Saints of the Day Saints and biographies from the Catholic calendar

by Universalis Publishing Ltd on September 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Celebrated: 27 SepHe was born in Aquitaine and became a priest. He devoted his whole life to the service of the poor. He founded a congregation of priests for missionary work, groups of laymen to help paupers and galley-slaves, and, with St Louise de Marillac, the Sisters of Charity.See the article in the Catholic Encyclopaedia.

by Universalis Publishing Ltd on September 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Celebrated: 26 Sep25 Sep (Canada)They are buried at Cyrrhus in Syria, where a basilica was constructed in their honour. In the fifth century their cult spread rapidly through the entire Church. Nothing whatever is known about them, and many extravagant legends have grown up; but despite the fact that many pagan mythological stories have attached themselves to them, it is certain that they did really exist.See the article in the Catholic Encyclopaedia.

by Universalis Publishing Ltd on September 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Celebrated: 25 Sep (Ireland)He was Bishop of Cork in the 6th century and is patron saint of the city and diocese. See the article in Wikipedia.

by Universalis Publishing Ltd on September 23, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Celebrated: 24 Sep (Canada)She was born at Montréal on 19 February 1800. She married in 1823 but was widowed four years later and devoted her life, and her fortune, to charitable works.Inspired by her, Bishop Ignace Bourget founded a new religious congregation, which he named the Daughters of Charity, Servants of the Poor, and Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin became its first Superior. The congregation grew and grew, serving the poor, the sick, the old and the insane. The congregation is generally known as the Sisters of Providence and it now serves in nine countries: Canada, the United States, Chile, Philippines, Argentina, El Salvador, Cameroon, Haiti and Egypt.Mother Émilie Gamelin was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 18 December 2000.

by Universalis Publishing Ltd on September 23, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Celebrated: 24 Sep (England)The lady of the manor of Walsingham in Norfolk, Richeldis de Faverches, was instructed by a vision of the Virgin Mary to build in her village an exact replica of the house in Nazareth in which the Annunciation had taken place. The vision occurred, according to tradition, in 1061, though a more likely date for the construction of the shrine is a hundred years later. This feast celebrates the shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Walsingham, one of the great pilgrimage centres of medieval times. The original house was destroyed at the Reformation, but the Shrine was re-established at King’s Lynn in 1897 and the Slipper Chapel became the National Shrine in 1943. The Shrine was raised to the rank of Minor Basilica by Pope Francis in 2015.East Anglian Ordo