Saint Mark the Evangelist (c.5AD-68 AD)
1. Which of the following is not true about Saint Mark:
a. &nb...
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Saint Francis of Assisi Repairing God’s house
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Pope St. Gregory the Great - Sept. 3
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Feast Day: June 24
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St. Joan of Arc, patron saint of France
Feast Day: May 30
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Feast Day: April 21
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Feast Day - March 20
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St. Virginia Centurione Bracelli
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St. Charles Borromeo, A tireless reformer
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St. Faustina - Secretary of Divine Mercy
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St. Padre Pio: Leading others to God’s healing mercy
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Lily of the Mohawks, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Feast Day July 14
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St. Thomas More: A man for all seasons
Feast Day: June 22
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St. Damien of Molokai “Leper priest” in Hawaii
Feast Day: May 10
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Advocate of Peace, Advisors to Popes: Catherine of Siena
Feast Day: April 29
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St. Katharine Drexel, An American Missionary
Feast Day: March 3
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The Humble Doorkeeper: St. Andre Bessette
Feast Day: January 7th
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Break with sin and follow Christ: St. Fabiola
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Canonization of St. Junipero Serra
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St. Thérèse of Lisieux | St. Teresa of Ávila
Feast Days: October 1 | October 15
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as St. ...
Feast of the Archangels, Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Feast day: Sept. 29
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Be Innocent: St. Maria Goretti
Feast day: July 6
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Join your suffering to Christ: St. Alice
Feast Day: June 15
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Mercy, the best path to truth: St. Pope John
Feast Day: May 18
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Develop a ‘drip’ mentality: St. Isidore of Seville
Feast Day: April 4
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Make it a family affair: St. Gregory of Nyssa
Feast Day: March 9
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Pray until something happens: St. Genevieve
Feast Day: January 3
PUSH is an acronym for “Pray Until Something Happens” an...
Learn and share the faith: St. Peter Canisius
Feast Day: December 21
St. Peter Canisius (1521–1597) was a Jesuit priest (an...
Follow the stirrings of the Spirit: Blessed Gaius of Korea
Feast Day: November 15
There are times in life when we feel what could be the...
Meditate on the Passion of Christ: St. Paul of the Cross
Feast Day: October 20
Our culture abounds with “spiritual seekers” hungry for...
St. Hildegard of Bingen
Feast Day: September 17
The lives of saints are so instructive, in part, beca...
St. Columba (Columcille)
Feast Day: June 9
When we hurt someone in some way, the right thing to do is ...
Learn from sinfulness
Feast Day: May 13
The word “sin” can be defined as “to miss the mark.” In thi...
St. Bernadette
Feast Day: April 16
Every once in a while we are able to catch a vivid glimps...
St. Cyril of Jerusalem
Feast Day: March 18
St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315–386) lived in a time of conti...
St. Genoveva Torres Morales
Feast Day: January 5
Liberty is a perennial subject of concern in our society...
Be Courageous
Feast Day: Dec. 13
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Be Moved
Feast day: October 1
In an instant, everything can change; a life can be fore...
Mimic the mustard seed
Feast Day: September 9
St. Kieran (or Ciaran), unlike most of the Irish saint...
The missionary of the Rosary
Feast Day: August 8
In 1208, Pope Innocent III began a seven year crusade aga...
Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God
Feast Day: June 15
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Pay attention to the fruit
Feast Day: May 7
We have all no doubt heard that a tree can be known by its f...
Live Mercifully
Feast Day: April 8
“Blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy.” T...
Strive for Perfection
Feast Day: March 2
St. Angela of the Cross (1846- 1932) founded the Institute...
Look back to move forward
Feast Day: Jan. 1
We live in a culture obsessed with the “new,” with a...
Be humble
Feast Day: Dec. 14
St. John of the Cross, born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, (June 2...
Feed the Hungry, Care for the Sick
Feast: Nov. 3
St. Martin de Porres (Dec. 9, 1579 – Nov. 3, 1639) was a lay Do...
Lessons from the path to holiness: take up your cross
Blessed Teresa, or Mother Teresa, (Aug. 26, 1910 – Sept. 5, 1997) was born Agnes...
