Helena Kowalska was born into a poor religious family on 25 August 1905 in Głogowiec, near Łódź in Poland. In spite of her parents’...

St. Teresa of Calcutta was Albanian and born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje in present day North Macedonia and began life named Agnes Gonxha...

Dear Lord as we On this Third Sunday of Lent, we continue to journey with you, in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We offer our struggles...

Little is known about St Joseph except what is contained in the Gospels. He openly accepted God’s will and supported Mary by becoming her...

It is said that St Cecilia sang to God during her wedding - and that is why she is the patron saint of musicians. Although we know little...

St Patrick was born in Britain near the end of the 4th century and died in Ireland in around the mid-5th century. He was captured as a...

"If you have too much to do, with God's help you will find the time to do it all," said St Peter Canisius. He lived what he preached, and...

St Richard was born at Llandiloes in Montgomeryshired, Wales. He was well educated, studying at Cambridge and Oxford and he went on to...

Lord Jesus, we give you our week ahead. We give you this Monday, and ask that you be with us. We entrust everything of the weekend just...

In today’s Gospel we hear the account of The Transfiguration and our prayer is taken from the Missal, on the Feast Day, which is the 10th...

Born in Lima, in Peru he lived in poverty until his father acknowledged him. At 12, he became an apprentice barber, later entering a...

St Helier is the first Saint of Jersey who was a hermit from Belgium. He lived in a cave above the town which is now known as St Helier....

Saints Felicity and Perpetua were martyrs in the year 203AD, at Carthage in North Africa. The writer, Perpetua, was 22, a noblewoman, and...

Anthony was born in Lyubech in present day Ukraine in 983. From an early age he was interested in spiritual life which inspired him to...

The phrase "speaking truth unto power," could have been designed for St John Chrysostom. When he became Archbishop of Constantinople...

St Albert the Great was the ideal teacher. He enthused his pupils with his own passion for learning, about everything from science to...

Dear Lord, We give you this Sunday and the week ahead and all that we will encounter. We continue to follow you on our Lenten jounrey,...

Dear Lord as we enter this weekend, the first weekend of Lent. We journey with you, in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We offer our...

Juan Diego was born in Mexico who in 1531 saw Our Lady. Born a poor Aztec named Speaking Eagle, he was baptised Juan Diego by a...

St Bede was born in the North of England near the monastery of Wearmouth, which he later joined. He spent his life studying and writing,...