Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

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

May 28 – Whether She Was Upstairs Or Downstairs, She Was Ever Steady

May 25, 2017

April 20 – Blessed John Finch

April 17, 2017

April 20 – “I beg your Lordship…that my lips and…fingers may be cut off…”

April 17, 2017

April 20 – Blessed Richard Sergeant

April 17, 2017

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

March 23, 2017

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 23, 2017

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 23, 2017

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 20, 2017

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 16, 2017

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

November 28, 2016

November 9 – Executed in Oxford, buried with the Templars

November 7, 2016

October 25 – St. Cuthbert Mayne

October 24, 2016

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

October 24, 2016

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 20, 2016

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 17, 2016

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 29, 2016

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

August 25, 2016

August 22 – Venerable John Wall

August 18, 2016

July 1 – Venerable Thomas Maxfield

June 30, 2016

June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 30, 2016

May 28 – Whether She Was Upstairs Or Downstairs, She Was Ever Steady

May 26, 2016

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

May 5, 2016

April 20 – Blessed John Finch

April 18, 2016

April 20 – “I beg your Lordship…that my lips and…fingers may be cut off…”

April 18, 2016

April 20 – Blessed Richard Sergeant

April 18, 2016

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

March 24, 2016

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 17, 2016

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

March 3, 2016

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 25, 2016

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 25, 2016

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 18, 2016

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 18, 2016

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

January 28, 2016

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 21, 2016

December 29 – His Staff Did More Damage Than His Sword

December 28, 2015

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 28, 2015

December 1 – Bl. Ralph Sherwin

November 30, 2015

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 30, 2015

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

November 30, 2015

November 9 – Executed in Oxford, buried with the Templars

November 5, 2015

All Hallows Eve – How many saints were noble?

October 29, 2015

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

October 29, 2015

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 22, 2015

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

October 22, 2015

September 20 – Starved to death for the faith

September 17, 2015

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 7, 2015

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 27, 2015

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

August 24, 2015

August 22 – Venerable John Wall

August 20, 2015

June 22 – St. John Fisher

June 18, 2015

June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 28, 2015

May 28 – Whether She Was Upstairs Or Downstairs, She Was Ever Steady

May 25, 2015

May 4 – They believed in the religious exemption, but only at first

April 30, 2015

April 20 – Blessed John Finch

April 16, 2015

April 20 – “I beg your Lordship…that my lips and…fingers may be cut off…”

April 16, 2015

April 20 – Blessed Richard Sergeant

April 16, 2015

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

March 23, 2015

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