Saints

Franciscan laybrother. Patron of Eucharistic devotions. Paschal was born in 1540 at Torre Hermosa, in Aragon. He came from a poor shepherd family. In 1564 he joined the reformed Friars Minor of Peter of Alcantara at the convent of Loreto. Paschal worked very hard with the sick and poor and was known for his good humour. One day he was observed performing an elaborate dance before a statue of Our... Read More

St Simon Stock Carmelite friar. According to tradition, Simon Stock was born somewhere in Kent, possibly the village of Stockbury, and lived in Aylesford. The surname 'Stock' appears in some documents but not in others, and is related to a story that the Saint lived for a time in a hollow tree ('stock' meant tree trunk) before the arrival of the Carmelites in England. Little is known of his earl... Read More

Franciscan brother. Felix of Cantalice, OFM Cap, was born on 18 May 1515, to peasant parents in Cantalice, Italy. He was the third of four sons born to Santi and Santa Porri. They were poor farmers. At about the age of ten, Felix was hired out first as a shepherd to a family at Cittàducale, where he later worked as a farm hand. Until the age of 28 he worked as a farm labourer and shepherd. He d... Read More