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December 9, 2006

St. Juan Diego

St. Juan Diego was born in Cuauhtitlan (in modern-day Mexico) in 1474. This poor farm worker converted to Christianity when he was about 50 years old. The Virgin Mary appeared to him at Guadalupe in December 1531. This image of her became known as Our Lady of Guadalupe. He died in 1548. Juan Diego was...
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December 8, 2006

Immaculate Conception

Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast honors the Virgin Mary, who was conceived without original sin. Pope Pius IX declared the Immaculate Conception to be an official dogma of the Catholic Church in 1854. It is a holy day of obligation.
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December 7, 2006

St. Ambrose of Milan

St. Ambrose of Milan was born in Gaul (modern-day Germany) circa 340. He tried to mediate a dispute over the replacement for the bishop of Milan after the bishop died. Both sides were so impressed with Ambrose that he was chosen to become bishop. Ambrose was baptized, ordained a priest and made a bishop Dec....
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December 2, 2006

St. Bibiana

St. Bibiana was a virgin and martyr. Although there is very little information about her, one account says she lived during the time Julian the Apostate. Julian persecuted Christians, including Bibiana and her family. Her parents and her sister were persecuted and died. Bibiana was tortured to death. St. Bibiana is patron saint of torture...
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November 30, 2006

St. Andrew the Apostle

St. Andrew the Apostle, a fisherman, followed St. John the Baptist until St. John pointed to Jesus and called him the Lamb of God. After that, Andrew followed Jesus and knew he was the Messiah. Andrew brought his brother Simon (who became St. Peter) to Jesus. Jesus told them they would be fishers of men....
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November 29, 2006

St. Saturninus

St. Saturninus lived in the third century. The pope sent him to Gaul around 245 so that he could preach. Saturninus became bishop of Toulouse, where he converted many through his preaching. He was martyred circa 257.
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November 28, 2006

St. James

St. James of the Marches, who was born in Ancona, became a Franciscan in 1416. Ordained at age 29, he served as a missionary in Italy, Germany, Bohemia, Poland and Hungary. Along with St. John Capistran, he was named inquisitor against the Fraticelli by Pope Martin V. He went to Austria and Hungary to fight...
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November 27, 2006

St. Virgil

St. Virgil was born in Ireland in the eighth century. The Benedictine monk made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 743, but he stopped in Bavaria on his way home and never left. He became abbot of St. Peter’s monastery in Salzburg, Austria, and later became bishop of the same city in 765. St....
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November 25, 2006

St. Mercurius

St. Mercurius was a military hero following a battle with the barbarians. It is said that during the First Crusade, he helped St. Demetrius and St. George. For this reason he is seen as a warrior saint. St. Mercurius was martyred when he refused to sacrifice to pagan gods. He died circa 250 in what...
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November 24, 2006

Ss. Flora and Mary

Ss. Flora and Mary of Cordoba were Christians who lived in the 800s. Flora was born into a Muslim family, but she converted to Christianity. The young woman took a vow of chastity. When Flora’s parents arranged for her to get married, Flora ran away with her Christian friend Mary. They were betrayed by Flora’s...
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November 22, 2006

St. Cecilia

St. Cecilia lived in late first and early second century. She promised God her virginity, but her parents arranged for her to marry Valerian. Cecilia told Valerian that she was with an angel, but he had to be purified so that he could see the angel. Valerian was purified and baptized, and he saw Cecilia...
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November 20, 2006

St. Felix of Valois

St. Felix of Valois was born in Valois, France, in 1127. While he was young, he was blessed by St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Pope Innocent II. He became a Cistercian monk at Clairvaux and lived as a hermit in the Italian Alps. Along with St. John of Matha, the priest founded the Order of...
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