St. Stephen - Patron of Stonemasons - December 26th Stephen’s name means, “crown,” and he was the first disciple of Jesus to receive the mar...

St. Anastasia – December 25th This second Christmas Station dates from the 6th century, when there was on the Palatine at Rome a Byzantine g...

Christmas, the Birthday of Our Lord Jesus Christ – December 25th When the time had come in which the Son of God was to become man for love o...

Blessed Paula Cerioli – December 24th Paula’s name before she became a nun was Constance. She was the last of sixteen children born to an It...

St. Servulus – December 23rd From boyhood, this Saint of Rome had the disease called palsy. All his life, he was helpless. He could not stan...

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini – Patroness of Immigrants and Emigrants - December 22nd When Frances was a child growing up in Italy, she used to...

St. Thomas, Apostle - Patron of the East Indies - December 21st Thomas was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. His name in the Syriac langu...

St. Dominic of Silos – December 20th Dominic was a Spanish shepherd boy. In the many hours he spent alone with his sheep at the bottom of th...

Blessed Urban the V – December 19th Blessed Urban’s name before he became Pope was William de Grimoard. He was born in France and became a B...

St. Flannan – December 18th Flannan was the son of an Irish chieftain named Turlough. He was educated by the monks and also learned from the...