Feast of St. Mildgytha, Benedictine nun, abbess, daughter of St. Ermenburg & King Merewalh of Mercia. Her sisters were Sts. Milburga & Mildrith. The three sisters have been likened to the three theological virtues: Mildburh to faith, Mildgyth to hope…

Feast of St. Gudula, daughter of Witger, Duke of Lotharingia and St. Amalberga of Maubeuge, sister of St. Pharaildis, St. Reineldis and St. Emebertus.  Educated by St. Gertrude of Nivelles, Gudula lived at the castle of Morzelles.  Patron of Brussels and single…

Feast of St. Erminold of Prufening, Benedictine monk, abbot and martyr, abbot of Lorsch, later abbot of Pruffening, Germany.  He became the abbot of Lorsch in 1110, abbot of Pruffening in 1117.  Martyred by a member of his own monastery…

Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, First native-born American Saint, Founder – Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, established the first free Catholic school in America (the start of the parochial school system in the U.S.). Patron of Catholic Schools,…

Feast of St. Daniel of Padua, Martyr.  Deacon of St. Prosdocimus, the first Bishop of Padua.  Invoked by women whose husbands are at war.  Died in 168.

Feast of St. Basil the Great, (Basil of Caesarea) Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor, theologian, supporter of the Nicene Creed.  Patron of hospital administrators, Russia, Cappadocia, Reformers, Monks, Education, Exorcism, Liturgists.  Died in 379.

Feast of Mary the Blessed Virgin, also known as Mary the Virgin, Mary Mother of God.  Saint Mary is believed by many to be the greatest of all Christian saints. The Virgin Mother “was, after her son, exalted by divine grace…

Feast of St. Jose Manyanet y Vives, Catalan priest.  Founder Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family and the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family. Born in Tremp, Lleida, Kingdom of Spain. Patron of the Sons of the Holy Family and…

Feast of St. Osmund of Salisbury, England. Count of Sées, Bishop, Norman noble. Following the Norman conquest of England, he served as Lord Chancellor and as the second bishop of Salisbury. Patron of insanity, mental illness, paralyzed people, paralysis, ruptures…

Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, martyr, fisherman, disciple, older brother of Simon Peter.  Patron of fishermen, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, Sicily, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, textile workers, singers, miners, pregnant women, butchers, farm workers, protection against sore throats.