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  • Saint Cuthbert

    by Kathryn Oates

    St. Cuthbert Feast Day: March 20   It’s a common sight in almost every time and place—a group of boys gathering to play in a field, throwing and catching, running and racing, bashing each other down into the mud and whooping triumphantly in victory. … read more

  • Saint Patrick

    by Kathryn Oates

    Saint Patrick Feast Day: March 17 Irish raiders kidnapped Patrick from his family’s estate when he was only a boy, smuggling him across the ocean. In the northern part of Ireland, Patrick was forced into slavery for six years. To make matters worse for … read more

  • St. Matilda

    by Kathryn Oates

    St. Matilda Feast Day: March 14   Her beauty rivaled only by her piety, Matilda was the daughter of a Westphalian Count and a noble woman from the Danish Court. Born in 895 she was a descendant of the famed Saxon hero Widukind, the chief opponent… read more

  • Saint Paul Miki and Companions

    by Catholic Digest Staff

    Saint Paul Miki and Companions The Martyrs of Japan   When St. Francis Xavier arrived in Japan with the intention of converting the emperor, and thus the people of Japan to Christianity, he couldn’t have landed at a worse time.  It… read more

  • St. Polycarp

    by Catholic Digest Staff

    St. Polycarp Feast Day: February 23   During a pagan festival in 155, a bloodthirsty crowd, having just killed a young man named Germanicus, demanded that all “atheists” (meaning Christians) be executed. The shout of “Fetch … read more

  • St. Brigid of Kildare

    by Catholic Digest Staff

    St. Brigid of Kildare Feast Day: February 1   St. Brigid was thought to have been only six years old when St. Patrick passed away in the 5th century, having successfully planted the seeds of Christianity in the Emerald Isle. Filled with the fire … read more

  • Celebrating Our Saints and Feasts

    by Catholic Digest Staff

    St. Miltiades - January 10 A native of North Africa, Miltiades was elected pope in 311, the year the Edict of Galerius ended decades of hostility and persecution of Christians. Due to a previous emperor, Diocletain, Christian holy sites … read more