Feast of St. Piran

Feast of St. Piran (Pyran), Fifth-century Cornish abbot and hermit.  St. Piran’s Day is the national day of Cornwall.  Patron of tin miners and Cornwall, although Saint Michael and Saint Petroc also have some claim to the title.

Feast of St. Katharine Drexel

Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, American heiress, philanthropist, religious sister, educator, and founder – Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The 2nd canonized saint born in the United States and the 1st to have been born a U.S. citizen. Patron of racial justice and philanthropy.