Saint Patrick – Patron of Ireland – Feastday : March 17 St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world’s most popular saints. Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 461. Along with St. Nicholas and St. Valentine, the secular world … Read more
St. John Bosco – “Apostle of Youth” – Patron of Editors – Feast Day : January 31 What do dreams have to with prayer? Aren’t they just random images of our mind? In 1867 Pope Pius IX was upset with John Bosco because he wouldn’t take his dreams seriously enough. Nine years earlier when Pope … Read more
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