SAINT FEAST DAY FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 11th of May WELCOME! SAINT WALTER, ABBOT OF ST. PETER  Monastery yard in the snow Saint Walter ( Gualterius, Galterus, Galterius, Gualterus, Gauterus, French : Gautier or Gauthier ) was born into a noble family in Guyenne (Aquitaine) around the year 990. His father Raymond and his mother Gualburga (Walburgis) raised him with great care. Later he came under the guidance of the pious Israel , canon regular of Dorat ( Scotoria ) in the diocese of Limoges, and then entered the canonry himself. There he distinguished himself by his pious conduct; he sought to imitate the particular virtues of all, in order to gather within himself the good he found in everyone. Later, he was elected abbot of Lesterp (Stirps, Stirpum)[Saint-Pierre de Lesterps (St. Peter)].  In this new sphere of activity, he behaved with such great wisdom toward everyone that each individual considered himself indebted to him as his special patron, and ...

  SAINT WALTER, ABBOT Saint Walter ( Gualterius , Galterus, Gualteras, Valterus, Walther) lived in the 13th century. He is particularly venerated in the bishopric of Fermo (Firmum Picenum) in the Papal States He was born in Rome of noble stock. His father is called Euritus, the mother Victoria, and it is added that they received their son from God through unceasing prayer. On his forehead, from his birth, he wore a wonderful sign in the form of a cross, which is said to have shone on certain occasions. Even now, this can be observed whenever his relics are exposed for the veneration of the faithful. Upon Walter growing up, his father wanted to marry him off. In this distress, the young man went to the priest Armandus and was advised to turn to God with confidence. Walter did so, and suddenly perceived a voice from above, telling him to flee. He escaped in the company of a pious  lad and came to a forest in the valley of Marana in the Picene region north-east of Rome. Here the...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 23rd 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 their lives, so ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JUNE Saints celebrated on the 4th of June            WELCOME! SAINT WALTER OF SERVILIANO, ABBOT Saint Walter of Serviliano was a native of Rome, and in his youth withdrew himself from the tumult of the world to make the study of God and himself his only employment.  HE BUILT A MONASTERY By the exercises of self-denial and holy contemplation, he had already made great progress in an interior life, when, out of a desire of following perfectly the sweet call of divine grace, he retired to San-Serviliano, a town in the diocese of Fermo, in the Marche of Ancona, where he some time after built a monastery, of which he was chosen the first abbot.  A TENDER DEVOTION TO THE CROSS AND SACRED PASSION OF CHRIST Though endowed with an eminent spirit of all Christian virtues, and a sublime gift of heavenly contemplation, he was most remarkable for his tender and extraordinary devotion to the cross and sacred passion of Christ. He...