Saints

Saint Brigid of Kildare       Saint Brigid of Kildare is one of Irelan

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Saint Christopher protect us: May faith, health, prosperity and belief accompany you on the journey of your life.   St Christopher gifts available here: 

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John Berchmans 1599-1621 FEAST AUGUST 13 The patron saint of altar servers, from Flanders, John wanted to be a priest from an early age. He was the son of a shoemaker and began priestly studies with the Jesuits at 17. Drawn to simple devotions like praying before a crucifix and saying the rosary, he rose to the top of his class and wa

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Blessed Innocent XI 1611 - 1689 FEAST AUGUST 12 Benedetto Odescalchi was born to a wealthy merchant in Como, Italy. After serving as a cardinal and bishop of Novara, he was elected pope in 1676. He inherited an ongoing conflict with French King Louis XIV over royal interference in church affairs.

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Clare of Assisi 1193 - 1253 FEAST AUGUST 11 Clare was drawn to Francis of Assis radical message of serving God in poverty. Despite objections from her aristocratic family, w

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Oswald 604-642 FEAST AUGUST 5 St. Oswald won control of Northumbria at battle against a pagan army in 634. The night before the conflict he had constructed a huge wooden

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John Vianney 1786-1859 FEAST AUGUST 4 Born near Lyon, France, John was a  farmer’s son who studied for the priesthood for many years, and eventually was ordai

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Ignatius of Loyola 1491-1556 FEAST JULY 31 Inigo Lopez de Loyola was born in 1491, in Loiola, Spain Born in his family’s ancestral Basque castle, he was  a member of the local aristocracy.

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  Peter was born in northeastern Italy. He was archbishop of Ravenna, capital of the Western empire, about 425. The empress heard his first sermon as bishop and he became a patron of building projects and church reforms. Many of his sermons  reveal good preparation, pastoral warmth and many details of Christian

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