Saint Agnes of Montepulcian Feast Day : April 20th Patroness: of young girls This year on Easter Sunday Saint Agnes’ feast day falls on the same day! Alleluia our Lord has resurrected! Just a little on Saint Agnes! Saint Agnes, like all the saints has a deep faith in God. She entered the Dominicans at Montepulciano […]
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Saint Conon Feast: 28th March Patronage: Naso, Italy Born in Sicily (Naso) sometime between 1130 and 1154. He was a Basilian monk and went on pilgrimages to Jerusalem and upon his journey decided to live the life of a hermit. Not too much is well known about this saint yet we do refer to
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Saint Benedict Feast: 21st March Patron of a happy death St Benedict is the Father of Western Monasticism. He was originally a hermit living in Subiaco after he was educated in Rome. Three years later his holiness was noticed and he was asked by the monks at Vicavaro to be the abbot. He ran a
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Saint Joseph Feast: 19th March Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Our Lord Patron of the Universal Church We all know St Joseph. I pray through him a lot as he is the father figure in the Holy Family, which is the ideal model of all families. The Holy Family only started to
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Saint Matilda Feast: 14th March Patroness of: Large families St Matilda was an inspirational saint. As patroness of large families, she was remarkable for her role as wife to Henry of Saxony, as mother to five children; of which one became a saint. A woman of great faith, Matilda’s husband claimed the only reason they
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