Saint Julius Feast: 12th April Saint Julius was Pope of the Catholic Church in year 337. The papacy had been vacant for some time between St Mark and St Julius. Therefore the Arians were causing trouble to say the least. Julius was elected after suffering in exile under the rein of the Arianizing policy, […]
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Saint Fara (Burgundofara) Feast: 3rd April Not too much is known about Fara. As a small child she was consecrated to God, by St Columbanus. Although we do know that she was the daughter of Count Agneric, who tried to make her marry a man. She refused as she knew this was not God’s will.
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Saint Margaret Clitherow Feast: 26th March “The pearl of york” Marty Born in England, into a protestant family in 1555. Margaret had a witty sense of humour and was quite attractive. She married a Catholic man, John and they had two children together. Two years after she was married she converted to Catholicism. She
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St Joseph Feast: 19th March and 1st May for St Joseph the Worker Patronage: Universal Church and of Workers The loving husband of Mary and earthly father of Jesus. He was a carpenter and a “righteous man” (Matthew 1:18). He was a father figure to Christ. He was a humble carpenter. He was especially chosen to
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St Maximilian Feast: 12th March Patronage: Conscientious Objector Not to be confused with St Maximilian Kolbe, though this Maximilian was a strong man like him. He died as a martyr of the church at the youthful age of 21. Maximilian strongly resisted idolatry, even when pressured by the Emperor at the time in North
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St John of the Cross Feast: 14th December Patronage: Contemplative life, mystical theology, mystics, and Spanish poets. St John of the Cross indeed clung to the foot of the Cross in his sufferings and in his joy. Throughout his life, when he was poor, homeless or thrown into a gaol cell. He was persecuted
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Feast: March 8th Patronage: Booksellers and firefighters St John of God, a man whom followed the promptings of the Holy Spirit, oppose to his own human temptations. At the young age of eight he ran away to join the priesthood. He travelled with travelling priests until he fell ill and was left with a
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Saint Isabel of France Feast: 23rd February Patronage: sick and needy St Isabel of France lived a virtuous life, born in 1125. She had a devotion to the Franciscan Order and way of life. Isabel developed a strong conviction to practice and exercise a devotion to piety, modesty and virtues. Through her life she rejected
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St Valentine Feast: 14 February Patronage: Marriages With all the attacks on the institution of marriage, St Valentine is one to call upon in our times of need. His story is not what the world thinks. If the people of the world knew his strong convictions of Christian marriage, I wonder if they would
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Marie ‘Leonie’ Martin “God’s little Violet” Léonie Martin born 1863. A struggling soul whom kept trying to be a Saint despite her difficult personality. She is currently being considered for sainthood. Léonie and her sisters were all named after Our Lady with the name Marie, yet were all known by their second names. Léonie, sister
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