St. Rita was born at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent. Instead they arranged a marriage for her. Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband was a man of violent temper. In anger he often mistreated his wife. He taught their chil

St. Cristóbal Magallanes and Companions – Like Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, S.J., Cristóbal and his 24 companion martyrs lived under a very anti-Catholic government in Mexico, one determined to weaken the Catholic faith of its people. Churches, schools and seminaries were closed; foreign clergy were

PRAYER: O Mary, Queen of the Apostles, take under thy precious protection the Sacred Ministers and all the faithful of the Catholic Church, obtain for them the spirit of unity, and fervent zeal for the salvation of souls; particularly extend your loving help to missionaries, so they may lead all peo

O Mary, Queen of the world, Mother of Goodness, with confidence in your intercession, we entrust our souls to your care. Accompany us every day to the fount of joy. Give us our Saviour. We consecrate ourselves to you, O Queen of Love. Amen Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our swee

PRAYER: Mary, beloved Mother, who showed your precious Patronage in the triumph of Pope Pius VII, extend your holy mantle over Holy Mother Church, especially over her august head, against the assaults of so many enemies; deliver him from temporal sufferings and assist him always that he may securely

St. Theophilus of Corte – May, 19 : O Mary, my most sweet Mother, you who are Queen of Martyrs, through so many heroic acts of courage and fortitude, which you performed on earth, deign to instill in my heart the necessary strength to always serve you. Help me to despise human respect, and fulfill a

INTRODUCTORY PRAYER Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle within them the fire of Thy love! V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Let us pray.O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit dost instruct the hearts of th

PRAYER: O Mary, most powerful Queen, who alone triumphed over the false doctrines that sought to take away so many children from the bosom of Holy Mother Church, help me, I beg you, to keep and preserve my faith firmly and my heart pure amidst the snares and venom of such harmful errors.Our Father..

Caravaggio was an Italian painter of the nineteenth century who depicted the Blessed Virgin Mary in many works of art.  His novena is to be made from the 17th to the 25th of May.

PRAYER: Mary Most Holy, Mother of goodness and mercy, who with your visible help oftentimes freed the Christian people from the assaults and barbarism of our  enemies , I ask you, my Lady, to deliver my soul from the onslaughts of the world, the devil and the flesh; and grant that I may obtain, at a