10/16/2021 – St. Gerard Majella
St. Gerard Majella is the patron of expectant mothers. He was born in 1726 in Muro, Italy to a family of seven. Majella grew up in a poverty with a great respect for the poor. As he was just 12 when his father passed away, he was forced to grow up fast. Shortly after his […]
10/15/2021 – St. Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Avila was born Teresa Ali Fatim Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada in Avila, Spain. Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after she was born, Luther started the Protestant Reformation. Out of all of this change came Teresa […]
10/14/2021 – St. Callistus
Pope Callistus I is celebrated in churches throughout the world as a saint and martyr on October 14. The saint caused a major controversy, including a schism that lasted almost two decades, by choosing to emphasize God’s mercy in his ministry. However, the early Pope’s model of leadership has endured, and his martyrdom in the […]
10/13/2021 – St. Edward
Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy. He was born at Islip, England, and sent to Normandy with his mother in the year 1013 when the Danes under Sweyn and his son Canute invaded England. Canute remained in England and […]
Missions Sunday
Mission Sunday 2021 The “Servants of Jesus, the High Priest” Our Catholic Church celebrates Mission Sunday throughout the world.• It’s an opportunity to remember how blessed we are and share some of those blessings with others. It is an honor to welcome Sisters Maria and Marie.• They are members of the “Servants of Jesus, the […]
Vaccination Exemption Letter
If you are in need of a vaccination exemption letter due to your formed conscience objecting to the vaccine, the following link is provided by the USCCB. https://www.ncbcenter.org/ncbc-news/vaccineletter
10/12/2021 – St. Felix and Cyprian
Martyred bishops of Africa who were driven out into the Sahara Desert by the Vandals’ King Hunneric, an Arian. They were reportedly accompanied by almost five thousand Catholics. Their trials and tribulations were recorded by Victor of Utica, a contemporary.
10/11/2021 – St. Kenneth
St. Kenneth, also known as Canice or Kenny, is a man of mystery with not much known about his life. However, legend has it he was born in Ireland at Glengiven sometime between 515 and 527 and died at Aghaboe, County Laois around 600. He first went to Llancarfan, Wales where he was mentored by […]
10/10/2021 – St. Francis Borgia
Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía S.J. (Valencian: Francesc de Borja, Spanish: Francisco de Borja) (1510–1572), venerated as Saint Francis Borgia, was a great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI, a Grandee of Spain, a Spanish Jesuit, and third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was canonized on 20 June 1670 by Pope Clement X.
10/9/2021 – St. Louis Bertrand
Louis was born in Valencia Spain, in a family of nine children. His good parents brought him up well, and he became a Dominican priest. He was very severe as a master of the novices, but even though he did not have a good sense of humor, he taught the novices to give themselves completely […]