Saints
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The Year of the Priest – St. Jean Vianney, Patron of Priests
"The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus” On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart 2009, the Holy Father
Saints This Month – 2 September: The Martyrs of September, Blessed John du Lau and Companions
In 1790, the revolutionary government of France enacted a law denying Papal authority over the Church in France. The
8 August – Our Holy Father St Dominic
Lord, let the holiness and teaching of Saint Dominic come to the aid of your Church. May he help us
Saints This Month – 22 July, Mary Magdalen Secondary Patron of the Order of Preachers
St. Mary Magdalene is the secondary patron of our Order with good reason. She was the first to witness
Saints This Month -16 May St. Brendan the Navigator
Saint Brendan had a boat, They proved it could be done. Sailed off to find America, before it had begun
Saints This Month – 30 April St Pius V
Pius V was Pope during one of the most turbulent and unstable times in the history of Christendom. Europe had
Saints This Month – 25 March Saint Dismas
Tradition has given the repentant thief, crucified with Jesus, the name Dismas. Apocryphal writings have suggested that Dismas was a
19 March – Sons of St Joseph
Readings: 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16; Psalm 88; Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22; Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24 or Luke 2:41-51.I attended
Saints This Month – 5 March St Piran of Cornwall
Saint Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall. Until the English reformation Cornwall was a distinct nation under the Crown
Saints This Month – 2 March St Nicholas Owen
Nicholas Owen was a man of very short stature, possibly suffering from what we would diagnose as skeletal dysplasia or
January 25 – Saul to Paul
For the first half of his life he was Saul and for the second part Paul. He became the apostle
26 December – St Stephen, Protomartyr
A homily for St Stephen's Day by Fr Vivian Boland, the master of students, may be found here