SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th of December WELCOME! SAINT FINNIAN, BISHOP OF CLONARD Saint Finnian  was Bishop of Clonard in Meath; he was famous for his gifts of preaching and became known as 'teacher of the saints of Ireland'. He died in 549. PRAYER In the work of your bishop Saint Finnian, Lord, you formed a multitude of Saints in the knowledge of the Gospel and in the monastic life; in our own day raise up, we pray, at his intercession, Saints to edify your people  by the vitality of their Christian lives. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 7th of April WELCOME! SAINT FINAN OF KEANN-ETHICH, IN IRELAND  ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Finan [Finian] was a native of Munster, and a disciple of St Brendan, with whose blessing he founded the monastery of Cean-e-thich, on the confines of Munster and Meath, and afterwards some others. (From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints) THE APPELLATION "CAM" To distinguish him from other saints of the same name the appellation of Cam or "crooked" has been given to him, either because he was stooped or because he had a squint. His feast day is April 7. (Wikipedia) (🎨 The house of Finan Cam on Church Island, Lough Currane, County Kerry by George Victor Du Noyer) PRAYER: O God, who gladden us with the annual feast of blessed Finan, mercifully grant that, while honouring the anniversary of his death, we may also imitate his deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in t...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 16th of March WELCOME! SAINT FINIAN THE LEPER, ABBOT  ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints (Saint Finian, surnamed Lobhar, or the Leper.) He was son of Conail, descended from Kian, the son of Alild, king of Munster. He was a disciple of St Brendan, and flourished about the middle of the sixth century.  HE SUFFERED FROM A TEDIOUS DISTEMPER He imitated the patience of Job under a loathsome and tedious distemper, from which his surname was given him.  INNISFALLEN The famous abbey of Innisfallen, which stood in an island of that name, in the great and beautiful lake of Lough-Lane in the county of Kerry, was founded by our saint.  ARDFINNAN A second, called from him Ardfinnan, he built in Tipperary; and a third at Cluain-more Madoc, in Leinster, where he was buried. He died on February 2; but, says Colgan, his festival is kept on March 16, at all the above-mentioned places.  NOTE: In the monastery of Innis-falle...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th of December WELCOME! SAINT FINIAN, BISHOP OF CLONARD, CONFESSOR ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Among the early teachers of the Irish church the name of  Saint Finian (St Finan) is one of the most famous next to that of St Patrick.  Saint Finian was a native of Leinster, was instructed in the elements of Christian virtue by the disciples of Saint Patrick, and out of an ardent desire of making greater progress passed over into Wales, where he conversed with Saint David, Saint Gildas, and Saint Cathmael, three eminent British saints.  HE RETURNED TO IRELAND After having remained thirty years in Britain, about the year 520 he returned into Ireland, excellently qualified by sanctity and sacred learning to restore the spirit of religion among his countrymen, which had begun to decay.  Like a loud trumpet sounding from heaven, he roused the sloth and insensibility of the lukewarm and softened the hearts ...