SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 4th of November WELCOME! SAINTS CLEMENT AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF TOURS Saints Clement and Companions, Martyrs ( November 4 ). Saints Clement, Primus, Cletus , Theodore , Gaudens , Quiriacus , and Innocentius won the crown of martyrdom in Tours, France. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Clement, Primus, Cletus, Theodore, Gaudens, Quiriacus, and Innocentius 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 JUNE Saints celebrated on the 15th of June WELCOME! SAINT CANTIAN AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS OF AQUILEIA SS. Cantianus et Soc. MM. (June 15) . Saints Cantian ( Cantianus ), Juvanus, Mucius, Proditus, Clement and Cantiana obtained the martyr's palm at Aquileia [in northeastern Italy, on the Natisone River near the Adriatic coast, northwest of Trieste]. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, pp. 550-51) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Cantian, Juvanus, Mucius, Proditus, Clement and Cantiana 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, o...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 30th of April WELCOME! SAINT ORIMONTUS, MARTYR OF ALEXANDRIA  Saint Orimontus ( Clemens , Clement) was a martyr in Alexandria, and a companion of Saint Dorotheus . (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, pp. 806-07) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Orimontus confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. 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 5th of March SAINT CLEMENT, ABBOT Saint Clement (Clemens) was an abbot at the monastery of Saint Lucia at Syracuse. He is said to have lived about the year 800. In 1040, his relics were brought to Constantinople. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 633) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Clement 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 21st of November SAINTS CELSUS AND CLEMENT, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saints Celsus and Clement. The Roman Martyrology states: "At Rome, the martyrdom of the Saints Celsus and Clement." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Celsus and Clement 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 10th of September SAINTS APELLIUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate Saint Apellius and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "Also, the holy martyrs Apellius, Luke, and Clement." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Apellius, Luke, and Clement 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of October SAINT CLEMENT OF LODI, PRIEST Saint Clement (Clemens) was a priest at the church of Lodi (Laude pompeja). It was on his prompting that  St Bassianus was elected bishop of that church. St Clement died about the year 400. (Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Clement 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.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 15th of March WELCOME! SAINT CLEMENT MARY HOFBAUER, PRIEST  (John Dvorak - Saint Klemens Maria Hofbauer) The second founder of the  Redemptorist  Congregation, called “the Apostle of Vienna” was born at Tasswitz in Moravia, December 26, 1751;  he died at Vienna March 15, 1821.  HIS GREAT DESIRE WAS TO BECOME A PRIEST The youngest of twelve children, and son of a grazier and butcher, he was six years old when his father died. His great desire was to become a priest, but his family being unable to give him the necessary education he became a baker’s assistant, devoting all his spare time to study.  THE HERMIT'S LIFE He was a servant in the Premonstratensian monastery of Bruck from 1771 to 1775, and then lived for some time as a hermit. When the Emperor Joseph II abolished hermitages he went to Vienna, where he worked once more as a baker. After two pilgrimages to Rome he again tried a hermit’s lif...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 23rd of January Prayer to the Angels and the Saints Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation. In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven. Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses. Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives,...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 23rd of November WELCOME! SAINT CLEMENT I., POPE (A.D. 100) Saint Clement, the son of Faustinus, a Roman by birth, was of Jewish extraction; for he tells us himself, that he was of the race of Jacob.  He was converted to the faith by St Peter or St Paul, and was so constant in his attendance on these apostles, and so active in assisting them in their ministry, that St Jerome and other fathers call him an apostolic man; St Clement of Alexandria styles him an apostle; and Rufinus, almost an apostle.  Some authors attribute his conversion to St Peter, whom he met at Caesarea with St Barnabas; but he attended St Paul at Philippi in 62, and shared in his sufferings there.  HE SHARED IN ST PAUL'S SUFFERINGS We are assured by St Chrysostom, that he was a companion of this latter, with SS. Luke and Timothy, in many of his apostolic journeys, labours, and dangers.  St Paul (Phil. 4:3) calls him his fellow-labou...