FEAST OF SAINT THOMAS BECKET, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARTYR FEAST DAY – 29th DECEMBER Thomas Becket, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in […]

FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS FEAST DAY – 28th DECEMBER Feast of the Holy Innocents, also called Childermas or Innocents’ Day, is a Christian feast in remembrance of […]

FEAST OF SAINT JOHN, THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST FEAST DAY – 27th DECEMBER John the Apostle (c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD) or Saint John the Beloved […]

FEAST OF SAINT STEPHEN, FIRST MARTYR. FEAST DAY – 26th DECEMBER Stephen, (c. 5 – c. 34 AD) traditionally venerated as the first martyr of Christianity, […]

FEAST OF SAINTS IRMINA AND ADELE, ABBESSES  FEAST DAY – 24th DECEMBER Saint Irmina or Irma was a Benedictine abbess and patroness of St. Willibrord. The […]

FEAST OF SAINT JOHN OF KANTY FEAST DAY – 23rd DECEMBER John Cantius was born in Kęty, a small town near Oświęcim, Poland, to Anna and […]

FEAST OF SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI FEAST DAY – 22nd DECEMBER St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born as Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850 in […]

FEAST OF SAINT PETER CANISIUS FEAST DAY – 21st DECEMBER The energetic life of Peter Canisius, puts paid to the notion that saints lead dull lives. […]

FEAST OF SAINT DOMINIC OF SILOS FEAST DAY – 20th DECEMBER Born in Cañas, La Rioja, to a family of peasants, Dominic worked as a shepherd, […]

FEAST OF SAINT ANASTASIUS I – POPE FEAST DAY – 19th DECEMBER St. Anastasius I was born in Rome. He was the son of Maximus, and […]

FEAST OF SAINTS GATIANUS AND WINEBALD FEAST DAY – 18th DECEMBER SAINT GATIANUS OF TOURS Gatianus, in the third century AD, was the founding bishop of […]

FEAST OF SAINT OLYMPIAS THE DEACONESS FEAST DAY – 17th DECEMBER Olympias was the daughter born to the Antiochian Greek noblewoman, Alexandra and the wealthy Greek […]

FEAST OF SAINT ADELAIDE OF BURGUNDY FEAST DAY – 16th DECEMBER The daughter of Rudolf II, king of Burgundy, and Bertha of Swabia, Adelaide, (born c. […]

FEAST OF SAINT MARY DI ROSA  FEAST DAY – 15 DECEMBER  In the middle of the war in Brescia (Italy) in 1848, on 15 December, the […]

FEAST OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, PRIEST & DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH FEAST DAY – 14 DECEMBER John of the Cross (born 24 June 1542 […]

FEAST OF SAINT LUCY OF SYRACUSE FEAST DAY – 13th DECEMBER St. Lucy, Italian Santa Lucia, (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily; feast day December 13), virgin and […]

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FEAST DAY – 12th DECEMBER Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Roman Catholicism, the Virgin […]

FEAST OF SAINT POPE DAMASUS I FEAST DAY – 11th DECEMBER St. Damasus I, (born c. 304, Rome—died December 11, 384, Rome; feast day December 11), […]

FEAST OF OUR LADY, THE VIRGIN MARY, OF LORETO FEAST DAY – 10th DECEMBER The Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Loreto, on 10th […]

FEAST OF SAINT JUAN DIEGO FEAST DAY – 9th DECEMBER Juan Diego, (1474–1548), a Chichimec peasant and Marian visionary, is said to have been granted apparitions […]