Saints

This feast is the memorial of Our Lady's death, burial, rising to life - her Passover and glorious assumption into heaven. (This year in England and Wales, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to tomorrow, Sunday, and will be celebrated then instead of on its usual date, 15 August.) In ancient times, the churches of the west and many eastern churches, still t... Read More

Franciscan priest and martyr. Maximilian Kolbe is a patron saint of journalists, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, prisoners, and the pro-life movement. He was born near Lodz in Poland, in 1894, while the country was under Russian rule. His parents were Franciscan tertiaries. He joined the junior seminary in 1907 and entered the Franciscans in 1910. Both his parents also became religio... Read More

(This year in England and Wales, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is transferred to today, 16 August, instead of on its usual date, 15 August.) Read about the Assumption of Our Lady here: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/editsaint/237 St Armel Abbot. One of the patron saints of hospitals, St Armel was invoked to cure headaches, fever, colic, gout and rheumatism. He was b... Read More