Good Friday by Ermes Dovico

Saint of the day


Sacred Heart of Jesus

Sacred Heart of Jesus

Through St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the Lord established the devotions of the Holy Hour and the Communion of Reparation on the nine first Fridays of the month.


Saint Germaine Cousin

Saint Germaine Cousin

She was born with a malformed hand and had suffered from scrofula. Her piety grew every time a feast in honour of Our Lady approached


Saint Elisha

Saint Elisha

He continued Elijah's mission at a dramatic time for Israel, marked by continuous infidelity to the Covenant on the part of the kings and the people


Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint Anthony of Padua

Gregory IX called him “Ark of the Covenant” and “Treasure trove of Scriptures”.


Saint Gaspar Bertoni

Saint Gaspar Bertoni

He took care to educate young people to know Jesus, teaching them to thank the Lord in both joy and trials.


Saint Barnabas

Saint Barnabas

According to tradition, he was in the group of 72 disciples sent by Jesus to announce the Kingdom of God


Saint Landry of Paris

Saint Landry of Paris

He founded the first hospital in Paris, the Hôtel-Dieu (“Hostel of God”), the oldest in the world still in operation


Saint Ephrem the Syrian

Saint Ephrem the Syrian

His uniqueness was that he was able to bring together theology and poetry


Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi

The Solemnity of Corpus Christi was celebrated for the first time in 1247 in the diocese of Liège. At its origin there were the exhortations of Saint Juliana of Cornillon


Saint James Berthieu

Saint James Berthieu

He was a Jesuit missionary killed in Madagascar during the Malagasy rebellion of 1896, when he preferred martyrdom to giving in to repeated requests to deny the faith.


Saint Anthony Maria Gianelli

Saint Anthony Maria Gianelli

Founder of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden, was an admirable example of a priest and bishop


Saint Norbert

Saint Norbert

The founder of the Premonstratensian Order was born into a family belonging to the high nobility. For about thirty years he was mostly attracted to the worldly life, until an event in 1115...