Martyr · Remembered on August 30

St. Margaret Ward

St. Margaret Ward is remembered on August 30 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

Remembered on	August 30
Title	Martyr
Died	1588
Next on Bless’s Today screen	Monday, August 30, 2027

Life

A gentlewoman of London who smuggled a rope into Bridewell prison to free a priest; the escape succeeded, the rope was traced. Racked and hung by the wrists, offered pardon if she would attend the new services, she answered she was glad of the deed and could not buy life at that price. She was hanged at Tyburn.

In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Margaret Ward. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

Date	In the US calendar	Color	Mass readings (US)
Monday, August 30, 2027	Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time	Green	1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · Psalm 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13 · See Luke 4:18 · Luke 4:16-30
Wednesday, August 30, 2028	Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time	Green	2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 · Psalm 128:1-2, 4-5 · 1 John 2:5 · Matthew 23:27-32

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

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