Saints of March

• St. Katherine Drexel: 'Teach children with joy. They will be attracted by joy to the source of all joy the heart of Jesus'
• St. Katherine Drexel

  March 3
• St. Casimir of Poland

  March 4
• The feast of Sts. Felicity and Perpetua

  March 7
• Sts. Felicity and Perpetua: 'Neither can I call myself by any other name than what I am, a Christian'
• St. John of God

  March 8
• St. John of God: 'Labor without stopping do all the good works you can. While you can still have the time'
• St. Frances of Rome

  March 9
• St. Mathilda

  March 14
• St. Mathilda


  • She was a daughter of a count who became queen of Germany in 919
  • She was known for her piety and considerable almsgiving
  • She spent her final years devoted to building many churches, convents, and monasteries
• St Patrick

  March 17
• St Patrick: 'May the strength of god pilot us, may the wisdom of god instruct us, may the hand of god protect us, and may the word of god direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore'
• Solemnity of St. Joseph husband of Mary

  March 19
• St. Herbert

  March 20
• St. Herbert


  • He was a priest and lived as a recluse on an island lake in Derwentwater, England which later became St. Herberts in his honor
  • He had asked to die on the same day as his dear friend St Cuthbert, and god granted him the fulfillment of that desire
• Solemnity of the annunciation of the lord

  March 25
• St. John of Capistrano

  March 28
• St. John of Capistrano: 'Those who are called to the table of the lord must glow with the brightness that comes from the good example of a praiseworthy and blameless life. They must learn from the eminent teacher Jesus Christ'