St. Dominic Savio – Patron of choir boys and the falsely accused – Feast Day : March 9 St. Dominic Savio was born in Italy in 1842. One day when he was just four, he disappeared and his good mother went looking for him. She found the little fellow in a corner praying with his hands … Read more
St. Jude Thaddaeus – Patron of Desperate Cases – Feastday : October 28 St. Jude, known as ‘Thaddaeus‘ , was a brother of St. James and a relative of Our Saviour. He was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus. Ancient writers tell us that he preached the Gospel in Judea, Samaria, Idumaea, Syria, Mesopotamia, … Read more
St. Francis Xavier – Patron of all foreign missions – Feastday : December 4 Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was born in the family castle of Xavier, near Pamplona in the Basque area of Spanish Navarre on Apr. 7, he was sent to the University of Paris 1525, secured his licentiate in 1528, met Ignatius Loyola and … Read more