Perpetua and Felicity
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St. Justin
Justin Martyr, was born at the end of the 1st Century, in a Roman settlement in ...
St. Philip Neri
St. Philip Neri was born in Florence, Italy in 1515. He gave up worldly goods as...
St. Julie
St. Julie Billart was born in 1751 in France, the sixth of seven children.
S...
St. Joseph
St Joseph was the husband of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus Christ. ...
St. Basil
St. Basil was born in 330 in what is present-day Turkey. His family includes St....
St. Clare the patron saint of television
St. Clare was born on July 16, 1194, in Assisi, Italy.
At age 18, her p...
St. Irenaeus
Irenaeus was born in the 2nd century A.D. During a time when others converted as...
St. Athanasius, The great defender of the faith
Athanasius was born around 293 in the culturally diverse city of Alexandria, Egy...
St. Crescentia Hoess
Born Anna Hoess in 1682, she was raised devoutly by her parents Matthias and Luc...
St. Patrick the cross-cultural saint
Patron of Ireland, Engineers, and Paralegals.
Patrick was born in Britain, bu...
St. Dominic, the boy saint
Feast Day: March 9
Patron saint: of boys, children’s choirs, choir boys, choi...
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Feast Day: July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola was born in 1491 in Loyola, Guipuzc...
St. Vigilius of Trent
Feast Day: June 26
Vigilius of Trent was born in about 353 to patrician paren...
This “flower” died rather than execute Christians
Feast Day: May 4
St. Florian of Lorch was born in the third century – his nam...
‘Another rock'
Feast Day: April 28
Peter Louis Mary Chanel was born on July 12, 1803, in Cie...
A ‘pearl’ of great value – St. Margaret Clitherow
Feast Day: March 26
Margaret Middleton was born in 1556. She was one of five ...
A teacher of women
Feast Day: January 27
Angela Merici was born in Desenzano on March 24, 1474. ...
From bread to roses
Feast Day: November 17
Elizabeth was born in 1207, and was the daughter of Ki...
Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska the “star of the sea”
Feast Day: Oct. 11
Patron Saint of: exiles and sick people
Sophia Camille ...
St. Joseph Cupertino
Feast Day: Sept. 18
Patron Saint of: aviation, astronauts, people with mental h...
Apostle of Germany
Feast Day: June 5
Patron saint: of Germany and the Netherlands, brewers, file...
Saint Hilary of Arles
Feast day: May 5
Patron saint: of France
Canonized: precongregation
Mea...
The angel of judgment - Saint Vincent Ferrer
Feast day: April 5
Patron saint: brick makers, builders, construction workers...
The peacemaker – Saint Casimir
Feast Day: March 4
Patron saint: of Poland and Lithuania
Canonized: 1522
...
“Mary of the Gaels”
Feast day: Feb. 1
Patron saint of: Ireland, poets, dairymaids, blacksmiths, h...
Giving light to the blind – St. Lucy
Feast day: December 13
Patron saint of sight and the blind
Meaning of name...
Andrew the Apostle
Feast Day: November 30
Patron of Scotland, Russia, fishermen and unmarried wo...
Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt
Father Denis Spitzley of St. Mary Parish, Charlotte, and Bishop Earl Boyea have ...
The pirate-fighting saint
Feast day: Oct. 11
Patron saint of Corsica
Canonized Dec. 11, 1904
Mean...
St. Bridget
Feast Day: July 23
Patron saint of Sweden, co-patroness of Europe
Canonize...
Do drinking and woodworking mix?
Feast day: May 14
Patron saint of alcoholism and carpenters
Meaning of nam...
From riches to rags
Feast day: Feb. 26
Patron saint of sick people
Meaning of name: God’s prom...
Who is the Immaculate Conception?
Mary, the Mother of God
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Dec. 8
Claim t...
Tortured on a wheel
Birthplace: Egypt
Feast Day: Nov. 25
Claim to fame: Tradition says Catheri...
From wealthy nobleman to servant of God
Birthplace: Gandia, Spain
Feast Day: October 10
Patron of Portugal
Clai...
Teen saint’s life was no bed of roses
Birthplace: Alencon, France
Feast Day: Oct. 1
Patroness of Missionaries
...
Why did this beautiful woman rub pepper on her face?
