St Brigid of Ireland Feast Day: February 1st Patroness: Ireland and Students Little is known of Saint Brigid of Ireland, although we do know she was friends with Saint Patrick. What’s that saying about the company you keep? Did your mother ever say something like; “the people you hang around with will be who you […]
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Saint Thomas Aquinas Feast: 28th January Patron: University Students, Studies and Universities “The things we love tells us who we are” Saint Thomas is a well-known and frequently referenced Saint. He is a doctor of the Church and patron of all university students, studies and universities. He was a learned man with much to
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Saint Sebastian FEAST: 20th January Patron: soldiers, archers, policemen and athletics Saint Sebastian is a Martyr and patron saint of many types. The categories of people many of us may know, or have part of our close family. Maybe not so much archers for most, but we all know or have husbands/boyfriends/sons/brothers who are athletic,
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Saint Paul the Hermit DATE: 15th January Our Catholic Saints are well known for their faith, their following of God’s will throughout their life and their prayer life. We have Saints whom are patrons and protectors against certain things within our worlds, such as fires, families, rain, job searching etc. But did you know that
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Saint Caspar FEAST: January 2nd Saint Caspar was one of the Founders of Missionaries of the Precious Blood. He was ordained as a priest in 1808, where he was shortly exiled from Rome for his beliefs. He spent five years in exile then returned to Rome, which had been wiped out of priests and sacraments
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Saint Genevieve Feast Day: 3rd January St Genevieve was a saint of great charity, constant prayer and austerity. As a child St Genevieve was singled out in a large crowd gathered around a “man of God” which foretold her future. She was a consecrated virgin and continued her life of prayer. There was a time
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Feast day: 25th December Saint Anastasia Anastasia was an incredible Saint. Full of the joy of the Lord. At the beginning of her life her Father was a pagan whilst her Mother was a Christian. Her Mother had Anastasia secretly baptised. Anastasia grew up as a secret Christian, although was later married to a pagan
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Saint Adelaide FEAST: 16th December 2013 Patron of: Large families, brides, second marriages, parent in-law problems. St Adelaide was an interesting Saint. St Adelaide’s story begins when her father engaged her to be married, at the young age of two. She was betrothed at age 15 to Lothair of Italy. After his sudden death three years into
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St Lucy FEAST: 13th December 2013 Virgin, Martyr, Patroness of the Blind St Lucy, whose name literally means ‘light’, is often pictured holding her eyeballs on a dish. Which may not seem like a very nice image, although this was part of her young martyrdom, as her eyes were plucked out as a form of
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Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) December 3rd Feast Day Saint Francis Xavier is the patron Saint of priests and foreign missions. He was a great missionary in the history of the church from Spain. Upon his missions, Saint Francis Xavier had to face sea sickness, the immorality of unfaithful Christians, violent raiders, inadequate funds and open
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