Friday, February 19, 2021 Feast of St. Boniface of Lausanne (1183-1260 AD) St. Boniface was born in 1183 (in almost the same year that St. Francis of Assisi was born, 1181) in Brussels, Belgium. So it is appropriate to think of St. Boniface on this day, February 19, when we honor our #1 "Top Ten [...]
Thursday, February 18, 2021 Traditional Feast of St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes, France (born in Lourdes on January 7, 1844, died in Nevers, April 16, 1879, age 35) [Note: her Feast was originally on February 18, that is, today, the anniversary of the day Mary promised to make her happy, "not in this life, but in [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Feast of St. Alexis Falconieri (1200 to 1310), Patron of the city of Orvieto (Italy) Founder and mystic, St. Alexis was in the founding group of the Servants of Mary or Servites. The son of a wealthy merchant in Florence, Italy, Alexis was born in the year 1200, when St. Francis of Assisi was 19 [...]
Monday, February 15, 2021 Feast of Sts. Faustinus and Jovita of Brescia, Italy (early 2nd century AD) and also of Blessed Jordan of Saxony, second head of the Dominican Order after the founder, St. Dominic (early 1200s) Faustinus and Jovita were brothers, nobly born and natives of Brescia in northern Italy. All the incidents in [...]
Sunday, February 14, 2021 Feast of St. Valentine (early 200s to AD 269 or 270), Patron of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages St. Valentine, officially known as St. Valentine of Rome, is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love." Although not much of St. Valentine's life is reliably known, it is generally agreed that [...]
Friday, February 12, 2021 Feast of St. Meletius of Antioch (early 300s to 381 AD) St. Meletius was born in Melitene in Armenia in the early 300s. He became the bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, in 358. In 360, he was named Patriarch of Antioch. There he ordained the future St. Basil the Great as a deacon. He also baptized [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2021 Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes February 11 is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the most famous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The apparition took place in southern France on this day in 1858, 163 years ago. A young, poor girl named Bernadette Soubirous was out collecting firewood [...]
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Feast of St. Scholastica (twin sister of St. Benedict, A.D. 480-543) St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to Monte Cassino, where he established his famous monastery, she took up her abode in the neighborhood at Plombariola, where she founded and governed [...]
