Santa Gertrudes

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the seventeenth century French nun to whom Jesus appeared asking her to start a devotion to his Sacred Heart. The devotion consists of ce…

Saint Gertrude, who is called the Great, was a brilliant and holy little German girl who entered religion at the age of five. She was born in the town of Eisleben, which later gave the world the heretic, Martin Luther. … Continue reading →

Saint Gertrude was a powerhouse for the faithfully departed. Read to find out more about her and the powerful prayer she wrote to help those in purgatory!

The Vatican never made it official but St. Gertrude is the unofficial Patron Saint Of Cats. Here's how to celebrate St. Gertrude's Day on March 17 with your cat.

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As the feast day of Saint Gertrude approaches (she shares her special day - the 17th of March - with another, more well known saint, Patrick), I once again felt inspired to paint her.... Gertrude of Nivelles was a seventh century Benedictine abbess, who is the patron of cats and gardeners, and I believe of travelers as well. She is sometimes invoked against mice too (notice the tiny mice included in the tapestry-like border). This particular piece is a bit larger than I usually paint, and at…

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Do you know that today, the 17th of March, is the day of St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats?

“One day St. Gertrude went to receive Holy Communion without being sufficiently prepared. Being greatly afflicted at this, she begged the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the Saints to offer up to God in her behalf all their merits, that they might in some way supply her own deficiency; whereupon, our Savior appeared to her and said: ‘Now, before the whole heavenly court, thou appearest adorned for Communion as thou wouldst wish to be.’ Comply, then, O Christian, with that which Jesus Christ…