Feast of St. Joseph, the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and legal father of Jesus Christ. Patron of The Catholic Church, unborn children, fathers, workers, carpenters, Belgium, Croatia, realtors, against doubt and hesitation and of a happy death.
Feast of St. Salvator of Horta
Feast of St. Salvator of Horta, Franciscan lay brother from Catalonia, Spain, miracle worker. Major shirine – Church of St. Rosalie, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Died 1567. Canonized 1938.
Feast of St. Patrick and St. Gertrude of Nivelles
Feast of St. Patrick and St. Gertrude of Nivelles. St. Patrick is the well-known patron of Ireland. Today is also the feast day of St. Gertrude of Nivelles. St. Gertrude is the patron of travelers, gardeners and cats.
Feast of St. Eusebia
Feast of St. Eusebia, Benedictine abbess, daughter of Sts. Adalbald and Rictrudis. Elected abbess of Hamage Abbey in France at 12. Died 680
Feast of St. Louise de Marillac
Feast of St. Louise de Marillac, co-founder, (with St. Vincent de Paul), the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Patron of disappointing children, loss of parents, people rejected by religious orders, sick people, social workers, Vincentian Service Corps…
Feast of St. Matilda
Feast of St. Matilda, wife of King Henry I of Germany (Henry the Fowler). Mother of three – Otho, Emperor, Henry, Duke of Bavaria and St. Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne. She is buried in St. Servatius Church, Quedlinburg Abbey. Patron…
Feast of St. Ansovinus
Feast of St. Ansovinus, Bishop and confessor, counselor to Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor. Bishop of Camerino, Macerata, Marche, Italy. Patron of gardeners, invoked for good harvests. Died 840.
Feast of St. Sophronius of Jerusalem
Feast of St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, monk, theologian, and Patriarch. Called the Sophist, he wrote the Florilegium, the life of St. John the Almsgive, the life of St. Mary of Egypt and composed 23 anacreontic odes on the feasts of…
Feast of St. Droctoveus
Feast of St. Droctoveus, monk and then abbot of St. Symphian Abbey at Autun, France. Disciple of St. Germanus of Paris. Died 580.
Feast of St. Catherine of Bologna
Feast of St. Catherine of Bologna, Italian artist, founder, abbess, cloistered nun of The Poor Clares and author Seven Spiritual Weapons Necessary for Spiritual Warfare. Patron of artists, Bologna, Italy Liberal arts and against temptations. Died 1463.