Friday, 8 May 2026

9 MAY – SAINT GREGORY NAZIANZEN (Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

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  Gregory, a Cappadocian nobleman surnamed the Theologian on account of his extraordinary learning in the sacred sciences, was born at ...
Thursday, 7 May 2026

7 MAY – SAINT STANISLAUS OF CRACOW (Bishop and Martyr)

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  Stanislaus was born at at Szczepanówin the diocese of Cracow, Poland, in 1030 to the pious Catholic couple Belislaus and Bogna. His...
Wednesday, 6 May 2026

6 MAY – SAINT JOHN AT THE LATIN GATE

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Dom Prosper Guéranger: The Beloved Disciple John whom we saw standing near the Crib of the Babe of Bethlehem comes before us again...
Tuesday, 5 May 2026

5 MAY – SAINT PIUS V (Pope and Confessor)

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Michele Ghislieri was born at Bosco, near Alexandria in Lombardy in 1504 to the poor but noble Bolognese family of the Ghislieri. At th...
Monday, 4 May 2026

4 MAY – SAINT MONICA (Widow)

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Monica was born to Christian parents at Tagaste in North Africa in 333 AD. At a young age she was married to a pagan official named Pat...
Sunday, 3 May 2026

3 MAY – SAINTS ALEXANDER (Pope and Martyr), EVENTIUS AND THEODULUS (Priests and Martyrs) and JUVENAL (Bishop)

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Alexander, a native of Rome, governed the Church during the reign of the emperor Hadrian and converted a great portion of the Roman noble...

3 MAY – THE INVENTION (FINDING) OF THE TRUE CROSS

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After the great victory gained over Maxentius by the Emperor Constantine under the standard of our Lord ’ s Cross which had been miracu...

3 MAY – FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER

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Dom Prosper Gueranger: Our Jesus has organised His Church and confided to His Apostles the sacred deposit of the truths which are to f...