Feast of St. Robert of Newminster, priest, Benedictine abbot, founder Newminster abbey in Northumberland, England. Died 1159.
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Feast of St. Marcellin Champagnat
Feast of St. Marcellin Champagnat, French Priest and Founder, Marist Brothers. Patron of Education and Teachers. Died 1840.
Feast of St. Boniface of Mainz,
Feast of St. Boniface of Mainz, 1st archbishop of Mainz, the “Apostle of the Germans”. Patron of brewers, World Youth Day & Fulda, Germany.
Feast of St. Achilleus Kewanuka
Feast of St. Achilleus Kewanuka, Martyr of Uganda. Patron of clerks, the press, journalists and writers. Died 1886.
Feast of St. Erasmus of Formia
Feast of St. Erasmus of Formia, also known as St. Elmo, martyr. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Patron of sailors and abdominal pain.
Feast of St. John Baptist Scalabrini
Feast of St. John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop. Patron of Catholic Action, Migrants. Named the “Father of Migrants” by Pope John Paul II.