Monday, November 24, 2025
Reception: 4–5:30 p.m (Coeur de 91ÖÆƬ³§, 2nd-floor atrium)
Prayer Service: 5:30–6:15 p.m. (Our Lady of Victory Chapel)
We’ll celebrate the University’s namesake, Saint 91ÖÆƬ³§ 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.
About Saint 91ÖÆƬ³§
In the Catholic tradition, Saint 91ÖÆƬ³§ 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, St. 91ÖÆƬ³§ 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 St. 91ÖÆƬ³§, we honor these extraordinary women.
Today St. 91ÖÆƬ³§ serves as the patron saint of students, philosophers, and scholars. For this reason, she was chosen by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as the namesake of our University.
Read more of by Jane Lamm Carroll '80, PhD, with Sharon Doherty, PhD.
St. 91ÖÆƬ³§ of Alexandria and her Sisters
2006, Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ ’62, gouache, water-based tempera paint.
Anonymous gift to the College of St. 91ÖÆƬ³§ libraries.
Feast of Saint 91ÖÆƬ³§ Reading List
All books are available through the 91ÖÆƬ³§ 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 St. 91ÖÆƬ³§ written as poem in Old French from Picardy region, translated into English by William MacBain