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St. Bernardine of Siena Feast date: May 20 The Catholic Church honors St. Bernardine of Siena on May 20. A Franciscan friar and preacher, St. Bernardine is known as “the Apostle of Italy” for his efforts to revive the country’s Catholic faith during the 15th century. Bernardine Albizeschi was born to upper-class parents in the … Read moreSt. Bernardine of Sienaon May 20, 2025 at 12:23 am
Saint Celestine V, Pope Feast date: May 19 Celestine is a saint who will always be remembered for the unique manner in which he was elected Pope, for his spectacular incompetence in that office, and for the distinction of being the first pontiff ever to have resigned. Pietro di Murrone was born in born 1215 in … Read moreSaint Celestine V, Popeon May 19, 2025 at 1:23 am
St. John I, Pope Feast date: May 18 On May 18, the Catholic Church honors the first “Pope John” in its history. Saint John I was a martyr for the faith, imprisoned and starved to death by a heretical Germanic king during the sixth century. He was a friend of the renowned Christian philosopher Boethius, … Read moreSt. John I, Popeon May 18, 2025 at 1:23 am
St. Pascal Baylon Feast date: May 17 Pascal was born at Torre-Hermosa, in the Kingdom of Aragon, on May 24, 1540. He was born on the Feast of Pentecost, which in Spain is called “the Pasch of the Holy Ghost”, which is why he received the name Pascal. He died at Villa Reale, May 15, 1592, on Whitsunday. His parents, … Read moreSt. Pascal Baylonon May 17, 2025 at 12:25 am
Blessed Antonia Mesina Feast date: May 17 Antonia Mesina was born into a poor family in a small town in Sardinia, Italy, in 1919. She was the second of 10 children and she had to leave school after only four years to help her bed-ridden mother who suffered from a heart condition tend to the … Read moreBlessed Antonia Mesinaon May 17, 2025 at 12:25 am
St. Simon Stock Feast date: May 16 On May 16, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Simon Stock, a twelfth- and thirteenth-century Carmelite monk whose vision of the Virgin Mary is the source of the Brown Scapular devotion. Simon was born during 1165 in the English county of Kent. He is said to have been strongly … Read moreSt. Simon Stockon May 16, 2025 at 1:23 am
St. Andrew Bobola Feast date: May 16 Andrew Bobola is a Polish-born martyr. He was born in Sandormir, Poland, in 1591 to a noble family. He was ordained a Jesuit in 1622 and three years later became a parish priest in Vilna, Lithuania, the town in which he had studied. He also served as superior … Read moreSt. Andrew Bobolaon May 16, 2025 at 1:23 am
St. Isidore Feast date: May 15 Isidore was born in 1070 in Madrid, Spain. His family was poor, and he labored as a farmer on the land owned by a rich man named John de Vergas. He was very pious and such a good worker that de Vergas allowed him to worship daily in the … Read moreSt. Isidoreon May 15, 2025 at 1:23 am
St. Matthias, Apostle Feast date: May 14 Matthias, whose name means “gift of God”, was the disciple chosen to replace Judas as one of the twelve Apostles. The Acts of the Apostles state that he was also one of the 72 disciples that the Lord Jesus sent out to preach the good news. Matthias was … Read moreSt. Matthias, Apostleon May 14, 2025 at 12:23 am
Our Lady of Fatima Feast date: May 13 May 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She appeared six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, and his sister Jacinta, 6, between May 13, 1917 and … Read moreOur Lady of Fatimaon May 13, 2025 at 2:23 am