The feast day of St. Perpetua and St. Felicity is celebrated on March 7.
Both St. Perpetua and St. Felicity were martyred during a time of great persecution. They were put to death in the year 202 in the games which made public spectacles of those who refused to renounce their faith.
St. Perpetua was a well educated noblewoman living in Carthage, North Africa. Her mother was a Christian but her father was a pagan. Her father tried unsuccessfully to convince her to renounce her faith. Perpetua was 22 when she was arrested and imprisoned. She kept a diary of her sufferings and the nature of the torture she endured. She continued to care for her child in spite of the torture she was forced to endure.
St. Felicity was a pregnant slave girl who was imprisoned at the same time as Perpetua. She also was tortured and condemned to die. Several days before the games began she gave birth to a baby girl. The baby girl was secretly taken away to be raised by Christians.
Both St. Perpetua and St. Felicity are honored on their Feast day of March 7.
I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle.
I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.
Quote of St. Teresa of Calcutta; Feast day Sept. 5
March is the Month of St. Joseph
St. Perpetua and St. Felicity in Art