Birthplace: Lima, Peru
Feast Day: August 30
Claim to Fame: Named Isabel wh...
Saint Romuald
Saint Romuald
Birthplace: Ravenna, Italy
Feast Day: June 19
Claim to fa...
Who's the real patron saint of travelers?
Saint Brendan of Clonfert
Birthplace: Ireland
Feast Day: May 16
Claim t...
He lived on a haunted island
Feast Day: April 11
Claim to fame: Related to the royalty of Mercia, Guthlac ...
A bride at 13, a nun at 52
Birthplace: Rome
Feast Day: March 9
Patron of Oblates of Mary
Claim to ...
Executed for his faith – twice
Birthplace: Narbonne, Gaul
Feast Day: Jan. 20
Patron of athletes, soldiers...
St. Peter Wu Gousheng
Born: 1768
Died: Nov. 7, 1814
Feast Day: Nov. 7 (also Sept. 28 as one of t...
St. Philip of Moscow
Feast Day: October 5
Claim to fame: St. Philip of Moscow, born in 1507 as The...
St. Maria forgave her attacker
Feast Day: July 6
Claim to fame: St. Maria Goretti is the patron saint of you...
Ss. Joachim and Anne
Feast Day: July 26
Claim to fame: Even though they appear nowhere in the Bibl...
Blessed Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad
Blessed Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad
Born: June 4, 1870
Died: April 24, 1957
...
St. Bernardine of Siena
St. Bernardine of Siena
Born: Sept. 8, 1380
Died: May 20, 1444
Feast Da...
St. Isidore, schoolmaster of the Middle Ages
St. Isidore of Seville
Feast Day: April 4
Born: c. 560
in Cartagena, Sp...
St. Colette helped reform the Poor Clares
St. Colette
Feast Day: March 6
Born: Jan, 13, 1381
Died: March 6, 1447
...
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Feast Day: Jan. 4
Claim to fame: Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first nat...
St. Peter Canisius wrote a catechism
St. Peter Canisius
born: May 8, 1521
died: Nov. 21, 1597
Feast Day:&nbs...
Blessed Eugene Bossilkov, arrested as a Catholic subversive
Blessed Eugene Bossilkov, Bishop
Feast: Nov. 11
Born: Nov. 16, 1900
Die...
St. Mary Bertilla Boscardin took care of the sick
Feast: Oct. 20
Born: Oct. 6, 1888
Died: 1922
Claim to fame: Bertilla wa...
St. Peter Claver
St. Peter Claver
born: 1580
died: 1654
Feast Day: September 9
Claim ...
St. Edmund Arrowsmith
born:1585
died: 1628
feast day: August 28
Claim to fame: Brian Ar...
St. Germaine
St. Germaine Cousin
Born: 1579
Died: 1601
Feast: June 5
Claim to Fam...
St. Gemma Galgani
St. Gemma Galgani
born: 1878
died: April 1903
feast day: April 11...
St. Jerome
St. Jerome Emiliani
born: 1481 in Venice
died: Feb. 8, 1537 at Somascha, I...
St. Callistus
St. Callistus
Died: c. 222
Memorial: Oct. 14
Born a slave:
As a youn...
St. John Bosco
St. Giovanni Melchior Bosco (St. John Bosco)
Born: Aug. 16, 1815
Died: Jan...
Blessed Peter To Rot
Born: 1912 in Rakunai,
Papua New Guinea
Died: 1945
Feast: July 17
Cl...
St. Aloysius
Born March 9, 1568
in the Castle of Castiglione, Spain
Died June 21, 1591
...
Blessed Rose
Born: Feb. 9, 1656 in Viterbo, Italy
Died: May 7, 1728 in Rome
Beatified: ...
St. Julie Billiart
Died: April 8, 1816 in Namur, Belgium
Feast Day: April 8
A quick student:
...
Perpetua and Felicity
Feast: March 6 d. 203 A.D.
Claim to fame:
Perpetua and Felicity were two o...
St. Adrian was so humble he passed on a promotion
St. Adrian of Canterbury
Died: Jan. 9, 710
Feast Day: Jan. 9
Adrian was...
St. Andrew Dung-Lac and the martyrs under a Vietnamese Nero
Most American Catholics have probably never heard of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, whose ...
