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Saints

Today, February 11: We Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

Feb 11, 2024

On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, recalling a series of 18 appearances that the Blessed Virgin Mary made to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, Saint Bernadette Soubirous.

Today, February 10, we celebrate St. Scholastica

Feb 10, 2024

On Feb. 10, the Catholic Church remembers St. Scholastica, a nun who was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the "father of monasticism" in Western Europe.

Today, February 9, we celebrate St. Apollonia of Alexandria

Feb 9, 2024

St. Apollonia was a holy virgin who suffered martyrdom in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians in the early 3rd century.

Today, February 8, we celebrate St. Josephine Bakhita

Feb 8, 2024

Josefina Bakhita was born in Sudan (Africa) and lived through slavery for much of her life. The name Bakhita, which means "fortunate," she obtained through her captors at age 9, and Josefina's, twelve years after her when she received her baptism.

Today, February 7, we celebrate St. Richard

Feb 7, 2024

St. Richard was orphaned at a young age. His brother inherited his parents' estate after he was of age, but the death tax was so great that they were sent into poverty, and Richard had to work on his brother's farm.

Today, February 6, we celebrate St. Paul Miki and Companions

Feb 6, 2024

On Feb. 6, the Catholic Church honors the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki, a group of native Japanese Catholics and foreign missionaries who suffered death for their faith in the year 1597.

Today we celebrate St. Blaise, patron saint of throat diseases and laryngologists

Feb 3, 2024

Blaise was a hard-working bishop dedicated to encouraging the spiritual and physical health of his people in Sebastea, Armenia.

Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

Feb 2, 2024

At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of liturgical life there.

Today, January 27, we celebrate Angela Merici, foundress of the Ursuline Sisters

Jan 27, 2024

Angela Merici was born in the small Italian town of Desenzano on the shore of Lake Garda in 1474.

Mosaic of Sales on the exterior of St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis. | Credit: RickMorais/Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

From Struggles With Temper to Path of Charity, St. Francis de Sales is a Model for us all

Jan 24, 2024

On Jan. 24, the Church celebrates the patron saint of journalists, writers, and the Catholic press: St. Francis de Sales, doctor of the Church.

Today, January 22, we celebrate Saint Vincent, patron of vinegar-makers and wine-makers

Jan 22, 2024

St. Vincent was Deacon of Saragossa, and a martyr under Diocletian in 304. This most renowned martyr of Spain is represented in the dalmatic of a deacon, and has as emblems a cross, a raven, a grate, or a fire-pile.

A lamb is wreathed in flowers during a special Mass for the feast of St. Agnes at the Basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Wall on Jan. 21, 2014. | Credit: Paul Badde/CNA

The Origins of St. Agnes, Child Saint and Martyr

Jan 21, 2024

Although not much is known about the life of St. Agnes, there are many stories passed down since her martyrdom in the fourth century.

Today, January 21, we celebrate virgin and martyr St. Agnes

Jan 21, 2024

On Jan. 21, the Roman Catholic Church honors the virgin and martyr St. Agnes, who suffered death for her consecration to Christ.

Today, January 19, We Celebrate St. Canutus, King of Denmark

Jan 19, 2024

Saint Canutus, King of Denmark,  succeeded his elder brother Harold on the throne of Denmark in the year 1080. He began his reign by a successful war against the enemies of the state, and by planting the faith in the conquered provinces.

Today, January 18, We Celebrate St. Charles of Sezze

Jan 18, 2024

Saint Charles was born John Charles Marchioni in Sezze, Italy on October 19, 1613.  His family was extremely pious. They lived in a rural area and as a child Saint Charles worked as a shepherd.  

Today, January 17, We Celebrate St. Anthony of Egypt

Jan 17, 2024

On his Jan. 17 feast day, both Eastern and Western Catholics celebrate the life and legacy of St. Anthony of Egypt, the founder of Christian monasticism whose radical approach to discipleship permanently impacted the Church.

Today, January 16, We Celebrate St. Marcellus, Pope

Jan 16, 2024

Nothing of Marcellus' life before his papacy has survived the centuries. He became Pope at the end of the persecutions of Diocletian in aound 308-309. The persecutions had disrupted the Church so much that there had been a gap of over a year with no Pope. Once he was elected, he faced several challenges, including reconsituting the clergy, which had been decimated and whose remnant had practiced their vocation only covertly and with the expectation of martyrdom. 

Today, January 15, We Celebrate St. Paul of Thebes

Jan 15, 2024

On Jan. 15, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Paul of Thebes, whose life of solitude and penance gave inspiration to the monastic movement during its early years.

Today, January 14, We Celebrate St. Sava, Archbishop of Serbia

Jan 14, 2024

Originally Prince Rastko Nemanjic, he was the first Patriarch of Serbia (1219-1233) and is an important Saint in the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The ordination of St. Hilary of Poitiers. | Credit: Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

What Pope Benedict XVI Said about St. Hilary of Poitiers

Jan 13, 2024

St. Hilary of Poitiers, who was named a doctor of the Church, battled against the Arian heresy that Jesus was not divine.