SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 30th of April WELCOME! SAINTS AMATOR, PETER, AND LOUIS, MARTYRS Saints Amator, Peter, and Louis were 9th century martyrs: a Spanish priest with his deacon and layman, who were put to death by the Moors at  Cordova [Cordoba], where he had zealously laboured, encouraging his fellow-Christians to remain faithful to Christ, no matter how much persecuted because of Him. From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Amator, Peter, and Louis 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 APRIL   Saints celebrated on the 28th of April WELCOME! SAINT LOUIS-MARIE GRIGNION DE MONTFORT, MISSIONARY  ➡️ True Devotion to Mary - The Manuscript Found in a Chest Missionary in Brittany and Vendee; born at Montfort, January 31, 1673; died at Saint Laurent sur Sevre, April 28, 1716. HE FOUND HIS TRUE VOCATION From his childhood, he was indefatigably devoted to prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, and, when from his twelfth year he was sent as a day pupil to the Jesuit college at Rennes, he never failed to visit the church before and after class. He joined a society of young men who during holidays ministered to the poor and to the incurables in the hospitals, and read for them edifying books during their meals. At the age of nineteen, he went on foot to Paris to follow the course in theology, gave away on the journey all his money to the poor, exchanged clothing with them, and made a vow to subsist thenceforth only on alms.  A HIGHLY GIF...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 25th of August WELCOME! SAINT LOUIS IX, KING OF FRANCE Saint Louis was king of France, son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile, born at Poissy, April 25, 1215; he died near Tunis, August 25, 1270. He was eleven years of age when the death of Louis VIII made him king.  HIS MOTHER ACTED AS REGENT While he was still a minor, Blanche of Castile acted as regent. St Louis married Marguerite of Provence at the age of nineteen, by whom he had eleven children. In the first years of the king’s personal government, the Crown had to combat a rebellion. St Louis’s victory in 1242 was followed by the Peace of Bordeaux.  Taking advantage of the respite which the Peace of Bordeaux afforded, he turned his thoughts towards a crusade.  HE RESOLVED TO TAKE THE CROSS Stricken down with a fierce malady in 1244, he resolved to take the cross when news came that Turcomans had defeated the Christians and the Moslems and invaded Jeru...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH   Saints celebrated on the 30th of March   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 th...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 12th of July WELCOME! SAINTS LOUIS AND ZELIE MARTIN GREAT CHRISTIAN PARENTS THROUGH FAITH AND EXAMPLE Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin were themselves the children of two fervent Christian families in the proud land of Normandy in the north of France; formed by the good example all around them and well instructed in the faith. The childhood of Louis was happy and serene, but Zelie had more than her share of suffering. Her health was poor, and her mother was over-severe. ‘Although she was good,’ Zelie wrote years later to her daughter Pauline, ‘she did not know how to handle me, and so I suffered much in my heart.’ DESIRE FOR THE RELIGIOUS LIFE To both, in their youth, came the desire to consecrate themselves to God in the religious life. Louis, of a contemplative disposition, knocked at the door of the famous monastery of the Great St Bernard in the Alps. Zelie, given to the active life, applied to the Sisters of Charity of St V...