St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Stanislaus Kostka
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, known as “The Little Flower,” was a cloistered nun who e...
Worried about spouse, kids?
If there were a poster child for the power of prayer, it would be St. Monica, wh...
St. Charles
Evil kings torturing and killing the young men of their court for refusing to re...
James the Lesser?
The refrain of an old song declares, “Every Tom, Dick, and Harry’s name is Jim.”...
Voice of reason to the pope
What’s a mother to do when her teenage daughter goes through one of those “diffi...
Why is St. Joseph the patron of a happy death?
When Joe sings the famous song Old Man River in the musical, Showboat, a lot of ...
No one believed the poor peasant girl: St. Bernadette
It’s easy to forget that God and Mary often choose the poor, the ignorant, and t...
They even tried to take out her eyes: St. Lucy's story
How did a fourth-century Sicilian martyr become the centerpiece of a Scandinavia...
St. Margaret brought Scotland to a new level
Scotland in the 11th century was a wild and untamed country. Scottish lords foug...
Guardian angels: fad, fiction or faithful helpers?
Have you noticed that angels are everywhere? The angel fad that began a decade o...
Patron saint of girl power: Joan of Arc
Long before Buffy slew a vampire or Xena battled bad guys, a teenager showed the...
Junipero Serra
He didn’t wear a Stetson hat, carry a six-shooter, or ride a black stallion. But...
St. Thomas More
If you’d ever met Thomas More, you probably would have been one of his friends. ...
St. Katharine - from riches to rags
If the names Drexel and Xavier bring images of basketball to mind, you need to t...
St. Thomas Aquinas
1 St. Thomas Aquinas was nicknamed the ‘Dumb Ox’ because:
a He was stup...
Cowboys and Indians weren’t the only casualties of the American frontier
It may seem odd to think of martyrs in North America. We usually think of martyr...
St. Michael defend us
If you think angels are chubby cheeked, bare-bottomed tots with wings, or maybe ...
Saints for work and play
Many people seek a balance of work and play in their lives. But for St. Benedict...
In the know about St. Joe
No, you’re not in the wrong section of the magazine. Fr. Joe is in his usual pla...
St. Peter Chanel and the Cannibals of Oceania
If you ever wonder whether one person can really make a difference, think about ...
St. Abraham Kidunaia: The Runaway Groom
Julia Roberts had a big hit with the movie Runaway Bride. If a movie were made a...
There’s more to St. Blase than candles
If it’s February in Michigan, chances are that you or someone you know has a sor...
Patron Saint of Disputed Elections?
What does Lichfield, England have in common with Palm Beach, Fla.? Both have bee...
The St. Nick you never knew
A Jolly Man in a Red Suit or a Fourth Century Bishop?
Did you know that at on...
Overcoming conflict with charity
Sixteenth-century Peru was not a good time or place to be a multiracial child, b...
St. Valentine
Valentine’s Day Lacy greeting cards, red satin hearts filled with chocolates and...
Festividad de los Santos Arcángeles, Miguel, Gabriel y Rafael
Día de festejo: 29 de septiembre
Si alguna vez te has preguntado a cuál santo...
Madre Lupita: La santa patrona de las enfermeras
Festividad: 24 de junio
Santa María Guadalupe García Zavala, conocida como Ma...
MISERICORDIA – el mejor camino hacia la verdad
El Papa San Juan I | Fiesta: 18 de mayo
El pasado octubre, durante la Asamble...
Un santo por nuestros tiempos
Santa Francisca Xavier Cabrini - 14 de noviembre
Francisca Xavier Cabrini nac...
San Pío X
Festividad: 21 de Agosto
Cuando San Pío X fue nombrado Papa en 1903, usó las ...
Une tu sufrimiento a Cristo
Santa Alicia de Schaerbeek (cerca de Bruselas) entró en un convento cisterciense cuando tenía siete años y nunca salió.
San Anselmo de Canterbury
Festividad: 21 de Abril
San Anselmo, un monje benedictino que vivió durante l...
Santa Juana de Arco, Santa patrona de Francia
Festividad: 30 de mayo
Gracias a las películas, libros y leyendas populares, ...