Tuesday, August 26, 2025

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Peter of Alcantara Read more

St. Peter of Alcantara

Peter was a contemporary of well-known 16th-century Spanish saints, including Ignatius of Loyola and John of the Cross. He served as confessor to Saint Teresa of Avila. Church reform was a major issue in Peter’s day, and he directed most of his energies toward that end. His death came one year before the Council of Trent ended. Born into a noble family—his father was the governor...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 271
Blessed Contardo Ferrini Read more

Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Blessed Contardo Ferrini, T.O.S.F., was a noted Italian jurist and legal scholar. He was also a fervent Roman Catholic, who lived a devout life of prayer and service to the poor. He has been beatified by the Catholic Church. He was born on 5 April 1859 in Milan, Italy, to Rinaldo Ferrini and Luigia Buccellati. He was baptized at the same baptismal font where the Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, also a...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 271
St. Gerard Majella Read more

St. Gerard Majella

Gerard Majella, C.Ss.R. was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. At 27, Majella was controversially identified by a young pregnant woman as the father of her child. To avoid exposing Majella as the father, St. Gerard accepted the blame silently. His superior, St Alphonse Ligouri,...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 285
Saint Thecla of Kitzingen Read more

Saint Thecla of Kitzingen

Saint Thecla of Kitzingen (died ca. 790 AD) was a Benedictine nun and abbess. Born in England, she went to Germany to assist Saint Boniface in his missionary labors. Born in southern Britain, Thecla was a relative of Saint Lioba. Thecla and Lioba were educated at Wimborne Abbey and later joined the Benedictine community of nuns there. When Boniface wrote the Abbess Tetta, requesting helpers...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 304
Pope St. Callistus I Read more

Pope St. Callistus I

Pope St. Callistus I (d. 223 A.D.) was a Roman by birth and a Christian slave. He was the servant of a fellow Christian serving in the Roman imperial household. He was entrusted with the task of managing his master's wealth, which he used to operate a bank into which many Christians invested their money. When the bank failed due to unpaid loans, Callistus fled the city in fear of...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 258
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