Saint Dionysius the Areopagite
The Acts of the Apostles mention Dionysius in the famous passage on Paul's speech at the Areopagus.
Holy Guardian Angels
Speaking of the help of angels, the Catechism affirms a comforting truth: “From its beginning until the hour of death, human life is surrounded by their protection and intercession” (CCC 336).
Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus
Under the pontificate of St John Paul II she became the youngest among the Doctors of the Church.
Saint Jerome
He was one of the most erudite men of his time, to whom all Christianity owes much.
Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael Archangels
Following the reform of the liturgical calendar in 1969, the Church commemorates together the three Archangels
Saint Wenceslas
Son of the Duke of Bohemia, he lived in a land where Christianity was beginning to spread
Saint Vincent de Paul
The principal virtues of Vincentian spirituality, also known as the “Five Stones of David”, are: simplicity, humility, meekness, mortification, zeal for the salvation of souls
Saints Cosmas and Damian
They treated the sick without asking for compensation so were nicknamed Anargyroi, a Greek word meaning “without money”
Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás
On 25 September 1983, a mother named Gladys Quiroga de Motta, while praying the Rosary in San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina), saw the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus. It was the first of a long series of apparitions
Saint Pacificus
His favourite passage from the Gospel was taken from the Sermon on the Mount...
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
“The fate of the chosen souls is to suffer”, said Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, raised in a devout family that recited the Rosary together every evening
Saints Maurice and companions
The oldest written source on the martyrdom of St Maurice (†287) and his companions of the Theban Legion, led by him, is the Passio Agaunensium martyrum
