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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