by RQue Royal Design | Apr 30, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, Gaul, at noble parents. He was ordained when he was thirty, and did missionary work at Coutances. Desirous of living as a hermit, he was granted land by king Childebert at Nanteuil. He attracted numerous...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 30, 2024 | Daily Reading
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by RQue Royal Design | Apr 29, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Born Antonio Ghislieri in Bosco, Italy, to a poor family, he labored as a shepherd until the age of fourteen and then joined the Dominicans, being ordained in 1528. Called Brother...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 29, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Acts 14:19-28 19 Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the people against them. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.20 The disciples came crowding round him but, as they did so, he stood up and went...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 28, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not...
