Martyr

July 29 – He regained the hearts of his people only after his death

July 27, 2015

July 24 – St. John Boste

July 23, 2015

July 26 – Blessed John Ingram

July 23, 2015

July 27 – Wanted: Noble Men for the Missions, Never to Return Home

July 23, 2015

July 17 – Martyred in the Name of Equality

July 16, 2015

July 10 – Seven Holy Noble Brethren

July 9, 2015

July 3 – The Twin

July 2, 2015

July 4 – Unsung American Hero

July 2, 2015

July 6 – Mother-in-law Woes

July 2, 2015

July 6 – Bl. Thomas Alfield

July 2, 2015

July 1 – Venerable Thomas Maxfield

June 29, 2015

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

June 29, 2015

July 1 – The Marquis of Lescure destroys two thirds of Westermann’s army and saves the lives of captured enemy soldiers

June 29, 2015

June 27 – Chivalrous King

June 25, 2015

June 24 – He denounced the king’s adultery

June 22, 2015

June 19 – St. Jean-Louis Bonnard

June 18, 2015

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

June 18, 2015

June 7 – Martyr Prince of the Wends

June 4, 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 22 – Hanged for Printing a Book

May 18, 2015

May 15 – Beautiful Princess, Tragic Story

May 14, 2015

May 16 – Patron of Poland

May 14, 2015

May 18 – St. Eric, King of Sweden, Martyr

May 14, 2015

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

May 7, 2015

May 11 – Martyr of the House of Rochester

May 7, 2015

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

April 30, 2015

April 24 – “I came to extirpate heresy, not to embrace it”

April 23, 2015

April 27 – Noble Model of Confidence

April 23, 2015

April 22 – Father of Origen

April 20, 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

December 20 – Her church ranks third in Rome

April 13, 2015

April 16 – Martyred in the name of Equality

April 13, 2015

April 13 – Pope St. Martin I

April 9, 2015

April 6 – With his head split open, he wrote on the ground with his own blood: “Credo”

April 2, 2015

March 28 – “I have fought for God and king, and it is for them that I am going to die”

March 26, 2015

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

March 23, 2015

The Refractory Priests

March 19, 2015

March 21-22 – James Harrison

March 19, 2015

March 18 – Martyr King

March 16, 2015

The Crusades – Part IX

March 9, 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 26 – Blessed Robert Drury

February 23, 2015

February 20 – Repeatedly racked

February 19, 2015

February 21 – Shakespeare’s Inspiration

February 19, 2015

February 23 – St. Polycarp’s martyrdom

February 19, 2015

The Crusades – Part I

February 9, 2015

February 10 – He fought socialism in both its Nazi and Soviet forms…and paid for it with his life

February 9, 2015

February 5 – St. Agatha

February 5, 2015

February 4 – Portuguese noble and favorite of the king, he strove to convert the nobility of India – and paid for it with his life

February 2, 2015

January 30 – St. Martina

January 29, 2015

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

January 29, 2015

February 2 – “Though in chains, he is as gay as a little bird”

January 29, 2015

January 22 – Defended by a raven

January 22, 2015

January 24 – They called him “Ironmonger”

January 22, 2015

January 20 – A dove landed on his head, and you would not believe what happened next!

January 19, 2015

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