2/01 St Brigid of Kildare She is revered as one of Ireland’s three patron saints. Read more…
2/02 The Presentation of the Lord A mother who had given birth to a man-child was considered unclean for seven days; moreover she was to remain three and thirty days “in the blood of her purification”. Read more…
2/03 St Blaise For decades many United States Catholics have sought the annual St. Blaise blessing for their throats. Read more…
2/04 St Joan of Valois Although she suffered much throughout her life, she accepted her disabilities with patience. Read more…
2/05 St Agatha Legend has it that Agatha, like Agnes, was arrested as a Christian, tortured and sent to a house of prostitution to be mistreated. Read more…
2/06 St Paul Miki and Companions 26 martyrs of Japan were crucified on a hill, now known as the Holy Mountain, overlooking Nagasaki. Read more…
2/07 St Colette At 21 she began to follow the Third Order Rule and became an anchoress, a woman walled into a room whose Read more…
2/08 St Jerome Emiliani Jerome died in 1537 from a disease he caught while tending the sick. Read more…
2/09 St Apollonia She is the patroness of dentists, and people suffering from toothache and other dental diseases Read more…
2/10 St Scholastica She founded a religious community for women near Monte Cassino at Plombariola. Read more…
2/11 Our Lady of Lourdes The Immaculate Conception had a youthful appearance and was clothed in a pure white gown … Read more…
2/12 St Benedict of Anian In 782, he founded another monastery based on Benedictine Rule. Read more…
2/13 St Catherine of Ricci During twelve years Saint Catherine passed every Friday in ecstasy. Read more…
2/14 Sts Cyril and Methodius Cyril’s first work was to invent an alphabet, still used in some Eastern liturgies. Read more…
2/15 St Claude la Colombière Claude showed remarkable preaching skills long before his ordination in 1675. Read more…
2/16 St Onesimus He was a slave who robbed his master and ran away to Rome. Read more…
2/17 Bl Luke Belludi Luke, then only 20, was to be St. Anthony’s companion in his travels and in his preaching. Read more…
2/18 Bl John of Fiesole The patron of Christian artists was born around 1400 in a village overlooking Florence. Read more…
2/19 St Conrad of Piacenza Prayer and penance were his answer to the temptations that beset him. Read more…
2/20 Bls Jacinta and Francisco Marto Mary asked the children to return to that spot on the thirteenth of each month for the next six months. Read more…
2/21 St Peter Damian Peter was a reformer and if he were alive today would no doubt encourage the renewal started by Vatican II. Read more…
2/22 Chair of St. Peter This feast commemorates Christ’s choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of the whole Church. Read more…
2/23 St Polycarp of Smyrna At 86, Polycarp was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive. Read more…
2/24 St Matthias the Apostle, According to a Greek tradition, he preached the Gospel in Cappadocia and in regions bordering the Caspian Sea. Read more…
2/25 Bl Sebastian of Aparicio At the age of 31 he sailed to Mexico, where he began working in the fields. Read more…
2/26 St Porphyry of Gaza He is most known for his generosity to the poor and for his ascetic lifestyle. Read more…
2/27 St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Ever popular and cheerful, Gabriel quickly was successful in his effort to be faithful in little things. Read more…
2/28 St Oswald He was widely known for his sanctity, especially his love for the poor. Read more…
