saint Andrew

NOVEMBER 30 is the feast day of ST. ANDREW, APOSTLE (1st CENTURY).Andrew and his brother, Peter, were born in Bethsaida, a predominantly Greek-speaking part of Israel. Their parents, Johna and his wife, observing Jews, spoke Aramaic and Hebrew at home and at...

POPE ST. ELEUTHERIUS

Pope St. Eleutherius was a Greek, son of Habundius, born in Nicopolis, part of what is now Greece, some time after 100 AD. His name means “frank, honest, free-spirited”. Whether that is his real name or a description of the man is unknown. Eleutherius was...

ST. JAMES INTERCISUS

NOVEMBER 27 is the traditional memorial of ST. JAMES INTERCISUS (+c. 421). The story of St James is a very interesting one in the light of the Middle East problems of today. James was a soldier and a favored courtier in the service of King Yazdegerd of Persia. He and...

saint albert magnus

NOVEMBER 15 is the traditional memorial of ST. ALBERT THE GREAT (+1280).Albert was born before 1200, probably, 1193, likely in Lauingen, Bavaria. His father was a military officer under the Emperor Frederick II. Sent to the University of Padua for his studies, Albert...

11/9–MEMORIAL OF DEDICATION OF LATERAN

“NOVEMBER 9 is the memorial of the DEDICATION OF ST. JOHN LATERAN BASILICA. As we remember from high school history, Constantine was the emperor of the Western Empire from 306 to 337 AD.  His father had been Roman emperor from 305-306. When Constantine took...