Feast of St. Peter Canisius, Jesuit priest, Doctor of the Church, lead the Society of Jesus in restoring the Church in Germany after the Protestant Reformation.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Feast of St. Dominic of Silos
Feast of St. Dominic of Silos, Benedictine Abbott. Patron of captives; pregnant women; prisoners; shepherds, against rabies; insects.
Feast of St. Bernard Valeara
Feast of St. Bernard Valeara, Bishop. A Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino, appointed Bishop of Teramo in 1115. Patron of Teramo, Italy
Feast of St. Winebald
Feast of St. Winebald, Benedictine Abbot, missionary, brother of Sts. Willibald and Walburga, founded the monastery of Heidenheim, Germany.
Feast of St. Jose Manyanet y Vives
Feast of St. Jose Manyanet y Vives, Catalan priest. Founder Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family. Died 1901, Canonized 2004.
Feast of St. Adelaide
Feast of St. Adelaide, Patron of brides; exiles; in-law problems; parents of large families; second marriages; step-parents; widows.
Feast of St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa
Feast of St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, founder of the Handmaids of Charity in Brescia, Italy, in 1839. Died in 1855.
Feast of St. Venantius Fortunatus
Feast of St. Venantius Fortunatus, Poet and Bishop. Wrote Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium Certaminis, Vexilla Regis and 11 books of poetry.
Feast of St. Lucy
Feast of St. Lucy, or Saint Lucia, martyr, patron saint of the blind and those with eye-trouble. Her feast day is a festival of light.
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, appeared to St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in 1531. Patron of the Americas.