Life of Saints

  • St. Marianne Cope – Jan 23

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    St. Marianne Cope January 23rd, we celebrate the feast of St. Marianne Cope, (1838-1918), also known as Saint Marianne of Molokai, religious, missionary to leprosy patients, who ministered to the forgotten and downtrodden lepers of Hawai’i for over 30 years of her life. Born into a poor family of eight children in Germany, Marianne emigrated…

  • Saint Vincent Saragossa – Jan 22

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    Saint Vincent Saragossa January 22, we celebrate the feast of Saint Vincent Saragossa, (died 304), the Protomartyr of Spain, who when confronted with the most horrific tortures, held true to his faith. Vincent of Saragossa was one of the Church’s three most illustrious deacons, the other two being Stephen and Lawrence. He is also Spain’s…

  • St Agnes of Rome – Jan 21

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    St Agnes of Rome January 21st, we celebrate the feast of Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr, who was only twelve or thirteen years old when she suffered martyrdom for her faith(291-304). Honored as one of the four great virgin martyrs of the Church, Agnes is the patron saint of young women, chastity, and…

  • Saint Sebastian – Jan 20

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    Saint Sebastian January 20th, we celebrate the feast of Saint Sebastian (died 288 AD), Roman soldier and martyr of the early church, who was killed during the Diocletianic persecution of Christians and venerated in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. He was killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian’s persecution of Christians. He is…

  • Saint Henry of Sweden – Jan 19

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    Saint Henry of Sweden January 19, we celebrate the feast of Saint Henry of Sweden (also known as Saint Henrik, or Saint Henry of Uppsala, died 1156), bishop of Sweden, missionary to Finland, and Martyr of the Church. While never formally canonized, Saint Henry remains a central figure in the Scandinavian Catholic Church, given his…

  • St. Margaret of Hungary

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    St. Margaret of Hungary January 18th, we celebrate the feast of St. Margaret of Hungary (January 27, 1242 – January 18, 1270), a Dominican nun, who was known for her penitential spirit and innate kindness and the daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina, the eighth daughter of ten children. According to…

  • St. Anthony of Egypt – Jan 17

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    January 17th, we celebrate the feast of St. Anthony of Egypt, the founder of Western monasticism, who laid the foundations of community life, and whose radical approach to discipleship permanently impacted the Church. Anthony was born around 251, to wealthy parents who owned land in the present-day Fayum region near Cairo. Around the year 270,…

  • St. Joseph Vaz – Jan 16

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    St. Joseph Vaz January 16th, we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph Vaz C.O, (1651-1711), Indian oratorian priest and missionary, and known as the Apostle of Sri Lanka and was canonized on 14 January 2015 by Pope Francis. Joseph Vaz was born on 21st April 1651 in Goa, which at that time was the capital…

  • Saint Gregory of Nyssa – Jan 10

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  • Saint Paul the Hermit – Jan 15

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    Saint Paul the Hermit Today, we celebrate the feast of Saint Paul the Hermit (229-342), also known as Paul of Thebes and regarded as the “First Hermit, ”who lived alone in the desert from his sixteenth to the one hundred and thirteenth year of his life. His feast day is celebrated in the East; he…