St. Peter Claver – Sept. 9
Celebrate the feast day of this Spanish-born Jesuit priest who cared for African slaves in Cartenga
St. Anthony of Padua - June 13
St. Anthony of Padua was a gifted preacher and teacher
St. Paschal Baylon - May 17
St. Paschal Baylon was a humble Spanish friar of the 16th century, celebrated fo...
St. Gianna Molla – A mother who chose life for her unborn child
This married saint and pediatric specialist gave up her life so her daughter could live
Saint Manuel Míguez González - March 8
Early in his priesthood, Manuel (who took the religious name Faustino of the Inc...
From slavery to joy and hopefulnessL St. Josephine Bakhita
Feast Day: Feb. 8
Kidnapped. Beaten. Sold. So traumatized she forgot he...
St. Nicholas Feast day: Dec. 6
Jolly Old St. Nicholas evokes a cheerful image of an elderly, bearded man, kindl...
St. Leo the Great: Feast Day: Nov. 10
A man of peace. A pastoral pope and a preacher. A staunch defender of doctrine. ...
Saint Francis of Assisi Repairing God’s house
Feast day: Oct. 4Born into a life of privilege in the 12th century, Francis spen...
St. Pius X
Feast Day: Aug. 21
When St. Pius X was named pope in 1903, he used the words ...
Mother Lupita – patron saint of nurses
Feast Day: June 24
Saint Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, known as Mother Lupit...
St. Joan of Arc, patron saint of France
Feast Day: May 30
Thanks to movies, books and popular legend, St. Joan of Arc...
St. Anselm of Canterbury
Feast Day: April 21
St. Anselm, a Benedictine monk who lived during the 11th ...
Saint María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus
Feast Day - March 20
Saint María Josefa felt called to religious life at a yo...
St. Polycarp, first heard the Gospel from Jesus' apostles
Feast Day: February 23
As the bishop of Smyrna in the second century, St. Pol...
St. Virginia Centurione Bracelli
Virginia Centurione, born into a noble family in Genoa, Italy, in 1587, was forc...
St. Charles Borromeo, A tireless reformer
Feast Day: November 4Born amidst the turmoil of the Protestant Reformation and t...
St. Faustina - Secretary of Divine Mercy
Born Helena Kowalska in the small Polish town of Lodz, St. Faustina was one of 1...
St. Padre Pio: Leading others to God’s healing mercy
Feast day: September 23
Devoted to Christ from his childhood in Italy, where ...
Lily of the Mohawks, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Feast Day July 14
Tekakwitha, born in 1656 to a Christian Algonquin mother and Mohawk father, embr...
St. Thomas More: A man for all seasons
Feast Day: June 22
St. Thomas More was an educated man – a lawyer, husba...
St. Damien of Molokai “Leper priest” in Hawaii
Feast Day: May 10
Born into a poor, Belgian farming family in 1840, Joseph De...
Advocate of Peace, Advisors to Popes: Catherine of Siena
Feast Day: April 29
On the feast of the Annunciation, 1347, Jacopo and Lapa B...
St. Katharine Drexel, An American Missionary
Feast Day: March 3
St. Katharine Drexel was born to a rich and charitable fam...
The Humble Doorkeeper: St. Andre Bessette
Feast Day: January 7thSt. André was born Alfred Bessette in Quebec in 1845. Orph...
Break with sin and follow Christ: St. Fabiola
St. Fabiola (d. 399/400) was a Roman physician who divorced her first husband du...
Canonization of St. Junipero Serra
On Sept. 23, 2015, Pope Francis canonized Junípero Serra at the Basilica of the ...
St. Thérèse of Lisieux | St. Teresa of Ávila
Feast Days: October 1 | October 15St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as St. Thér...
Feast of the Archangels, Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Feast day: Sept. 29If you have ever wondered which saint to pray to for speedy h...
Be Innocent: St. Maria Goretti
Feast day: July 6During the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus called the meek blessed. ...
Join your suffering to Christ: St. Alice
Feast Day: June 15St. Alice of Schaerbeek (which is near Brussels in Belgium) en...
Mercy, the best path to truth: St. Pope John
Feast Day: May 18During last October’s Extraordinary General Assembly of the Syn...
Develop a ‘drip’ mentality: St. Isidore of Seville
Feast Day: April 4St. Isidore of Seville (560-636) is the Doctor of Education. H...
Make it a family affair: St. Gregory of Nyssa
Feast Day: March 9Every Christian is called to holiness. By living out this call...
Pray until something happens: St. Genevieve
Feast Day: January 3PUSH is an acronym for “Pray Until Something Happens” and St...
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 Blessed Juliana of Norwich
Feast Day: May 13
The word “sin” can be defined as “to miss the mark.” In thi...
Blessed Juliana of Norwich
Feast Day: May 13The word “sin” can be defined as “to miss the mark.” In this se...
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 St. Lucy
Feast Day: Dec. 13The moral virtue of courage, or fortitude, enables us to stand...
Be Moved St. Bavo
Feast day: October 1In an instant, everything can change; a life can be forever ...
Mimic the mustard seed St. Kieran
Feast Day: September 9St. Kieran (or Ciaran), unlike most of the Irish saints, w...
The missionary of the Rosary Saint Dominic
Feast Day: August 8In 1208, Pope Innocent III began a seven year crusade against...
Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God St. Germaine Cousin
Feast Day: June 15St. Germaine Cousin (1579-1601) is the patron for victims of c...
Pay attention to the fruit St. Rose Venerini
Feast Day: May 7We have all no doubt heard that a tree can be known by its fruit...
Live Mercifully St. Julie Billiart
Feast Day: April 8“Blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy.” This ...
Strive for Perfection
Feast Day: March 2St. Angela of the Cross (1846- 1932) founded the Institute of ...
Look back to move forward St. Giuseppe Maria Tommasi
Feast Day: Jan. 1 We live in a culture obsessed with the “new,” with a predicta...
Be humble St. John of the Cross
Feast Day: Dec. 14
St. John of the Cross, born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, (June 2...
Feed the Hungry, Care for the Sick St. Martin de Porres
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 of Calcutta
Blessed Teresa, or Mother Teresa, (Aug. 26, 1910 – Sept. 5, 1997) was born Agnes...
Perpetua and Felicity
The heartbreaking account of the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity was written ...
St. Justin philosopher and martyr
Justin Martyr, was born at the end of the 1st Century, in a Roman settlement in ...
St. Philip Neri The Patron Saint of U.S. Special Forces
St. Philip Neri was born in Florence, Italy in 1515. He gave up worldly goods as...
St. Julie The patron saint against illness and disease
St. Julie Billart was born in 1751 in France, the sixth of seven children.
S...
St. Joseph husband of Mary
St Joseph was the husband of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus Christ. ...
St. Basil from a family of saints
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 He helped decide what books went in the Bible
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 ’finding yourself’ by finding God
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’ St. Peter Chanel
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 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
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” Saint Brigid
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...
Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt
Father Denis Spitzley of St. Mary Parish, Charlotte, and Bishop Earl Boyea have ...
Andrew the Apostle
Feast Day: November 30
Patron of Scotland, Russia, fishermen and unmarried wo...
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...
Madre Lupita: La santa patrona de las enfermeras Festividad: 24 de junio
Santa María Guadalupe García Zavala, conocida como Madre Lupita, abrazó una vida...
San Pío X Festividad: 21 de Agosto
Cuando San Pío X fue nombrado Papa en 1903, usó las palabras de San Pablo para e...
San Anselmo de Canterbury 'A menos que lo crea, no lo entenderé' Festividad: 21 de Abril
San Anselmo, un monje benedictino que vivió durante los siglos XI y XII en Europ...
Santa Juana de Arco Santa patrona de Francia | Festividad: 30 de mayo
Gracias a las películas, libros y leyendas populares, Santa Juana de Arco parece...