Blessed Richard Bere was born in Glastonbury, London. He studied law at the Chancery in London and entered the Carthusian order to become a choir monk. He was imprisoned and martyred with his fellow brothers for refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church. He died in 1537 by starving to death in Newgate Prison. He was beatified in 1866.

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St Jeanne Jugan was born on October 25, 1792 in Brittany, France. She was the sixth of eight children to Joseph and Marie Jugan. She is well-known for her compassionate care of elderly poor people. She established the Little Sisters of the Poor who care for the elderly and have no other resources throughout the world.  Jeanne learned by example, the meaning of truly Christian charity and a refinement of manners not customary among those of the peasant class. She died in 1879 and St John Paul II declared her a Saint in 2009. Jeanne is the patron saint of the destitute elderly.

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St Augustine is the famous son of St Monica. He was born in Northern Africa in 354 and he is well-known for his conversion from a life of parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions to a life as a priest, bishop and famous writer via the prayers of his holy mother. His complete turnaround and conversion has been an inspiration to many who struggle with a particular vice or habit they long to break. His most famous work is The Confessions.  It reflects upon his life in the light of scripture and the presence of God. Augustine died 354 and is the patron saint of brewers and theologians.

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St. Monica was married by arrangement to a pagan official in North Africa, who was much older than she, and although generous, was also violent tempered. His mother Lived with them and was equally difficult, which proved a constant challenge to St. Monica. She had three children; Augustine, Navigius, and Perpetua. Through her patience and prayers, she was able to convert her husband and his mother to the Catholic faith in 370· He died a year later. Perpetua and Navigius entered the religious Life. St. Augustine was much more difficult, as she had to pray for him for 17 years, begging the prayers of priests who, for a while, tried to avoid her because of her persistence at this seemingly hopeless endeavor. One priest did console her by saying, “it is not possible that the son of so many tears should perish.”

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Bl Karl Leisner was born on 28 February 1915 in Rees, Germany. He studied theology in the Diocese of Munster and tried to establish Catholic youth groups, but since the Nazis sought to control all youth work, he had to take teen-agers on “camping” excursions to Belgium and the Netherlands, where they could freely discuss the Church’s teaching. His studies were interrupted by six months of compulsory work service in agriculture, but despite Nazi opposition, he organized Sunday Mass attendance for his fellow workers. The Gestapo raided his home and took his diaries and papers. These documents, carefully preserved in Nazi archives tell how the spiritual young man became a heroic religious leader.

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In Louis IX of France were united the qualities of a just and upright sovereign, a fearless warrior, and a saint. This crusading king was a living embodiment of the Christianity of the time: he lived for the welfare of his subjects and the glory of God. His father was Louis VIII, of the Capet line, and his mother was the redoubtable Queen Blanche, daughter of King Alfonso of Castile and Eleanor of England. Louis, the oldest son,* was born at Poissy on the Seine, a little below Paris, on April 25,1214, and there was christened. Much of his virtue is attributed to his mother’s care, for the Queen devoted herself to her children’s education. Louis had tutors who made him a master of Latin, taught him to speak easily in public and write with dignity and grace. He was instructed in the arts of war and government and all other kingly accomplishments. But Blanche’s primary concern was to implant in him a deep regard and awe for everything related to religion. She used often to say to him as he was growing up, “I love you my dear son, as much as a mother can love her child; but I would rather see you dead at my feet than that you should commit a mortal sin.”

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The name (Bartholomaios) means “son of Talmai” (or Tholmai) which was an ancient Hebrew name, borne, e.g. by the King of Gessur whose daughter was a wife of David (2 Samuel 3:3). It shows, at least, that Bartholomew was of Hebrew descent; it may have been his genuine proper name or simply added to distinguish him as the son of Talmai. Outside the instances referred to, no other mention of the name occurs in the New Testament.

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St Rose of Lima was born in 1586 in modern-day Peru. In her youth, to ward off attention because of her beauty, she would rub pepper on her face. Forbidden by her father from becoming a nun, St Rose became a tertiary Dominican and later took a vow of perpetual virginity. She became known for her strong devotion to prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. She died in 1617 at the age of 31, and was canonised in 1671. St Rose of Lima is the patron saint of Latin America and the Philippines.

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After the Assumption of Mary, body and soul, the Virgin was crowned as Queen of Heaven. The Blessed Virgin Mary has been depicted as Queen through Christian prayer and art down the ages, including the famous Marian antiphon Salve Regina (Hail Holy Queen). Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of the Queenship of Mary in his encyclical Ad Caeli Reginam in 1954.

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St Pius X was born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto on the 2 June 1835 in Riese, Venice. He was chosen as the 257 Pope in 1903 taking the name Pius X. During his ponificate he issued decrees on early Communion at the age of 7, reformed the liturgy, brought Gregorian chant back to services, revised the breviary and teaching of the Catechism and prompted the Bible to be read by all the faithful. St Pius X died on the 21 August 1914 at Vatican City and was canonised by Pope Pius XII in 1954. He is the patron saint of first communicants.

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St Bernard of Clairvaux was born in 1090, at Fontaines, near Dijon, France and died at Clairvaux on the 21 August, 1153. Bernard was known for his intelligence and holiness and was consulted by Popes and monarchs during his time. When he was a monk he wrote the Rule of Benedict, which was based on an experiment he did with his family and friends who all lived, prayed and worked together for about a year. He taught his monks that being a humble person will lead you to God. He was canonised  in 1174 and was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1830.

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