Saints

Jesuit priest. John Regis was born in 1597, in Fontcouverte in south-eastern France and lived most of his life there. He worked as a teacher and priest through the plague years, tending the sick, visiting prisons, collecting food and clothing for the poor and setting up homes and work projects for the rehabilitation of prostitutes. Throughout his priesthood John walked long distances, through di... Read More

Archbishop. Martyr. Born in Co Meath, Ireland, in 1625, at a time when penal laws against Catholics were very severe, Oliver studied with the Jesuits in Rome and became professor of theology at the Propaganda College. In 1669 he was made Bishop of Armagh at Ghent and returned to Ireland. The church had become very neglected because of years of persecution and the shortage of bishops. Within his ... Read More

The disciple Thomas is called 'Didymus the Twin' in the New Testament, but throughout the Christian world he is known as 'Doubting Thomas'. He searched for the truth but found it hard to accept or understand. In St John's Gospel, when Jesus says: "I go to prepare a place for you. And I will come again and I will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am... Read More