January 1st The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God Mary, Mother of God (from Catholic Answers) Please visit our Blessed Mother Page for books and links relating to Our Lady New Year's Day Famous Birthdays: Paul Revere (1735) And then what Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz The Paul Revere House Betsy Ross (1752) The Betsy Ross Homepage January 2nd Feast of Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzen Read Pope Benedict XVI's audiences on these saints here: St. Basil part I, St. Basil part II, St. Gregory part I, St. Gregory part II January 3rd Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Famous Birthdays: Joseph Damien de Veuster, also known as Blessed Damien the Leper (1840) January 4th Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Biography of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton from the Patron Saints Index Famous Birthdays: Louis Braille (1809) Online Biography January 5th Feast of Saint John Neumann January 6th Traditional Celebration of the Epiphany Famous Birthdays: St. Joan of Arc (1412) Saint Joan, the Girl Soldier by Louis de Wohl (Vision Series) Saint Joan of Arc Website January 7th Feast of Saint Raymond of Penafort Famous Birthdays: St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844) Bernadette, Our Lady's Little Servant by Hertha Pauli (Vision Series) Biography from the Patron Saints Index January 12th Famous Birthdays: Charles Perrault (1628), author of Cinderella CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Charles Perrault January 17th Famous Birthdays: Benjamin Franklin (1706) Benjamin Franklin by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz The Electric Franklin Website January 18th Famous Birthdays: A.A. Milne (1882), author of Winnie the Pooh The Page at Pooh Corner January 21st Feast of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr Catholic Encyclopedia Entry on Saint Agnes January 22nd Famous Birthdays: Lord Byron (1788), English poet The Lord Byron Homepage January 25th The Conversion of St. Paul Caravaggio Painting Michelangelo Painting Dujardin Painting Lives of the Saints - Conversion of Saint Paul Famous Birthdays: Robert Burns (1759), Scottish poet Robert Burns Country January 27th Feast of St. Angela Merici, Foundress of the Ursulines Catholic Encyclopedia Entry on St. Angela Merici Famous Birthdays: Lewis Carroll (1832), author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Lewis Carroll Home Page January 28th Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Preaching Beggars by Brendan Larnen, O.P. and Milton Lomask (Vision Series) Catholic Encyclopedia Entry on St. Thomas Aquinas
