SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 15th of February WELCOME! SAINT SIGFRID, BISHOP AND CONFESSOR The holy bishop and confessor  Sigfrid of Wexiö (Vexio [Växjö]) on the Heiligensee (Saints' Lake [Helgasjön]) in Sweden was an Englishman by birth, of noble blood, but of an even nobler heart. According to the martyrologies, Sweden owes him its conversion to Christianity, which is why he is also called their apostle (of the Goths, Swedes, and Normans).  He landed there at the beginning of the 11th century under King Olaf (Olaus) and worked with great effort to spread the Gospel until his blessed end. The cathedral church of Wexiö [Växjö] is said to have been built by him. One day, as he was celebrating Holy Mass, he saw Jesus present in the form of a handsome boy, just as he was showing the Holy Host to the faithful prior to Holy Communion. Among his assistants, the  Bollandists * list the holy chaplain Aschillus , who was consecrated bishop by...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 15th of February WELCOME! SAINT SUNAMAN, DEACON AND MARTYR Saint Sunaman ( Sunamannus ), commemorated on February 15, a martyr at Wexiö [Växjö] on Saints' Lake [Helgasjön] in Sweden, was a member of Bishop Sigfrid 's missionary team. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 401) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Sunaman may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 20th of April WELCOME! SAINT SULPICIUS AND SAINT SERVILIAN, MARTYRS Much of the legend of Saint Sulpicius (Sulpitius) and Saint Servilian ( Servilianus ) has been fabulously spun afterwards. The  Roman Martyrology* states merely  that they were restrained from idol sacrifices and converted by the admonitions and miracles of Saint Domitilla. What is absolutely certain is that they sacrificed their lives for Christ during the reign of Emperor Trajan, either in Rome or in Terracina. Their feast is celebrated in the diocese of Augsburg on April 20 ( ritu simpl .), since their relics were presented to the blessed Hariolphus and Erlalphus, the founders of the collegiate church of Saint Vitus in Ellwangen, by Pope Hadrian. This happened around the year 773. The feast of the translation is celebrated there on May 23rd. This explains why they are not mentioned in Piazza's * work. Church art depicts the story of their conver...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 31st of August WELCOME! SAINT SUMBERGA, VIRGIN Saint Sumberga (August 31), a nun of Bobbio, is venerated in this city, where a translation of her body took place in 1483. According to the  Bollandists *  (VI. 648) this transfer of her relics is celebrated on the above-mentioned day. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 401) *A hagiography source used by the authors  Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Sumberga may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 1st of May WELCOME! TAKASHI NAGAI, AUTHOR Born in 1908, Dr Nagai, [the "Saint of Urakami"], died in 1951. He started his life in a Japanese country village. In his youth he adopted a fashionable atheism that continued into his years of medical studies. He was at his mother’s bedside as she died and later wrote, “I was so sure that there was no such thing as a soul. But my mother’s eyes told me that the human spirit lives after death. I could not but believe this.” He discovered the writings of Blaise Pascal, a famous scientist who passionately believed in God and prayer. Nagai fretted, “How to pray to a God he thought did not exist?” As a medical student, he found convenient lodging with the Moriyama family who had been Catholics for 300 years. The atmosphere of joy in their home touched him. The  Angelus bells from the nearby Cathedral at Urakami found an echo in his heart. The Moriyama’s had a daughter, Midori, a scho...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd of March WELCOME! BLESSED MARIA MAGDOLNA BODI, VIRGIN AND MARTYR Blessed Mária Magdolna Bódi (Maria Magdolna Bodi), often referred to as "Magdi," was a Hungarian laywoman and martyr recognized by the Catholic Church for her heroic faith and sacrifice.  She was born on August 8, 1921 in Szigliget, Hungary to a relatively poor family. Her parents were farm servants, who worked for different employers and moved around different villages on the western coast of Lake Balaton during Magdi’s childhood. Magdi had two brothers: Gyula and János (John). The marriage of their parents was irregular, and her father was uneducated in religious matters. Magdi distinguished herself in her childhood by her deep piety. She said many prayers every night. She offered many prayers for the conversion of her father, too. Magdi loved her father in spite of his drunkenness and bad manners. Sometimes she put herself between him and her moth...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 22nd of February WELCOME! BLESSED EDUARD PROFITTLICH, ARCHBISHOP OF TALLINN AND MARTYR Eduard Gottlieb Profittlich [pronounced "Pro - fit - leech"] was a German Catholic prelate who served in Estonia and took citizenship of that country in 1935. He was made an archbishop in 1936. The exemplary life of this  Jesuit  is one that speaks to the heart of what it means to be a pastor who gives himself completely to Christ and to God’s people. Born on September 11, 1890 in Birresdorf, Germany, Eduard grew up in a Catholic farming family as the eighth of ten children. His parents hoped he would take over the family farm, but God had other plans. Inspired by his older brother, a  Jesuit  missionary in Brazil who died at the young age of 37, Eduard also joined the Jesuits in 1913. His  Jesuit  formation took him across Europe. He studied in the Netherlands and in Poland and learned several languages. H...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 29th of July WELCOME! SAINT SULIAC, ABBOT Saint Suliac ( Suliacus ) (commemorated on July 29, October 1, November 8) is also spelled Sulia , French Sulieau . The  Bollandists * list this holy abbot as Silinus . He is venerated in the vicinity of  Saint Malo , the bishopric of Rennes, and also in the former bishopric of Leon, which is now united with Quimper.  According to legend, he lived in the 6th century and was a son of King Bromail of Wales, but entered the monastery of Meibod, where he became abbot. He then went as a missionary to Brittany, where he settled at the mouth of the Rance and made numerous conversions through his sermons and his holy life. The small town of Saint Suliac [Saint-Suliac] (Ille et Vilaine) bears his name, but his tomb is still located in the parish church of Plouer.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 39...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 8th of December WELCOME! VENERABLE EGBERT, ARCHBISHOP OF TRIER Venerable Egbert ( Egbertus ) is remembered on December 8 and December 9. Egbert was the son of the very powerful Count Theodoric II of Holland. In his early youth he was entrusted to the education of some pious Benedictine monks, whom he delighted with his piety and zeal. After making his profession as a youth, he received the ordination of the subdeaconate. And when, on the feast of Saint Adalbert , his special patron saint, he was prevented by a fever and ardently desired to be able to serve at the altar, he suddenly regained his health after invoking this saint.  When he was subsequently raised to the archiepiscopal see of Trier (Triers, Treves), he was so at home in his office that it seemed as if, in the solitude of his monastery, he had thought of nothing else but the duties of a bishop. He was a friend of the monasteries, watched strictly over his...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 30th of April WELCOME! SAINT SUIBERT, BISHOP OF VERDEN Saint Suibert (Swithbert,  Suibertus ) (April 30 and September 4), the first bishop of Verden (Werden, Verdia, Ferda ) in Westphalia, also called Suicbertus and Swibertus , is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from the holy  apostle of Friesland , whose feast is celebrated on March 1. He, too, is said to have come from England as a missionary and, because he considered himself highly valuable in spreading the gospel among the Saxons, was appointed bishop by Charles the Great. Details of his life have not come down to us. His death is usually dated to 807. His memory is celebrated in Osnabrück.  (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 398) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast ...