Calendar

Saint Fergal (c.700 - 784)
Celebrated: 27 Nov (Ireland)18 Nov (Aberdeen)Fergal (Ferghil, Vergil, Virgil) was an Irish monk, possibly educated at Colbroney under St Samthann and going on to become Abbot of Aghaboe. Like many Irish monks of the time, he set off on his ‘pilgrimage of the love of Christ’, in 723. He passed through France and southern Germany. He […]
Saint John Berchmans (1599-1621)
Celebrated: 26 NovJohn Berchmans was born in Diest, Belgium. He joined the Jesuit novitiate when he was seventeen. Sent to Rome to study philosophy at the Roman College in 1619, he surprised both masters and classmates: he joined an exquisite charity and friendliness to a brilliant intelligence and great emotional maturity. His spiritual diary also […]
St Leonard of Porto Maurizio (1676 - 1751)
Celebrated: 26 Nov (Hexham & Newcastle)Leonard was born in Porto Maurizio in 1676, the son of a master mariner. He joined the Franciscan order and for forty-seven years preached, wrote letters and sermons, and travelled the whole length of Italy. The popularity of the Stations of the Cross is much due to the impetus he […]