SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 17th of September 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, s...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 13th of November WELCOME ! SAINT STANISLAUS KOSTKA, CONFESSOR Stanislaus was of a quiet nature. Very early in life he seems to have realised that nobility does not consist in showing off but in living one’s life according to God’s plan. After all, God had created him for something: he must find out just what that something was and, knowing it, he must have the strength to carry it out. To know what he should do and to have the courage to do it, required more than human strength so he sought guidance and help from God. He could never have been satisfied with drifting through life. He was ambitious because he knew that God makes every man for greatness. LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST IN SHOWING OFF Paul (his brother) undoubtedly regarded Stanislaus’ sickened reaction to off-colour stories as prudish and childish though in reality it showed rather his strength. Stanislaus was mature enough to realise how dangerous such stories and co...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 11th of April WELCOME! SAINT STANISLAUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanow was born in a village in Lesser Poland (Malopolska). He was educated at the Cathedral school in Gniezno, Poland’s capital at the time. He was eventually ordained by Lambert II Sula, Bishop of Krakow. ONE OF THE EARLIEST NATIVE POLISH BISHOPS Following the bishop’s death in 1072, Stanislaus took his place, becoming one of the earliest native Polish bishops. During his time in office he managed to ensure the re-establishment of the metropolitan see in Gniezno which was a precondition for Duke Boleslaw’s coronation as king. After he was enthroned in 1076, Stanislaus managed to persuade King Boleslaw to establish Benedictine monasteries for the evangelisation of Poland. King Boleslaw and Stanislaus fell into conflict when Poland experienced a prolonged war with Ruthenia. The bishop criticised the king for punishing soldiers’ faithless wives...