St. Agatha is another of those seven women, virgin martyrs, named in the First Eucharistic Prayer (Roman Canon). Since they’re often mentioned at Mass, it’s worth knowing more about them. We ...

Every Feb. 5, the Church remembers St. Agatha of Catania, a young woman who consecrated her virginity to God and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Decius in the ...

ST. AGATHA PARISH was established by Bishop EDWARD F. HOBAN in the GLENVILLE neighborhood of Cleveland in 1945. In anticipation of the post-WORLD WAR II migration to the suburbs, Bishop Hoban sought ...

St. Peter was himself martyred some 200 years before Agatha and is shown here to the faithful as a source of comfort and the bearer of God’s healing for the suffering young Christian.

Every Feb. 5, the Church remembers St. Agatha of Catania, a young woman who consecrated her virginity to God and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Decius in the ...