Feast Day: May 15 According to tradition, Dymphna, the daughter of pagan king Damon of Ireland, was born in the 7th century and secretly baptized and […]
St. Dymphna
St. Catherine of Siena
Advocate of peace, advisor to popes FEAST DAY: April 29 On the feast of the Annunciation, 1347, Jacopo and Lapa Benincasa welcomed their 25th child into […]
St. Joseph
St. Joseph was a holy man — and a very good father. FEAST DAY: MARCH 19 St. Joseph is the patron of all families, especially of […]
St. Blase
Many parishes have a traditional blessing of throats on the Feast of St. Blase, Feb. 3.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first native-born North American to be canonized.
St. Nicholas
While the original St. Nicholas was known and honored for his concern for the poor, the Church also remembers him as a fierce defender of the faith against the Arian heresy at the first Church council in Nicaea.
St. John Henry Newman: Newly canonized saint
John Henry Newman, one of the leading Roman Catholic and Anglican theologians of the 19th century, was canonized Oct. 13. His search for truth and writings on his beliefs were instrumental in changing the definition of religion in his time and beyond.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Ávila
Take the quiz about two saints with feast days in October.