Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
A role model for health workers and the young
June 18, 2021
St Aloysius Gonzaga's feast day in on 21 June. In a 2014 interview Barney McGuckian SJ tells Pat Coyle what makes St Aloysius such an extraordinary saint and role model
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
June 21, 2017
Italian Aloysius Gonzaga rejected high social rank to look after the sick and dying in Rome. He is the patron saint of young students and of all Christian youth.
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