Saint of the day

In the Service of God and rejection of Power

There is not much information about Castulus (or Castolo). In the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, Castulus is commemorated on March 26 and together with another martyr on January 12.

God is welcomed on earth

It is a familiar scene. God proposes and waits for a response. “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”. (Luke 1:26-38).

Mary becomes the Mother of God and of the Savior, and later as she stands at the foot of the Cross, the Mother of the Church. This feast is firstly the celebration of the Incarnation when God began his human life in Mary, a life that will carry this tiny embryo up to the Cross, the Resurrection and the glory of God.

In the footsteps of Saint Bridget

Catherine of Sweden was a member of the royal family of Sweden through her mother, Saint Bridget, and her father, Ulf Gudmarson. Born around 1331, she was entrusted to the care of Cistercian nuns in Riseberg from a very young age. She left the monastery against her wishes when  her father arranged for her to marry the knight, Edgar von Kyren, at the age of 16. Her husband, who was also very devout, agreed to live a marriage of chastity. Throughout her marriage, Catherine took care of her disabled husband. Her father, Ulf, died in 1344.

Defender of the Indigenous Peoples

He was still a layman when he was appointed Archbishop of Lima, and at the time he was already a renowned jurist. Originally from Spain, his life was radically changed when he set out for the New World. His name was Turibius, a member of the noble Spanish Mogrovejo family.

“The Lion of Münster”

Because of his courage during the Nazi dictatorship in Germany, he was called “the Lion of Münster.” He never tired of denouncing the abuses of the State and of defending the right to life, firmly condemning the Nazi theory of killing “unproductive and worthless lives.”