Calendar

Pope St Callistus I (- 222)
Celebrated: 14 Oct (worldwide)Most of what we know of Callistus comes from attacks by his contemporaries, notably Tertullian and the antipope Hippolytus.As a young slave Callistus was put in charge of a bank by his master Carpophorus, in which the brethren and widows lodged money. Callistus lost it all, and fled. When his master caught […]
St Edward the Confessor (1003 - 1066)
Celebrated: 13 Oct (England)He became King of England in 1042. He was regarded as a saint during his lifetime, renowned for his generosity to the Church and to the poor and for his readiness to listen to his subjects’ grievances. He died on 5 January 1066, the last of the old Anglo-Saxon line, and his […]
Our Lady of Aparecida
Celebrated: 12 Oct (Brazil)The statue of Our Lady of Aparecida has been venerated since it was found by fishermen in October 1717 after they had prayed to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The statue was kept at the house of one of the fishermen for fifteen years, until the local parish priest had a […]