Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; born into slavery; unable to keep from feeding the poor and healing them; patroness of Ireland, dairymaids, cattle, midwives, Irish nuns, and newborn babies
Saint of the Day: St. Dallan; kinsman of St. Edan of Ferns; became blind, theoretically, because of his hard work studying; wrote a poem in honor of St. Columba, and when it was published after Columba's death, Dallan's sight was restored; Dallan was murdered by pirates in 598 A.D.
Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274; preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation; the unity harmony, and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings
Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici, 1474-1540; founded the first teaching congregation of women, and founded the first of what are now called "secular institutes" in the Church
Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus; both companions of St. Paul; Timothy was with Paul at the founding of the Church in Corinth; Titus was the administrator of the Christian community on the island of Crete; both died about 95 A.D.
Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622; became provost and the bishop of Geneva, a center for Calvinists, whom Francis sought to convert, with much success; for his writings, he was named patron of the Catholic press; worked with St. Jane Frances de Chantal to establish the Sisters of the Visitation
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