Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne
November 18th is also the optional memorial of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769 - 1852), a native of France, but who spent much of...
Pope Benedict and Gertrude the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Saint Gertrude the Great
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
St Gertrude the Great, of whom I would like...
Saints Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude of Germany
Beautiful and demure Margaret of Scotland (+1093) was the devoted wife of Malcom III, King of the nation to which she fled as a...
St Joseph Moscati, Holy Physician of the Poor
(We need examples and intercessors of saintly physicians, and here is a re-post of the life of one of the greats, Saint Joseph Moscati....
Albert, the Great Theologian and Scientist
Saint Albert (1200-1280), whose life spans what William Walsh called the 'greatest of centuries' was given the title 'the Great', even before his death....
Sanctus Albertus Magnus
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Saint Albert the Great
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
One of the great masters of medieval theology is...
Saint Lawrence O’Toole and His Irish Heart
November 14th marks the memorial of Saint Lawrence O’Toole (1125 - 1180), Lorcán Ua Tuathail in the original Gaelic. Lawrence was an Irish monk,...
Saint Josaphat, Martyr for Unity
Our Lord seems to have been speaking of our modern crisis when he warns that scandals are sure to come, and woe to him...
Angelus, 2007: Saint Martin of Tours
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St Peter's Square
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, 11 November, the Church remembers St Martin, Bishop of Tours, one of the most...
Remembering Our Soldiers, and Saint Martin, Their Patron
It's Remembrance Day here in Canada as well as Britain and the rest of her dominions and territories, called Veterans' Day down south, commemorating...