Saints Perpetua and Felicity
Feast day: March 7
St. Perpetua and St. Felicity were born about 150 years after Jesus was crucified and resurrected. That’s about 1,850 years ago!
Even though they lived long ago, we know the story of Perpetua and Felicity because Perpetua had a diary.
St. Perpetua was a wife and had a baby. St. Felicity was married and pregnant with her first baby.
When Perpetua and Felicity found out about Jesus and wanted to become Christians, they were put into prison.
St. Perpetua’s father told her not to call herself a “Christian” so she and her baby would be safe. But, St. Perpetua and St. Felicity had courage and said they were Christians. They even got baptized in the prison.
St. Felicity gave birth to a baby girl in the prison. Shortly after that, St. Perpetua and St. Felicity were killed. They are known as “martyrs” because they died for their faith.
On their feast day, pray for people who are in danger because they are Christians.
Youth who are high school age and younger are invited to submit original visual art, such as a drawing or painting, to be featured in the “Saints for Kids” section of Youth Focus.
For the next Saints for Kids, the subject of the artwork is St. Louis de Monfort. A photo of the artwork can be submitted via email to ocastlen@archlou.org or the original can be mailed to the attention of The Record at the Maloney Center, 1200 S. Shelby St., Louisville, Ky., 40203, with a stamped return envelope.
The deadline to submit is April 10. Call reporter Olivia Castlen at 471-2131 with any questions.
