Springtime Members of the Church Victorious
This Saint took the place of Judas Iscariot among the Twelve Apostles after Judas ... left.
Who is St. Matthias?
Feast Day - May 14
The site of this Marian apparition, where Our Lady referred to herself as "The Immaculate Conception," remains a fount of healing even today.
Who is Our Lady of Lourdes?
This CL has been pulled over by the police six times.
Who is Mr. Dauses?
This sweet food was used by the Mayans to anoint children, in a ceremony similar to baptism.
What is chocolate?
Cave canem.
What is "beware the dog"?
This Spanish Carmelite priest was a close friend to St. Theresa of Avila, although he was half her age when they first met.
Who is St. John of Avila (or John of the Cross)?
Feast Day - May 10
This is the only Marian apparition where Our Lady doesn't say a word.
Who is Our Lady of Knock?
As a child, this CL once rode a baby elephant.
Who is Mrs. Kennedy?
Built by fairies (maybe!), this Welsh megalith features a stone weighing in at more than 16 tons.
What is Pentre Ifan?
Errare est humanum.
What is "to err is human"?
Renowned as a reformer and revered as a Doctor of the Church, this Saint entered the Dominicans as a teenager and helped convince Pope Gregory XI to move back to Rome.
Who is St. Catherine of Siena?
Feast Day - April 29
Here, the Blessed Virgin took the form of a wooden statue that bled and cried real tears, more than a hundred times.
This CL's wedding Nuptial Mass lasted more than two hours, thanks to a verbose Friar.
Who is Mrs. Schneider?
Who is King Menelaus?
Habemus papam.
Married at just 12 years old, this woman converted her husband just before he was murdered. Her sons planned to murder their father's killer, so she prayed for them to die. They did! And so she was allowed to enter the convent at the age of 36.
Who is St. Rita of Cascia?
Feast Day - May 22
During this apparition in 1846, the Blessed Virgin warned against the dangers of working on Sunday and lamented that "during Lent, the people flock to the butcher shops, like dogs."
Who is Our Lady of La Salette?
This CL's favorite cookie is shortbread. Seriously.
Who is Mrs. Kennedy?
King Ashurbanipal built the first library in the world in this ancient Mesopotamian city.
What is Nineveh?
Ad astra per aspera.
What is "to the stars through the difficulties"?
This Saint was an unconventional confessor. When he encountered a self-righteous penitent, he assigned a peculiar penance: to walk through the streets of Rome, carrying his cat!
Who is St. Phillip Neri?
Feast Day - May 26
This apparition converted an entire Lithuanian town from Calvinism back to Catholicism, back in the early 1600s.
Hours after birth, this CL was nearly switched with another child and given to the wrong parents!
Who is Mrs. McKeegan?
The Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood on this Greek Island.
What is Pharos?
Ubi leges valent, ibi populus liber protest valere.
What is "Where the laws are strong, free people are able to be strong"?