Novena to St. Francis de Sales

Berkeley, Wednesday, January 21, 2026 0:53 am Compacted novena for the memorial feast of Saint Francis of Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Memorial day: January 24. Day 1: January 21, 2026. “Saint Francis de Sales was born at Savoy in 1567.” As a priest he diligently labored to restore Catholicism in his country. […]

Saint Felix of Nola

Berkeley, Monday, January 5, 2026 2:38 AM Feast day: January 14 Saints whose feast is on that day: Saint Gregory Nazianzen St. Felix of Nola, Priest This is according to Franciscan Media and Vatican News. From the sources above, only a biography from Saint Gregory Nazianzen is available at Franciscan media. I will do the […]

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 […]