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Thursday, June 18, 2026
The Great Cloud of Witnesses

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Elizabeth of Schönau Read more

St. Elizabeth of Schönau

Elizabeth was a Benedictine abbess who was a gifted mystic. She had her first vision in 1152 and was known for ecstasies, prophecies, and diabolical visitations. She became abbess in 1157. Her cult was never formalized, but she is listed as a saint in the Roman Martyrology. Her brother, Ethbert, a Benedictine abbot, wrote her biography and recorded her visions in three books. Her feast is June...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 563
St. Avitus Read more

St. Avitus

Saint Avitus was the child of a poor family of Orleans, France. From his youth he desired to consecrate himself to God, and he received the monastic habit at the abbey of Micy or Saint-Maximin in the diocese of Orleans, at that time still very small. Its first Superior, Saint Maximin, remarked the young monk's virtue when he observed that he deprived himself of a great portion of his food...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 580
Sts. Aureus and Justina Read more

Sts. Aureus and Justina

St. Aureus was the first named bishop of Mainz in Germany. When the Huns attacked the city, he went into exile but later returned to celebrate Mass in the cathedral. There, during the Eucharist, Aureus and his sister Justina and their companions were martyred.  There feast is kept on June 16.

Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 651
Saint Luigi Maria Palazzolo Read more

Saint Luigi Maria Palazzolo

Luigi was the youngest of eight boys born to Octavius and Theresa Antoine Palazzolo; his father died when Luigi was about 10 years old. He was ordained a priest in the diocese of Bergamo, Italy on 23 June 1850. As a parish priest, he would occasionally encounter children who were abandoned or orphaned and living on their own; he would take them in and care for them until he could get them...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 681
Saint Tryphillius of Leucosia Read more

Saint Tryphillius of Leucosia

St. Anthony of Padua is remembered every June 13. However, many more Saints are inscribed in the martyrology for that date. Saint Triphyllius was born in Constantinople in the early fourth century. He was educated in law at the school of Beirut. He converted to Christianity and was named bishop of Nicosia. Triphyllius was a follower of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous. He was also an ardent...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 738
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