Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 19, 2015

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

March 9, 2015

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

March 2, 2015

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 26, 2015

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 19, 2015

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 19, 2015

February 1 – Those who attended his martyrdom lined up to venerate his relics

January 29, 2015

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 22, 2015

December 29 – Blessed William Howard

December 25, 2014

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

November 24, 2014

November 15 – Martyred for God (and Money…)

November 13, 2014

All Saints Day: How many saints were noble?

October 30, 2014

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

October 23, 2014

October 23 – Gentle Birth, But Not Gentle Death

October 20, 2014

September 20 – Starved to death for the faith

September 18, 2014

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 8, 2014

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 28, 2014

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

August 25, 2014

August 22 – Venerable John Wall

August 21, 2014

August 4 – Carthusian Martyrs: The Lone Survivor

August 4, 2014

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 24, 2014

July 26 – Blessed John Ingram

July 24, 2014

July 6 – Bl. Thomas Alfield

July 3, 2014

July 1 – Venerable Thomas Maxfield

June 30, 2014

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

June 30, 2014

June 19 – Execution of second group of those who believed in the religious exemption, but only at first

June 19, 2014

June 22 – St. John Fisher

June 19, 2014

June 1 – Kidnapped for Christ

May 29, 2014

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

May 26, 2014

May 22 – Hanged for Printing a Book

May 22, 2014

May 22 – Queen’s Confessor

May 22, 2014

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

March 10, 2014

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

March 3, 2014

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 27, 2014

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 24, 2014

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 20, 2014

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

January 30, 2014

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 28, 2013

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

November 25, 2013

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

October 24, 2013

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 9, 2013

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 29, 2013

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

August 26, 2013

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 22, 2013

June 22 – He Confronted the Mandate

June 20, 2013

June 22 – St. John Fisher

June 20, 2013

June 19 – Execution of second group of those who believed in the religious exemption, but only at first

June 17, 2013

May 22 – Queen’s Confessor

May 20, 2013

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

March 7, 2013

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

March 4, 2013

February 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 25, 2013

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 25, 2013

February 21 – Hanged for the faith

February 21, 2013

December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

November 29, 2012

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

November 26, 2012

October 25 – Memorial of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

October 25, 2012

September 10 – Arrested while preaching

September 10, 2012

August 30 – Gallant Lady

August 30, 2012

February 27 – Are You Hiding a Priest?

February 27, 2012

August 30 – She smuggled a priest out of prison

August 29, 2011

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