St. Kateri Tekakwitha - July 14

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Saint Kateri Tekakwitha by Jan Henryk de Rosen - July 14 (Art)

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha by Jan Henryk de Rosen 

On April 17, 1680, a young Mohawk-Algonquin woman breathed her last in a mission village on the banks of the Saint Lawrence River in what is now Quebec.  Shortly thereafter the Jesuit missionary Pierre Cholonec witnessed the small pox that had scarred her face in life miraculously disappear:  the first of many wonders testifying to the singular holiness of the first and only Native American saint, Kateri Tekakwitha.

In this 1943 mural by Jan Henryk de Rosen, the Lily of the Mohawks takes center stage.  Among a remarkable selection of American saints and missionaries, de Rosen singles out Kateri, her arms extended in prayer, as one of the earliest and most precious fruits of sanctity produced by the evangelization of the North American continent.  

De Rosen's mural is not set upon the lofty walls of a church but in the lobby of the offices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The close vantage point draws the viewer intimately into the contemplation of a celestial drama, an allegorical representation of the evanglization of the New World...

The choice of figures shows great prescience: when de Rosen started the work in 1942, only one of the group had been beatified; now all but one are canonized saints.  Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized in 2012, Elizabeth Ann Seton in 1975, Martin de Porres, in the rear, had been beatified a century prior, but was canonized only in 1962. Leading the group - as if in liturgical procession - are two missionary priests in full vesture.  To the right stands Junipero Serra, raised to the altars in 2015.  The figure to the left is the only one whose cause for canonization has not yet been introduced: the intrepid Jesuit explorer Jacques Marquette.  He appears to present this flower of holiness to the world on behalf of the Society of Jesus...

The two clergymen flank the saint, as in the mosaics that adorn so many Roman apses. To the right of the sacred enclave stands a resolute Columbus, processional crucifix in hand...

The bishop kneeling below, his miter resting upon a cushion as he prays quietly before the heavenly company, is John Carroll, the first bishop of the United States...

(Father Alek Schrenk, Priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Penn, Excerpt from the Magnificat July 2017, Vol. 19, No. 5) 

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Saint Roderic - March 13

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Saint Gregory of Narak - February 27

Saint Gregory of Narak was born c. 950, he was educated by his cousin Anania of Narek who was the founder of the monastery and school in his home village in Vaspurakan, Armenia. Gregory was ordained into the priesthood and spent most of his life teaching at the monastery. His greatest work is the Book of Lamentations, a collection of ninety-five prayers. Saint Gregory of Narek was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Francis in 2015. 

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Saint Adela of Normandy - February 24

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Saint Polycarp - February 23

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Saint Peter Damian - February 21

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The Seven Servite Founders - February 17

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Saint Claude de la Colombiere - February 15

Saint Claude de la Colombiere was a Jesuit priest. He promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and was the confessor to Saint Margaret Mary. 

Saint Claude’s Prayer to Jesus,
the True Friend

My Jesus, you are my true friend,
my only friend,
you take part in all my misfortunes;
you know how to change
them into blessings.
 
You listen to me with
the greatest kindness.
When I tell you all my troubles,
you always have something
with which to heal my wounds. 

I find you at any time
of the day or night,
for I find you wherever
I happen to be.
You never leave me;
if I change my dwelling place,
I find you wherever I go.
You never weary of listening to me;
you are never tired of doing me good.
I am certain of being loved by you,
if I but love you.

My worldly goods
are of no value to you,
but by bestowing yours on me,
you never grow poorer.
However miserable I my be,
no one more noble or
cleaverer or even holier
can come between you
and me and deprive me
of your friendship. 

And death,
which tears us away
from all other friends,
will unite me forever to you.
All  the humiliations
attached to old age,
or the loss of honor,
will never detach you from me.
On the contrary
I shall never enjoy you more fully
and you will never be closer to me,
than when everything
seems to conspire against me
to overwhelm me,
and cast me down.

You bear with all my faults
with extreme patience,
and when my want of fidelity,
and my ingratitude
do not wound you
to such a degree
as to make you unwilling
to receive me back,
then I return to you.
O Jesus, grant
that I may die loving you,
and that I may die
for the love of you.  

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Saint Josephine Bakhita (Victim of Human Trafficking) - February 8

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Saint John de Britto - Feburary 4

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Servant of God Seminarian Frank Parater - February 7

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Saint Paul Miki and Companions - February 6

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Saint Agatha - February 5 - Patron Saint of those suffering with Breast Cancer

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Index of Saints Feast Day for the Month of February

The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs by Fra Angelico

February 1 - Saint Brigid of Ireland
February 2 - Presentation of the Lord, Candlemas
February 3 - Saint Blaise
February 4 - Saint John de Britto
February 5 - Saint Agatha, Saint Agatha
February 6 - Saint Paul Miki and Companions
February 7 - Servant of God Seminarian Frank Parater
February 8 - Saint Josephine Bakhita
February 9 - Saint Apollonia
February 10 - Saint Scholastica
February 11 - Our Lady of Lourdes
February 12 - Saint Julian the Hospitaller
February 13 - Saint Julian of Lyons
February 14 -Saint Valentine, Saints Cyril and Methodius
February 15 - Saint Claude de la Colombiere
February 16 - Saint Faustinus
February 17 - The Seven Servite Founders
February 18 - Beato Giovanni Fra Angelico
February 19 - Saint Belina
February 20 - Saint Eleutherius of Tournai
February 21 - Saint Peter Damian
February 22 - Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle
February 23 - Saint Polycarp
February 24 - Saint Adela of Normandy
February 25 - Saint Walburga
February 26 - Saint Victor
February 27 - Saint Gregory of Narek
February 28 - Pope Saint Hilary
February 29 - Saint Aubin

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Saint Brigid of Ireland - February 1

Saint Brigid lived in Ireland and died around 525.  She chose the religious life when she was very young and was the founder and abbess of the monastery of Kildare, Ireland.


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Saint John Bosco - January 31

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Saint Angela Merici - January 27

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Conversion of Saint Paul - January 25

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Saints Timothy and Titus - January 26

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