Among the prominent Russian missionaries, St. Nicholas Kasatkin (1836-1912) was the tireless evangelist to Japan during that nation’s dramatic transition from feudal isolation to its emergence as a Westernized and modern society. In the mid-19th ...

(Feast Day ~ February 11)  

Witiza, the son of Count Aigulf of Maguelonne, a Visigoth, was born around the year 747. As a boy, Witiza was sent to the court of the Frankish king, Pepin, for education and training as a courtier. The boy did well at ...

(Feast Day ~ February 11)

Pope Gregory II shares many characteristics with his namesake (and our patron), Pope St. Gregory I. He was born in the year 669 of a noble and wealthy family and his rise to the papacy followed a typical pattern. As a you...