The Queen of Peace
The Feast of Our Lady of Peace (also Our Lady of Peace, Mother of Peace, Queen of Peace or Our Lady Queen of Peace) is celebrated annually on January 24. This feast commemorates the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is often represented holding a dove and an olive branch, the symbols [...]
St. John Paul II
St. John Paul II (the Great), Pope 1920 – 2005 October 22 – Optional Memorial Liturgical Color: White Patron Saint of World Youth Day Fully prepared, possessing every skill, a pope for the ages makes maximum impact Thirty-three years after the dark cloud of communism had settled over Eastern Europe, [...]
Saint Ephrem
Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor—Optional Memorial c. 306–373 Patron Saint of spiritual directors and spiritual leaders Pre-Congregation canonization Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XV in 1920 Liturgical Color: White Ephrem was born in the town of Nisibis, near Syria’s border with present-day Turkey. At the time [...]
St. Norbert
June 6: Saint Norbert, Bishop—Optional Memorial c. 1080–1134 Patron Saint of expectant mothers and Bohemia Canonized by Pope Gregory XIII on July 28, 1582 Saint Norbert did not begin his life as a saint. He was born in the town of Xanten, within the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom [...]