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St. Colette Feast date: Mar 06 St. Colette was the founder of the Colettine Poor Clares (Clarisses) Colette was born January 13, 1381 as the daughter of a carpenter named DeBoilet at Corby Abbey in Picardy, France. Orphaned at seventeen, she distributed her inheritance to the poor. She became a Franciscan tertiary, and lived at Corby … Read moreSt. Coletteon March 6, 2025 at 1:25 am
St. John Joseph of the Cross Feast date: Mar 05 Self-denial is never an end in itself but is only a help toward greater charity—as the life of Saint John Joseph shows. John Joseph was very ascetic even as a young man. He devoted himself even at his youngest years to a life of poverty … Read moreSt. John Joseph of the Crosson March 5, 2025 at 12:24 am
St. Casimir of Poland Feast date: Mar 04 On March 4, the Catholic Church honors Saint Casimir Jagiellon, a prince whose life of service to God has made him a patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, and young people. In 1984, Pope John Paul II addressed Lithuanian pilgrims commemorating the 500th anniversary of the prince’s death. … Read moreSt. Casimir of Polandon March 4, 2025 at 12:23 am
St. Katharine Drexel Feast date: Mar 03 On March 3, the universal Church celebrates the feast of St. Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia heiress who abandoned her family’s fortune to found an order of sisters dedicated to serving the impoverished African American and American Indian populations of the United States. Katharine was born November 26, 1858 … Read moreSt. Katharine Drexelon March 3, 2025 at 1:23 am
Feast date: Mar 02 Charles was a son of Canute IV of Denmark and Adela of Flanders. When he was only five years old, his father was assassinated in St. Alban´s Church, Odence. He was taken by his mother to the court of Robert, his maternal grandfather and Count of Flanders as a suitable place … Read moreBlessed Charles the Goodon March 2, 2025 at 12:23 am
St. Agnes of Prague Feast date: Mar 02 St. Agnes was born in Prague in the year 1200, and probably died in the year 1281. She was the daughter of Ottocar, King of Bohemia and Constance of Hungary, who was a relative of St. Elizabeth. At an early age she was sent to the monastery of Treinitz, where … Read moreSt. Agnes of Pragueon March 2, 2025 at 12:23 am
St. Angela of the Cross Feast date: Mar 02 St. Angela of the Cross is the Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross. Born on January 30, 1846 in Seville, Spain, and given the baptismal name “Maria of the Angels” Guerrero Gonzalez, the future Saint was affectionately known as … Read moreSt. Angela of the Crosson March 2, 2025 at 12:23 am
St. David of Wales Feast date: Mar 01 Among Welsh Catholics, as well as those in England, March 1 is the liturgical celebration of Saint David of Wales. St. David is the patron of the Welsh people, remembered as a missionary bishop and the founder of many monasteries during the sixth century. David was a … Read moreSt. David of Waleson March 1, 2025 at 12:23 am
Blessed Villana de’Botti Feast date: Feb 28 Villana de’Botti was a wife and a Third Order Dominican. She was born in Florence in 1332. She was a very pious child, and at age 13 she ran away from home to join a convent. She was refused and returned home. Soon after, her family married her … Read moreBlessed Villana de’Bottion February 28, 2025 at 1:23 am
Blessed Maria Caridad Brader Feast date: Feb 27 Mother Maria Caridad Brader was born into a pious family in Kaltburn, Switzerland, in 1860. Maria was unusually intelligent and her mother, a widow, went through great pains to give her a good education. Despite her mother’s opinion, Maria entered a Franciscan convent in 1880. She made … Read moreBlessed Maria Caridad Braderon February 27, 2025 at 10:19 am