Feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret, archbishop and founder, Claretians and Claretian nuns. Patron of Textile Merchants, Weavers, Savings, Catholic press, Claretian Educators, Technical and Vocational Educators.

Feast of St. John of Capistrano, Franciscan friar, preacher, Soldier Saint. Patron of Jurists. Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, known for annual Return of the Swallows.

Feast of St. Pope John Paul II, visited 129 countries in 27 years. Patron of World Youth Day, Young Catholics, Families. Canonized 4/27/14.

Feast of St. Bertilla Boscardin, member, Congregation of Teachers of St. Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Heart. Canonized in 1961.

Feast of St. Jean de Brebeuf, Jesuit missionary in New France, martyred by Iroquois. Patron saint of Canada.

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. Ursuline martyr of the French Revolution. She was guillotined in Valenciennes. Beatified in 1920.

Feast of St. Gerard Majella, Redemptorist sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor. Patron of expectant mothers

Feast of St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, Founder Discalced Carmelites. Patron of Headache sufferers, Spanish Catholic Writers.

Feast of St. Calixtus, Pope and Martyr. Succeeded St. Zephirin as Pope. Patron of Cemetery workers.