SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 26th of May WELCOME! BLESSED HENRI PLANCHAT, PRIEST AND MARTYR Blessed Henri Planchat Father Mathieu Henri Planchat, son of a Magistrate, was born November 8 , 1823, in the Loire region of France. His father, a devout Christian, was subsequently posted to Chartres and then to Lille, before being appointed president of the Court of Oran in Algeria. Despite being separated from his family, young Henri continued his education in Paris, studying law, as his father had wished, but no sooner had he obtained his law qualification than he entered the seminary San Sulpice , Issy-les-Moulineaux. During his theological studies, he took part in one of the conferences of the Society of  Saint Vincent de Paul , presided over by Jean-Leon Le Prevost. It was through this involvement that he became acquainted with the Institute of the Brothers of  Saint Vincent de Paul  - founded by Le Prevost in 1845 - and discovered his vocati...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 23rd of May WELCOME! SAINT WICBERT, MONK Saint Wicbert [Guibert] ( May 23 ), the founder of the monastery of Gembloux - a man from a highly distinguished family - exchanged his knightly arms for a monk’s habit and retired to the monastery of Gorze . He was so fervent in his faith that he dared to preach the Gospel to the Hungarians during their predatory raid into Lorraine, and he actually succeeded in bringing about some conversions. He died on  May 23 , 962. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 783) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: May the intercession of Saint Wicbert commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. 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 the...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 12th of May WELCOME! ENEMOND MASSE, PRIEST AND MISSIONARY Stained glass design featuring North American missionaries Nesmes Masse [Massé], one of the first Jesuits sent to the New World, was born August 3, 1575 at Lyon. The eldest son of Francois Masse, a baker, he entered the novitiate of the  Society of Jesus   at Avignon on August 22, 1595, taking the name Enemond [Énemond]. Immediately following his ordination, he requested to be sent as a missionary. Having arrived in Acadia in 1611, he was taken prisoner by the English two years later. The English sent him back to France, upon which he served as the rector of La Fleche College for more than ten years. In 1625, he travelled to Quebec. There he lived with the Recollets, and  Father Charles Lalemant  entrusted to him the work of completing Notre-Dame-des-Anges , in which the missionaries began to live in 1626. Enemond was once again taken prisoner by ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 1st of December WELCOME! SAINT ALO, BISHOP Saint Alo, Bishop (feast day December 1 ; alternatively June 25 ).  Saint Alo was a bishop and is likely the same person as  Saint Eligius (French: Eloi ), who served as Bishop of Noyon in France.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 144) *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 Alo 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

  WELCOME! VENERABLE FRANCIS PALU, BISHOP  Venerable Francis Palu ( Franciscus Palu ), Bishop of Heliopolis and Apostolic Vicar of Tonkin, was a canon at  Saint Martin ’s in Tours when he departed for the mission in China. After immense efforts toward the propagation of the faith, he died a holy death in 1684 in Mogang, a city in Fujian . (Mg.) Source: Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon [Complete Lexicon of Saints], Vol. 2. Augsburg 1861, p. 296. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 296) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org ⬅️ Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions - Martyrs of Vietnam   ➡️ Martyr Saints of China  

  WELCOME! DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY  The Divine Mercy Image ➡️ Feasts, Solemnities, and Liturgical Seasons The Feast of Mercy is officially celebrated on the Sunday after Easter, as requested by Our Lord : The Feast should be preceded by a  Novena  of  Chaplets to the Divine Mercy beginning on Good Friday. The Sermon by the priest that day should be on Divine Mercy – that is the mercy which God the Father bestows on us through Jesus Christ His Son. That we contemplate, on this day, the Mystery of Redemption as the greatest revelation of Divine Mercy towards us. The  Image of the Divine Mercy is to be ceremoniously blessed that day. The Image is to be publicly venerated. The Image should be exposed to all taking part in the celebration (to demonstrate this, an Image could be left in a position that all can touch and say “Jesus I trust in You”). This can be carried out during the celebration like the kissing of the Cross on Good Friday or as people leave the Chu...