Basilica of St. Louis, King
Basilica of St. Louis, King
“Si je n’y suis [en la grâce de Dieu], Dieu m’y mette; et, si j’y suis, Dieu m’y tienne! Je serais le plus dolente de monde si je savais ne pas être en la grâce de Dieu”
— Jeanne d’Arc

Today’s Feast Days

12 October

Carlo Acutis
(1991–2006)
Layperson
Edith Louisa Cavell
(1865–1915)
Martyr, Nurse
Edwin, King of Northumbria
(585–633)
Martyr
Elizabeth Fry
(1780–1845)
Minister, Philanthropist, Social Reformer
Fiacc
(415–520)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος, Bishop, Missionary, Widower
John of Beverley
(721)
Bishop
Maximilian of Lorch
(288)
First Bishop, Martyr, Missionary
Mobhi
(545)
Abbot / ἡγούμενος
Roman Sitko
(1880–1942)
Martyr, Priest
Wilfrid
(c. 633–709/710)
Bishop
Wilhelm “Willi” Graf
(1918–1943)
Martyr

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

British author, linguist and lexicographer

as quoted in James Boswell—The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)