Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

March 10 – “I want no prayers from heretics!”

March 7, 2019

March 4 – “Your Honor, was St. Augustine also a traitor?”

February 28, 2019

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 25, 2019

February 27 – “Which of you Gospellers can show such a knee?”

February 25, 2019

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 18, 2019

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 18, 2019

February 15 – One of his last utterances was a prayer for the queen

February 14, 2019

February 1 – Immediately after his martyrdom, they lined up to venerate his relics

January 31, 2019

February 3 – His crime was to call the queen a schismatic

January 31, 2019

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 21, 2019

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 29, 2018

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 29, 2018

December 1 – The Queen bade him ask for what he would

November 29, 2018

St. Ignatius in London as the storm gathers

November 22, 2018

November 25 & 26 – Blessed Hugh Taylor & Blessed Marmaduke Bowes

November 22, 2018

November 9 – Executed in Oxford, buried with the Templars

November 8, 2018

November 2 – His mother celebrated his death as if it were a wedding

November 1, 2018

October 29 – One of the Martyrs of Douai

October 25, 2018

October 25 – Memorial of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Many of Them Nobles

October 22, 2018

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 6, 2018

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 27, 2018

August 27 – “Conform I would not, for it was against my conscience”

August 23, 2018

August 22 – Blessed John Wall

August 20, 2018

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 23, 2018

July 12 – Thomas Tunstall

July 9, 2018

July 6 – Bl. Thomas Alfield

July 5, 2018

June 22 – St. Thomas More

June 21, 2018

June 22 – St. John Fisher

June 21, 2018

June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 31, 2018

May 11 – Martyr of the House of Rochester

May 10, 2018

May 9 – Known personally to the King, he was falsely accused of conspiring to murder him

May 7, 2018

April 26 – His ears were nailed to the pillory

April 23, 2018

April 20 – Blessed Richard Sergeant

April 19, 2018

April 20 – Blessed John Finch

April 19, 2018

March 28 – He refused life and liberty at the price of conformity

March 26, 2018

March 26 – Sheriff’s daughter, but God’s first

March 22, 2018

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 19, 2018

March 10 – “I want no prayers from heretics!”

March 8, 2018

March 4 – “Your Honor, was St. Augustine also a traitor?”

March 1, 2018

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 26, 2018

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 22, 2018

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 19, 2018

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 19, 2018

February 17 – Last Martyr under Elizabeth I

February 15, 2018

February 3 – His crime was to call the queen a schismatic

February 1, 2018

February 1 – Immediately after his martyrdom, they lined up to venerate his relics

January 29, 2018

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 30, 2017

December 1 – The Queen bade him ask for what he would

November 30, 2017

October 25 – St. Cuthbert Mayne

October 23, 2017

October 25 – Memorial of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Many of Them Nobles

October 23, 2017

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 19, 2017

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 16, 2017

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 7, 2017

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 28, 2017

July 26 – Blessed John Ingram

July 24, 2017

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 20, 2017

July 6 – Bl. Thomas Alfield

July 3, 2017

July 1 – Condemned to death for promoting the Catholic faith, he responded “Deo gratias”

June 29, 2017

July 1 – Venerable Thomas Maxfield

June 29, 2017

June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 29, 2017

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