Feast of St. Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, founder and writer of Basque origin. Founder of the Hogar de Cristo foundation. Patron of Chile, poor people, street children and social workers.

Feast of St. Mamas of Caesarea, Child-Martyr, shepherd. Patron of Langres, France, breastfeeding babies, protector of sufferers of broken bones and hernias in Murero, Zaragoza, Spain.

Feast of St. Hyacinth, Dominican missionary, “Apostle of Poland”. Preached in Poland, Pomerania, Denmark, Prussia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Russia, China, Tibet. Patron of Lithuania & Hyacinth’s Basilica, 3636 W. Wolfram St., Chicago. Invoked by those in danger of drowning.

Feast of St. Tarsicius, martyred on the Appian Way while carrying the Eucharist to imprisoned Christians. Patron of first communicants.

Feast of St. Werenfrid of England (Werenfrid of Arnheim), Benedictine monk. Priest. Confessor, Missionary in Frisia. Born in England, studied in Ireland under St. Egbert, sent to convert the Frisians. Patron of vegetable gardeners, invoked against gout and stiff joints.

Feast of St. Cassian of Imola,  Bishop of Brescia, teacher, Martyr. Stabbed to death by his students. Patron of schoolteachers, shorthand-writers, parish clerks, Mexico City, Imola & San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy,and Las Galletas, Tenerife, Spain.

Feast of St. Euplius of Catania, deacon and Martyr, arrested for owning a copy of the Bible during the Diocletianic persecutions. Patron of Catania, Francavilla di Sicilia and Trevico, Sicily

Feast of St. Clare of Assisi, founder, the Order of Saint Clare (the Poor Clares). Patron of eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry and television.

Feast of St. Candida Maria of Jesus, founder, Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, a congregation for the education of children and the advancement of the women in Salamanca, Spain. Patron of Educators and Daughters of Jesus also known as Hijas De Jesus.

Feast of St. Dominic of Caleruega, Castilian priest and founder, Dominican Order. Patron of Astronomers, astronomy, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Valletta, Birgu (Malta), Managua and falsely accused people.