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 19th of November WELCOME! SAINT JEAN DE LALANDE, MARTYR Martyrdom of Fathers Brebeuf and Lalemant, two of Saint Jean de Lalande's fellow Canadian Martyrs - Artist: Joseph Légaré Jean de Lalande [John de Lalande] was born in the Norman seaport of Dieppe and was probably in New France by 1642. He served on the staff of the  Jesuit  residence at Three Rivers until he set out from Quebec on September 24, 1646 with  Father Isaac Jogues , two or three Hurons and a Huron-Iroquois. Jean de Lalande volunteered to accompany  Father Jogues despite that missionary’s description of the hardships of the life he led and the dangers he faced because of the conflicts between tribes. The Hurons had asked  Father Jogues  to lead them on an embassy to the Mohawks to negotiate a treaty. They were captured by a Mohawk war party.  Father Jogues  was tomahawked over the head. Jean de Lalande, too, was ki...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of November WELCOME! SIGEBERT OF GEMBLOUX, MONK AND CHRONICLER Sigebert of Gembloux Sigebert of Gembloux was a Benedictine monk and historian, born near Gembloux which is now in the Province of Namur, Belgium, about 1035; he died at the same place, November 5, 1112. Apparently he was not a German, but seems to have been of Latin descent. He received his education at the Abbey of Gembloux and at an early age became a monk in this abbey; after this he taught for a long time at the Abbey of Saint Vincent at Metz. About 1070 he returned to Gembloux, where he was universally admired and venerated, and had charge there of the abbey school until his death. While at Metz he wrote the biographies of Bishop Theodoric I of Metz (964 - 985), of King Sigebert III, founder of the monastery of Saint Martin at Metz, and also a long poem on the martyrdom of Saint Lucia, whose relics were venerated at the Abbey of Saint Vincent. After ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 29th of October WELCOME! SAINT SIGEBERT, KING OF EAST ANGLIA, MARTYR Death of Saint Sigebert in the battle with the Mercians - Sidney Paget, c. 1898 Saint Sigebert, king and martyr, who died about 637, was the stepbrother of Earpwald, king of the East Angles. During the reign of Redwald he lived an exile in Gaul where he received baptism and became an ardent Christian. Earpwald died about 627, and East Anglia seems to have relapsed into anarchy and heathenism for some three years until Sigebert returned thither, about 631, and became king. He at once set about the conversion of his people, being greatly assisted by Saint Felix, who seems to have come over from Gaul with him, and for whom a see was established at Dunwich in Suffolk. Another prominent figure in Sigebert's revival was the Irish monk, Saint Fursey, or Fursa, for whom he built a monastery at Burghcastle in Suffolk. With the aid of Saint Felix, Sigebert also est...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 4th of July WELCOME! SAINT ANTOINE DANIEL, MISSIONARY PRIEST AND MARTYR Antoine Daniel [Anthony Daniel] was born on May 27 , 1601, in Dieppe, France, as the son of a merchant. He grew up with three brothers and joined the  Jesuit  order at age twenty, after completing three years of university - two in philosophy and one in law. From 1623 onwards, he taught at  Jesuit  colleges in France. While teaching in Rouen, Father Daniel had the chance to catechize and baptize a Huron student. This event contributed to his desire to commence missionary work among the Huron natives of New France (today’s Canada). While teaching, he had also met  Father John de Brebeuf , recently exiled from New France, and a while later Father Daniel indeed became a missionary to the New World. Father Daniel arrived in Acadia, Canada, in 1632, and was sent to Quebec a year later. There he first taught at school. His opportunity t...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 7th of December WELCOME! SAINT CHARLES GARNIER, MISSIONARY PRIEST AND MARTYR The Canadian Martyrs incl. Saint Charles Garnier  Saint Charles Garnier, born on May 25 , 1606, had to be persistent in asking to become a missionary because his father Jean de Garault, a wealthy Parisian gentleman, opposed his desires and obstructed his first request.  Eventually, his family consented, and he commenced his studies of classics, philosophy, and theology at the  Jesuit  college of Clermont, joining the order in 1624, and being ordained a priest in 1635. Father Garnier requested to be sent to the Canadian mission, and sailed in 1636 on the same fleet as Governor Montmagny. He was sent forthwith to the Huron country, where he was to spend the fourteen years of his heroic apostolate without ever returning to Quebec. In six months he mastered the difficult language, and began a career of unceasing charity whi...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 18th of November WELCOME! CHARLES LALEMANT, JESUIT SUPERIOR The cover of the Jesuit Relations for 1662–1663, a report published annually from  Jesuit   missions in the field to their superiors to update them on the missionaries' progress. Charles Lalemant [Charles Lallemant] was born in Paris, November 17 , 1587; died there, November 18 , 1674. He was the first superior of the  Jesuit  missions in Canada, and his letter to his brother Jerome dated August 1 , 1626, inaugurated the series of " Relations " about the missionary work in that country. Thwarted by the Trading Company at Quebec in his efforts to evangelize the indigenous Americans, he went back to France to protest. Attempting to return to America his vessel was captured and he was sent as a prisoner to England. A second attempt resulted in shipwreck off Cape Canso , and on his way back to France in a fishing smack which picked him up he was ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 29th of September WELCOME! SAINT RENE GOUPIL, MARTYR Saint Rene Goupil [René Goupil] was born on May 13 , 1608 in Saint Martin in Anjou, France, the son of Hypolite Goupil and of Luce Provost. His baptism took place on May 15 , 1608. It is noted that Saint Rene formally studied surgery - rather than merely being one of the barber-surgeons of his time. On March 26 , 1639, he entered the  Society of Jesus   in Paris, as a lay assistant (donné) rather than as a  Jesuit , because of his progressing deafness - a note preserved in the archives of the  Jesuits   of Chantilly, near Paris, informs us that he had to discontinue his noviciate for this reason: " Renatus Goupil a tirocinio Parisiensi exclusus erat, quia surdaster ." The following year he offered himself to the Society for missionary work in Quebec, promising to obey the  Jesuit  superior, to receive no remuneration and live a celiba...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 18th of October WELCOME! SAINT ISAAC JOGUES, MISSIONARY PRIEST AND MARTYR Saint Isaac Jogues Saint Isaac Jogues (born January 10 , 1607, Orleans, France) and his companions were the first martyrs of the North American continent officially recognised by the Church. Saint Isaac entered the  Jesuits  at Rouen when he was 17 years old. Two months after celebrating his first Mass on February 10 , 1636, he was on his way to the  Jesuit   mission in the New World. He wrote his mother of his great joy when he landed in Quebec and saw native Americans waiting on shore. After only a month and a half, he set out on his first expedition to the Hurons, travelling the 900 miles to Ihonatiria by water. Saint Isaac met  Father Jean de Brebeuf at Ihonatiria , and began learning the Huron language.  The Hurons were constantly warred upon by the Iroquois. In 1641 Saint Isaac began missions to the Ojibwa people ...

  WELCOME! SAINT ALEXANDER, RELIGIOUS  Saint Gregory of Tours  mentions a certain Saint Alexander, who was a monk and lived in the Auvergne. His tomb is located in Clermont.  (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 131) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: May the intercession of Saint Alexander commend us to you, so that through his merits we may obtain that which we cannot accomplish by our own. 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 NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 4th of November WELCOME! SAINT QUIRIACUS, MARTYR A companion of Saint Clement , Saint Quiriacus was martyred at Tours. His memorial day is November 4 . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 12) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Quiriacus 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 NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 13th of November   WELCOME! SAINT QUINCTIAN, BISHOP OF CLERMONT Saint Quinctian ( Quinctianus ) is commemorated on November 13 ; alternatively June 14 . He was a bishop in the Auvergne who attended the First Council of Orléans. According to  Saint Gregory of Tours , Quinctian was the successor to Sidonius Apollinaris ; he is included in the Roman Martyrology *. He is the same person as Saint Quintian of Rodez , from where he travelled to the Auvergne (Clermont). (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 4) *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 Quinctian 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 Sp...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 4th of November WELCOME! SAINT THEODORE, MARTYR OF TOURS Saint Theodore ( Theodorus ), commemorated on November 4 , was a martyr at Tours, a companion of  Saint Clement . (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, pp. 468-69) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Theodore 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 MARCH   Saints celebrated on the 1st of March WELCOME! SAINT SIMPLICIUS, CONFESSOR Saint Simplicius, commemorated on March 1, was a confessor from Tours, known in French as " Simples ." A city gate and a parish church in that city bear his name. He lived during the 7th century. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 326) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Simplicius 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