Holy Thursday by Ermes Dovico

Saint of the day


Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287-305) lived in one of the most important cultural and religious centres of antiquity and was “filled with sharp wit, wisdom and strength of spirit”, as the Roman Martyrology recalls.


Holy Martyrs of Vietnam

Holy Martyrs of Vietnam

The 117 martyrs of Vietnam that the Church celebrates today remind us of how the Christian faith has been enlivened and transmitted over the centuries thanks to the example of many luminous witnesses, who accepted to sacrifice their lives to follow Christ crucified.


Saint Colomban

Saint Colomban

The life of Saint Colomban (543-615) recalls in an exemplary way the Christian roots of the Old Continent. He and his monks proclaimed the Gospel and had a profound impact on European culture


Saint Cecilia

Saint Cecilia

The patron saint of music was martyred during the pontificate of St Urban I. Her story reveals her unconditional love for God, to whom she consecrated herself.


Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Catholic Church commemorates the presentation of Mary as a child in the temple in Jerusalem, celebrated on the same day by the Orthodox under the title “Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple”.


Christ the King

Christ the King

The solemnity of Christ, King of the Universe, was introduced by Pius XI with the encyclical Quas Primas of 11 December 1925 to recall the kingship of God the Son over history and to remedy an evil that was already afflicting society at that time: secularism


Saint Matilda of Hackeborn

Saint Matilda of Hackeborn

Her Book of Special Grace influenced devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She is also linked to the promise of the three Hail Marys


Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul

Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul

Erected on the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul, not far from the places where they suffered martyrdom under Nero, the basilicas dedicated to them are remembered in a single commemoration.


Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

She was among the highest examples of Christian charity, which she exercised to the point of begging for the poor and the sick


Saint Gertrude the Great

Saint Gertrude the Great

Precursor of the cult of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saint Gertrude or Geltrude (1256-1302), known as the Great, was a mystic who spent almost all her life in that exceptional centre of spirituality and culture that was the Monastery of Helfta.


Saint Albert the Great

Saint Albert the Great

His genius can be appreciated simply through his explanation of the perfect harmony between faith and science, his teachings transmitted to St Thomas Aquinas and his critical appreciation of Aristotle. He deserved the title of Doctor Universalis


Saints Nicholas Tavelić and Companions

Saints Nicholas Tavelić and Companions

They spent years in the Holy Land to guard the places of the life, death and resurrection of Our Lord. Imitating Saint Francis in his encounter with the Sultan, they announced Jesus Christ to the Muslims.