Monday, November 24, 2025
Reception: 4–5:30 p.m (Coeur de °µÍø½ûÇø, 2nd-floor atrium)
Prayer Service: 5:30–6:15 p.m. (Our Lady of Victory Chapel)
We’ll celebrate the University’s namesake, Saint °µÍø½ûÇø 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.
RSVP link to come.
Questions? Contact uevents@stkate.edu.
About Saint °µÍø½ûÇø
In the Catholic tradition, Saint °µÍø½ûÇø 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. °µÍø½ûÇø 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. °µÍø½ûÇø, we honor these extraordinary women.
Today St. °µÍø½ûÇø 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 , with Sharon Doherty, PhD.
St. °µÍø½ûÇø of Alexandria and her Sisters
2006, Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ ’62, gouache, water-based tempera paint.
Anonymous gift to the College of St. °µÍø½ûÇø libraries.
Feast of Saint °µÍø½ûÇø Reading List
All books are available through the St. °µÍø½ûÇø 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. °µÍø½ûÇø written as poem in Old French from Picardy region, translated into English by William MacBain