Saints of the Month
September Saints
Posted by Barbara Hill on 9/07/23
St. Gregory the Great | September 3
Saint Gregory the Great lived in a most turbulent time. There were devastating episodes of plague, the sacking of Rome and the breakdown of strong Roman rule, invasions by Lombards and Franks, floods, and a widening gap between imperial Byzantium and the ... Read More »
April/May Saints
Posted by Barbara Hill on 4/27/23
St. Bernadette Soubirous - April 16
At the age of 14, St. Bernadette (1844-1879) was living in abject poverty with her family in a one-room basement which had previously been used as a jail, in the town of Lourdes in southern France. She was a sickly child, having fallen ... Read More »
February Saints
Posted by Barbara Hill on 2/02/23
St. Josephine Bakhita: February 8
The story of St. Josephine Bakhita (1869-1947) is a story that many people taken into slavery have experienced. Born in the Darfur region of Sudan, she was kidnapped at the age of 8 and sold into slavery many times. As she passed from owner ... Read More »