Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Barnabas, Apostle

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Mark the Evangelist

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Mark the Evangelist

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Mark the Evangelist

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Fidelis of Sigmaringen

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Fidelis of Sigmaringen

St David’s Day: Welsh traditions, medieval miracles and how leeks became iconic symbols

When is St David’s Day, who was the patron saint and how is it celebrated every year? St David’s Day

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Today’s Saint(s): St Francis Borgia

Saint Francis Borgia, named for Francis of Assisi at his birth in 1510, was placed under the tutelage of his uncle, Archbishop of Saragossa, after the death of his mother when he was ten years old. Soon he had to go to the court of Spain, as he was destined to be one of the great lords of that nation. There he remained Christian, modest and virtuous.

Sermon “… why fear death…?” St Denis of Paris| ✠Jerome Seleisi

Today’s Saint(s): St Denis of Paris & Companion Martyrs

Of all the Roman missionaries sent into Gaul, Saint Dionysius or Denys the Areopagite, converted by Saint Paul in Athens, carried the Faith farthest into the west, fixing his see at Paris. France claims him as one of her greatest glories.

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St George the Great Martyr

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St George the Great Martyr

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Pope St Anicetus, Martyr

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Pope St Anicetus, Martyr

St. Margaret of Clitherow

Margaret was born in 1556 in Middleton, England. Her father was a wax chandler and both her parents were Protestants.

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