Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin
She was the daughter of illiterate peasants. Her story reminds us that every way to holiness has its charisms: “My way is the way of the carts, the most common”, a way made of many small daily gestures of charity.
Saint Paul of the Cross
He founded the Congregation of the Discalced Clerics of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, whose members are commonly called Passionists. The rule provides for a fourth vow which consists in propagating the memory of the Passion, from which “as from source, all good derives”
Saint Luke the Evangelist
The third Gospel is rich in historical and geographical details, as if to underline - for the benefit of posterity - that the earthly mission of God the Son took place at precise times and places
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
On his deportation journey from Antioch to Rome, where he was mauled to death by beasts during Trajan's persecutions, he wrote seven letters. In them the terms “Christianity” and “Catholic Church” appear for the first time, together with an extraordinary awareness of the ecclesial mission
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
She promoted the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the practice of the First Fridays of the month
Saint Teresa of Avila
She was a giant of holiness, protagonist of the Catholic Reformation thanks to intuitions and works that have not ceased to bear fruit over the centuries
Saint Callistus I
Esteemed by two holy pontiffs (Victor I and Zephyrinus), opposed by an antipope (Hippolytus) who held two “records” in the history of the Church...
St Theophilus of Antioch
A thorough reading of the Holy Scriptures encouraged his conversion. He made a great contribution to Christian apologetics
Our Lady of the Pillar
The Blessed Virgin appeared to the Apostle James during her earthly life on the night of 2 January 40. James was praying on the banks of the river Ebro and pleading for Mary's intercession for the success of evangelisation in Spain.
Saint John XXIII
He grew up with great devotion to the Blessed Virgin, also thanks to his closeness to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Woods, which he called “the smile of my childhood, the safekeeping and encouragement of my priestly vocation”.
Saint Daniel Comboni
He had the idea of “saving Africa with Africa”, the true heart of his project.
Saint John Henry Newman
His liturgical memorial is celebrated today for a very special reason...
