2nd Sunday of ChristmasOffice of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer | Mass(St John Neumann (1811 - 1860))

He was born in Bohemia and studied for the priesthood. His bishop would not allow him to be ordained because the diocese had too many priests already, and eventually he went to the United States and was ordained in New York in 1836. He was consecrated Bishop of Philadephia in 1852 and died there in 1860. See the article in Wikipedia.

4 JanuaryOffice of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer | Mass(St Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774 - 1821))

She was born in New York into an Episcopalian family, who ostracized her and left her penniless when she became a Catholic in 1805. She had to leave New York and in 1808-9 she founded a religious community and a school for poor children at Emmitsburg, near Baltimore in Maryland. Mother Seton died in 1821 but the Sisters of Charity continue her work to this day. See the articles in Wikipedia and the Catholic Encyclopaedia.

3 January, or The Most Holy Name of Jesus

Office of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer | Mass(The Most Holy Name of Jesus)