March 15
in the Month of St. Joseph
Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer (1820).
He is one of the four canonized saints of the Redemptorist Order. (The other three are: Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Saint Gerard Majella and Saint John Neumann.) Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, in the midst of the aftermath of the Masonic French Revolution, gloriously and courageously preached the necessity of the Catholic Faith for the salvation of all men.
Saint Longinus (First Century).
He was the centurion who pierced the side of Our Lord when He was hanging on the Cross after His death. It was Longinus who exclaimed on Mount Calvary, on the first Good Friday, "Indeed, this was the Son of God!" Longinus was converted to the Catholic Faith. He later went to Cappadocia, and shed his own blood there for the teachings of the crucified Jesus. The relics of Saint Longinus are now in the beautiful church of Saint Augustine, in Rome, not far from the body of Saint Monica.
Saint Louise de Marillac (1660).
She was a French girl, born in Paris. After her husband's death she became a nun and cooperated with Saint Vincent de Paul in establishing the Sisters of Charity. This order was started in 1634. Saint Louise was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934.