Today's Saint

  Saints for 28th April St. Paul of the Cross    SS. Vitalis and Valeria, Martyrs St. Pollio, Martyr St. Cronan of Roscrea, Abbot St Pamphilus of Sulmona, Bishop St. Cyril of Turov, Bishop St. Louis Mary Montfort St. Peter Mary Chanel, Martyr Bd. Luchesio St. Paul of the Cross, Founder of the Barefooted Clerks of the Holy Cross and Passion (A.D. 1775) St. Paul of the Cross   The founder of the Passionists, St Paul-of-the-Cross, was born at Ovada in the republic of Genoa in I694—the year which saw also the birth of Voltaire. Paul Francis, as he was called, was the eldest son of Luke Danei, a businessman of a good family, and his wife, both exemplary Christians. Whenever little Paul shed tears of pain or annoyance, his mother used to show him the crucifix with a few simple words about the sufferings of our Lord, and thus she instilled into his infant mind the germs of that devotion to the Sacred Passion which was to rule his life. The father would read aloud the li...

Saints for 27th April St. Peter Canisius St. Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia St. Asicus, or Tussach, Bishop St. Maughold, or Maccul, Bishop St. Floribelt, Bishop St. Stephen Pechersky, Bishop St. Zita, Virgin St. Turibius of Lima, Archbishop St. Peter Armegol Bd. Anthony of Siena Bd. James of Bitetto Bd. Osanna of Cattaro, Virgin St. Peter Canisius, Doctor St. Peter Canisius   St. Peter is one of the creators of a Catholic press. He was the eldest son of Jacob Kanis and born in 1521 at Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He lost his mother at an early age and was raised by his stepmother, who instilled in him the fear of God. He took his master of arts degree at Cologne University when he was only nineteen. He proceeded to Louvain to study canon law for a few months to please his father who wanted him to be a lawyer. Discovery that hewas not called to be a lawyer, he refused marriage, took a celibacy vow, and returned to Cologne to study theology. Canisius attended an Ignatian retreat ...