Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Sixth Century Irish abbot, a disciple of St. Columba; founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen; abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin; called “Lobhar”–or “the leper”–because he had cured a young boy of the disease; died 560 A.D.
Saint of the Day: St. Louise de Marillac, 1591-1660; wanted to be a nun, but was advised to marry; after being widowed, she worked with St. Vincent de Paul, serving the sick, poor, and neglected; founded what became the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; established over 40 houses in France
Saint of the Day: St. Agnellus of Pisa, 1195-1236; born of a noble clan, received into the Franciscan order by St. Francis of Assisi himself; established the Franciscan English province, and became a friend of King Henry III; helped to avert civil war between the throne and the Earl Marshal
Saint of the Day: St. Seraphina, 1238-1253; known for acts of self-denial and penance even as a young girl; after being orphaned, she was struck with a disease which left her paralyzed; she died on the feast of St. Gregory the Great, as foretold by him to her in a dream
Saint of the Day: St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 560-638; ardent opponent of the heresy of monothelitism; as patriarch of Jerusalem, he taught on the two wills of Christ
Saint of the Day: St. John Ogilvie, 1579-1615; born to Scottish nobility, raised a Calvinist; converted to Catholicism, and became a Jesuit priest; evangelized in Scotland, London, and Paris; arrested in Scotland, and convicted of high treason; hanged in Glasgow at the age of 36
Commemoration of St. Frances of Rome, 1384-1440; devoted wife who served the poor; founded a society of women with no vows, who offered themselves to God and to the service of the poor
Commemoration of St. John of God, 1495-1550; operated a religious goods store for a short time; later established a house for the sick poor; 20 years after his death, his helpers formed the Brothers Hospitallers, now a worldwide religious order
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