Monday, November 24, 2025
Reception: 4–5:30 p.m (Coeur de Catherine, 2nd-floor atrium)
Prayer Service: 5:30–6:15 p.m. (Our Lady of Victory Chapel)
We’ll celebrate the University’s namesake, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with a reception featuring heavy appetizers followed by an evening prayer service in Our Lady of Victory Chapel. Food offerings will observe kosher, halal, and other dietary needs.
Come gather with community members and reflect on the illuminating power of knowledge as embodied by the patron saint of students, philosophers, and scholars. All are welcome.
Questions? Contact uevents@stkate.edu.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Saint Catherine
In the Catholic tradition, Saint Catherine of Alexandria was a fourth-century Alexandrian noblewoman, Christian, and scholar. She suffered martyrdom for her faith after defeating the Roman emperor Maxentius in debate.
Historically, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Catherine is in fact a composite of several women of Alexandria who defied Roman authority and were punished for their faith. In venerating the figure of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Catherine, we honor these extraordinary women.
Today ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Catherine serves as the patron saint of students, philosophers, and scholars. For this reason, she was chosen by the Sisters of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Joseph of Carondelet as the namesake of our University.
Read more of by , with Sharon Doherty, PhD.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Catherine of Alexandria and her Sisters
2006, Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ ’62, gouache, water-based tempera paint.
Anonymous gift to the College of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Catherine libraries.
Feast of Saint Catherine Reading List
All books are available through the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Library.
Non-Fiction
- , Gary Marker, 2007
- , Anne Simon, 2012
- , John Capgrave
- , Walsh, Christine.
- , Sister Eleanore Michel, 1967 (CSJ author!)
Fiction and Poetry
- , The life of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Catherine written as poem in Old French from Picardy region, translated into English by William MacBain