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The saint who grew up in poverty and saw the Virgin Mary

St Bernadette grew up uneducated, undernourished and asthmatic

St Bernadette (April 16) lived a humble life of deep Catholic devotion

Daily readings: April 14-20

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Daily readings: April 7-13

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

The saint who showed a revolutionary fervour for educating the poor

Relics of St Jean-Baptiste de La Salle in the chapel of the Generalate of his order in Rome

Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (April 7) was the founder of the Institute for the Brothers of the Christian Schools

The saint who wrote The Ladder of Divine Ascent

A detail from an icon depicting the Ladder of St John Climacus

St John of Climacus (March 20) was responsible for one of the most important devotional texts of the Middle Ages

Daily readings: March 10 – 16

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Daily readings: March 3 – 9

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Daily readings: February 24 – March 2

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

The saint who would interrupt Mass with a public confession of her wickedness

St Margaret of Cortona hired a woman to lead her around Montepulciano 
with a rope around her neck, crying out: ‘Look at Margaret, the sinner’

St Margaret of Cortona (February 22) lived as a mistress to a nobleman for nine years

Daily readings: February 17 – 23

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms