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May 8: Saint Magdalena had a dream in which Our Lady showed her needy girls, poor children and sick people. She founded the Canossians order to help the less fortunate.

May 5: Saint Hilary helped establish monasteries, and strengthened the discipline and orthodoxy of the Church through several councils. He sold Church property to ransom those kidnapped, and is said to have worked miracles in his lifetime.

May 3: Saint Philip, was the third apostle, after Andrew and Peter; Saint James "the lesser" was a brother of John and was also known as “James the Just”.

April 23: Saint George was a high ranking officer of the Roman Army. Since Roman soldiers were banned from practicing Christianity, St. George was tortured and martyred for his Faith.

April 25: Saint Mark the Evangelist, author of the 2nd gospel, accompanied Saints Peter, Paul, and Barnabas in their missionary work.

May 9: Pachomius heard a voice which instructed him to build a monastery. This monastery rapidly grew, so much that he built ten more to house more monks.

May 11: Saint Francis di Girolamo was an incredibly talented preacher. Wherever he went, people were spellbound by his eloquence and crowded his confessional.

May 13: Saint John the Silent lived for 104 years, spending 76 of those years in silent conversation with God.

May 10: Fr. Damien volunteered as a missionary priest to the leper community on the island of Moloka'i to better serve God. He himself contracted leprosy.