weekend saints
Saturday May 6
St François de Laval, first bishop of Quebec (Canada), † 1708; St Jacques Chastan, missionary in Korea, † 1839; Avoye, Lucius, Marien, Prudence.
Sunday 7
Bse Marie-Louise Trichet, co-founder of the Daughters of Wisdom, † 1759; Cenere, Domitille.
Saints of the week
Monday 8
St Pierre de Tarentaise, founder of the Abbey of Tamié (Savoie), † c. 1174; St Aimé Ronconi, Franciscan tertiary, founder of a hospital for pilgrims, near Rimini (Italy), † c. 1292; Désiré, Arsène, Gibrien, Hellade.
Mardi 9
St Pacôme, founder of monasteries, † 346; St Tudi, disciple of St Guénolé, evangelizer of Brittany, † 6th century; Caroline, Hermas, Maïté, Paciane.
Wednesday 10
St John of Avila, Spanish priest and theologian, preacher, Doctor of the Church, † 1569; Damien, Solange, Villebaud.
Thursday 11
St Francis of Girolamo, Jesuit, evangelizer in Italy, † 1716; Estelle, Mamert, Matteo, Stella.
Friday 12
St Nérée and St Achillée, Roman soldiers, martyrs, † 304 in Rome; St Pancras, martyr, † 304 in Rome; Imelda, Mondry, Rictrude.
Saturday 13
Our Lady of Fatima; Ste Agnès, first abbess of the Sainte-Croix de Poitiers abbey, † 6th century; André-Hubert, Orlane, Rolende, Servais.