St Magdalen of Canossa (April 10)
Spiritual Life
Saint Of The Week
The rich, handsome marquess who dedicated herself to the poor
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Saint of the week
The saint who believed he was ‘a plague-spot in soul and body’
Friday, 30 March 2012
Saint of the week
St Vincent Ferrer (April 5) believed that Jews should be rooted out of Spain. His anti-Semitic sermons sparked riots that killed thousands
The priest who saw no need for a bed
Friday, 23 March 2012
Saint of the week
St Joseph Oriol (March 23) sought obscurity and self-abnegation but ended up being celebrated throughout Barcelona
The carpenter who kept hundreds of fugitive Catholics alive
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Saint of the week
St Nicholas Owen (March 22) was tortured horribly but did not give up any compromising information
The fourth century’s most holy family
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Saint of the week
St Gregory of Nyssa (March 9) had nine siblings, and four of them have been declared saints
How religious ecstasy and a narrow escape from death led to a life devoted to the sick
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Saint of the week
St John of God, March 8
The strict Passionist once known as ‘the dancer’
Monday, 27 February 2012
Saint of the week
St Gabriel Possenti (February 27)
The painter who would not pick up a brush without first saying a prayer
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Saint of the week
Fra Angelico (February 18) believed it was impossible to create a Christian image without living a Christian life
The pope who told an emperor his mind was coarse
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Saint of the week
St Gregory II (February 11) was a treasurer, librarian and theological adviser before becoming pope
The brilliant Ecuadorian teacher who was too modest for Paris
Thursday, 9 February 2012
Saint of the week
St Miguel Cordero (February 9), born with crippled legs, wrote his country’s standard Spanish grammar textbook aged 19
This Pentecost remember the Pope in your prayers and Malta’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith