ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 7th of January WELCOME! SAINT RAYMOND OF PENNAFORD, PRIEST Saint Raymond of Pennaford [Penyafort] was born at Barcelona of the noble family of Pennaford. He was diligent in prayer and the study of canon and civil law at Bologna, where he received his doctorate and interpreted the sacred canons with distinction. DILIGENCE IN PRAYER Bishop Berengarius made him a canon and provost of the church of Barcelona, and Raymond’s virtue, learning, and pleasant disposition made him outstanding. DEVOTION TO OUR LADY He strove to his utmost to promote devotion to Our Lady. At about forty-five, he became a Dominican. On his advice, his penitent, St Peter Nolasco, founded with James I of Aragon the order of Our Lady of Mercy, for the Ransom of Captives, for which Raymond wrote a very suitable rule. LIFE AND WORK AS A DOMINICAN By order of Gregory IX , he made a one-volume collection of the Papal decrees called the Decretals. He firm...