Blessed Mary Frances Schervier

Berkeley, December 9, 2025 12:23 PM Feast day: December 15 Novena: My understanding, so far, feel free to edit, is that Blessed Mary Frances Schervier was born to a distinguish family in Aachen, which is currently in Germany, near the border to the Netherlands and Belgium, I believe, and when she was born near the […]

Selecting the next novena

Berkeley, Saturday, December 6, 2025 5:38 PM Next novena is on Dec 15. It is the feast from Blessed Mary Frances Schervier and Saint Valerian, Bishop in Africa and Martyr. Now, it is not a decision of one, to select the next novena. Blessed Mary Frances Schervier seems that was a secular Franciscan sister, or […]

Saint Sabbas Sanctified Patriarch of Monks

Berkeley, Monday, November 24, 2025 00:51 AM Feast Day: December 5. https://bigccatholics.blogspot.com/2017/12/st-sabbas-sanctified-patriarch-of-monks.html Structure: Prayer for Saint Sabbas intersection after the rosary. Mention each day one of his gifts. Then pray a prayer from the link above, might be or write one. Day 1: Saint Sabbas : Born in the 5th century, son of devout parents, […]

Saint Albert the Great

Berkeley, Friday, November 7, 2025 4:42 AM This is misplaced in here, but I most offer to the Lord to somehow avoid videos, whatsapp distraction etc. On the other hand, with the problem of being judgamental, at the end one most distinguish good from bad, there is something called rip current in the sea near […]

St Zechariah and St Elizabeth

Berkeley, Monday, October 27, 2025 8:24 Pm I come a bit unprepared to this novena, which I will start today. Although, I know from the scriptures the story of Saint John the Baptist parents’ Saint Zachary and St. Elizabeth. Add citations from bible. At what age Elizabeth conceived John? And how old was Zachary then? […]

Santo Pedro de Alcántara

Berkeley, Wednesday, October 15, 2025 11:26 PM The feast day of Saint Peter of Alcantara is on October 26. I screwed up or delayed a bit my novena from Saint John Henry Newman. So I am adjusting things. But I learned a bit about Saint Isaac Jogues, and the other Jesuits and more martyrs of […]

Saint John Henry Newman

Berkeley, Friday, September 26, 2025 1:59 Pm John Henry Newman is a Doctor of the Church. He lived or was related to the Saint Philip Neri Oratory in Birmingham, England. John Ronal Reuel Tolkien used to live there. I would need to learn more about Cardinal Newman live. I know he lived in the late […]

Archangels Feast

Berkeley, Sunday, September 7, 2025 11:22 PM Feast: September 29 Start of novem: September 20 Feast of the three Archangels of The Lord Our God: Archangel Michael, Archangel Raphael, and Archangel Gabriel. It is also the feast of Blessed Nicola da Forca Palena. I will need to check the sources: Saint Michael, Archangel: Captain and […]

St. Januarius, Bishop of Benevento and Martyr

Berkeley, Sunday, September 7, 2025, 11:18 Pm Feast: Sep 19. Start novena: Sep 10. Potential source: https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/fellows/st-januarius-patron-saint-of-blood-banks/ https://www.ncregister.com/blog/san-gennaro-relic-liquefies-in-presence-of-pope-francis https://www.ncregister.com/cna/following-prolonged-wait-the-blood-of-st-januarius-liquefies-again https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08295a.htm [Updated: 9/10/2025 6:34 Pm]