Oscar Romero
15th August 1917 – 24th March 1980
“The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless”
Oscar Romero
Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a Roman Catholic archbishop in El Salvador who was assassinated whilst celebrating mass for speaking out in support of the poor and the oppressed.
Perpetua and Felicity
7th march 203
Perpetua and Felicity were early Christian women, martyred in Carthage in the year 203. Their deaths are recorded in an account that allegedly includes pieces from Perpetua’s own diary along with other eyewitness accounts. At the time of their imprisonment Perpetura was a young married mother and Felicity was heavily pregnant. They were murdered for refusing to renounce their Christian faith and challenging societal pressures on the place of women in heteronormative family structures. As a result they are considered early heroes for the emancipation of Women and non-hetero families.
Brandon Teena
12th December 1972 – 31st December 1993
Brandon Teena was a transgender man whose murder on 31st December 1993 was the basis for the film Boys Don’t Cry.
Slaughter of the Holy Innocents
28th December
In a stark contrast to the joy and light of Christmas day Matthew’s Gospel records an event which ranks amongst some of the most violent and horrific in the Bible.
Radical Saints 