Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska
“Your great trust in Me compels Me to grant you continuous graces”, she heard Jesus say. He called her “Secretary of My Mercy”
Saint Francis of Assisi
He was a radical witness to the Gospel, to the love of God in the first place
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
“If the good Lord grants my wishes, my Heaven will take place on Earth until the end of the world. Yes, I want to spend my Heaven doing good on Earth”, wrote Sister Teresa of the Child Jesus (St Thérèse of Lisieux) (1873-1897) a few months before her death....
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 thanks to the evangelization of the Slavic peoples initiated a few decades earlier by Saints Cyril and Methodius.
Saint Vincent de Paul
He was one of the most shining examples of charity working through the Church, so solicitous in helping the poorest and so brilliant that his legacy lives on thanks to the institutes he founded.
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...
