fluent in Greek. In 319, he was ordained a Deacon and soon after, served as Secretary to Alexander the then Patriarch of Alexandria. In…
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St Joseph The Worker
Featured Saint: St Joseph the Worker The 1st May was set aside by Pope Pius to celebrate the gift of St Joseph. He was Mary’s husband and is the Patron Saint of Workers. The day often coincides with an annual holiday, Labour Day, for workers in many countries across the world. We generally view St Joseph…
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31st March: St Stephen The Sabaite
Featured Saint: St Stephen the Sabaite (725 – 796) St Stephen was a Christian Monk from Julis, Gaza. He was a nephew of St John of Damascus. St Stephen spent 50yrs in the Monastery of Mar Saba; one of the oldest monasteries in the world, established around 483. The monastery is still in use today with an…
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30th March: St Peter de Regalado
Featured Saint: Peter de Regalado (1390 – 1456) Saint Peter de Regalado was born into a noble and very wealthy family at Valladolid, Spain. His childhood dream was granted when, at 13yrs, he was admitted to the Franciscan Order. Soon afterwards he became a disciple of Pedro de Villacreces and joined his convent at Aguilera where…
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29th March: Palm Sunday of The Lord’s Passion
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Today is Palm Sunday, the day when we commemorate Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. Two of his disciples had gone ahead into a village and found a donkey, just as Jesus had described, and brought it to him. They threw their cloaks on the donkey and Jesus rode…
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28th March: St Hesychius of Jerusalem
Featured Saint: St Hesychius of Jerusalem (Died around 450) St Hesychius was probably born in Jerusalem. He was consecrated as a Christian Presbyter (Leader and Elder) by the Archbishop of Jerusalem. He wrote many books and commentaries on the Bible, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Prophets although, sadly, not all of his manuscripts have survived the…