Saints & Heroes

May 25: “I have loved justice and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile” - Pope St. Gregory VII. This holy Pope is hailed as one of the greatest of the Church's pontiffs.

May 27: Saint Augustine of Canterbury was a monk from Rome who set out to re-evanglize England, which had been conquered by the Anglo-Saxons. He eventually became Bishop of England.

April 15: Saint Hunna was known to be so caring of the poor that she lent a hand in doing the washing for her neighbors in need. Because of this she was known as “the holy washerwoman”.

April 17: Saint Stephen Harding was an heir to a large estate. Desirous of seeking a more perfect way of Christian perfection, he forsook his inheritance and became a monk.

April 18: Saint Galdinus lived in a tumultuous time for the Church. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa plotted to control the papacy, and the Cathar heresy ran rampant.

April 19: Saint Alphege was Bishop of Canterbury during a turbulent time when Danish raiders plundered southwestern England.

April 21: Saint Anselm's great merit lay in his earnest and conscious effort of living according to what he learned from the study of divine truths.

April 22: As a child, Saint Theodore was so given to prayer that he would often give up a meal to spend time in church. At the young age of 18, he was ordained a priest.

April 24: Saint Fidelis was a preacher and confessor who from the beginning of his apostolic life fought heresy, especially in the form of Calvinism and Zwinglianism.