Feast of St. Bertilla Boscardin, member, Congregation of Teachers of St. Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Heart. Canonized in 1961.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Feast of St. Jean de Brebeuf
Feast of St. Jean de Brebeuf, Jesuit missionary in New France, martyred by Iroquois. Patron saint of Canada.
Feast of St. Luke
Feast of St. Luke, one of the Four Evangelists – the four authors of canonical Gospels of Jesus Christ. Patron of Physicians and Surgeons.
Feast of St. Marie Magdalen Desjardin
Feast of St. Marie Magdalen Desjardin. Ursuline martyr of the French Revolution. She was guillotined in Valenciennes. Beatified in 1920.
Feast of St. Gerard Majella
Feast of St. Gerard Majella, Redemptorist sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor. Patron of expectant mothers
Feast of St. Teresa of Avila
Feast of St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, Founder Discalced Carmelites. Patron of Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers.
Feast of St. Calixtus
Feast of St. Calixtus, Pope and Martyr. Succeeded St. Zephirin as Pope. Patron of Cemetery workers.
Feast of St. Colman of Stockerau
Feast of St. Colman of Stockerau, martyr. Patron of hanged men, horses. Invoked for husbands by marriageable girls, against plague, gout.
Feast of St. Edwin of Northumbria
Feast of St. Edwin of Northumbria, Martyr King. Died in battle against King Cadwallon and Penda of Mercia. Patron of converts; hobos; homeless people; kings; parents of large families.
Feast of St. Gummarus
Feast of St. Gummarus, abbot at Lierre. Patron of childless people, difficult marriages, hernia sufferers, separated spouses, woodcutters.