Feast of St. Velleicus of Kaiserswerth, Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbot, disciple of St. Swithbert, evangelized Germany, abbot of Kaiserswerth on the Rhine.

Feast of St. Margaret the Barefooted, wife and model of charity. Patron of brides, difficult marriages, victims of abuse and widows. Died 1395 in San Severino, Italy.

Feast of St. Joseph Calasanctius, Spanish priest, theologian, confessor, synodal examiner, procurator, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools and the Piarists (Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools).  Patron of Catholic Schools.

Feast of St. Jane Antide Thouret, Foundress, Institute of the Daughters of Charity in Besancon, France. Patron – Sisters of Divine Charity.

Feast of St. Rose of Lima, virgin, lay Dominican, first saint born in the Americas. Patron of gardeners, embroiderers, florists, India, for the resolution of family quarrels, indigenous peoples of the Americas, Peru, Philippines, against vanity, Santa Rosa, CA & Latin America.

Feast of St. Sigfrid of Wearmouth, deacon and Abbott, disciple of St. Benedict Biscop, known for his knowledge of Scripture, his temperance and obedience. Named coadjutor abbot of Jarrow and abbot of Wearmouth on death of St. Erstwine.  He died in 690.

Feast of Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot, mystic, Doctor of the Church, preached the 2nd Crusade. co-founder of the Knights Templar, leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order. Patron of Cistercians, Burgundy, beekeepers, Gibraltar, Algeciras, Knights Templar & Binangonan, P. I.

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. Hyacinth, Dominican missionary, “Apostle of Poland”. Preached in Poland, Pomerania, Denmark, Prussia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Russia, China, Tibet. Patron of Lithuania & St. 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.