11/4 Feast of St. Charles Borromeo


St. Aloysius Gonzaga and St. Charles Borromeo – Church Window
St. Jude Catholic Church, Hopatcong, NJ
Photograph by Loci B. Lenar

When St.Aloysiusa Gonzaga was twelve, he came under the spiritual guidance of St. Charles Borremo.  St. Aloysius, namesake of the Little Daughter of the Divine Will Luisa Piccarreta, received his First Holy Communion in 1580 from the hands of St. Charles, who was then a Cardinal.