Feast Day: September 17 The lives of saints are so instructive, in part, because they teach the basic truths of God’s will for us in often […]
St. Hildegard of Bingen
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Maximilian Kolbe 1894-1941 Feast Day: August 14 Raimund Kolbe, born in Russian Poland, was ordained a Franciscan, Maximilian Mary, in Rome. In the 1920s, he reopened a […]
St. Benedict
FEAST DAY: JULY 11 St. Benedict’s parents can’t have been happy to see him abandon his studies in Rome. Worse still was his decision to become […]
Mother Lupita, patron saint of nurses
St. Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, known as Madre Lupita, is Mexico’s second female saint.
St. Damien of Molokai ‘Leper Priest’ in Hawaii
St. Damien of Molkai is called the ‘leper priest’ in Hawaii.
Gianna Beretta Molla
Gianna Beretta Molla, born in 1922 in Magenta, Italy, was a steadfast woman, both in her beliefs and in her career.
St. Manuel Míguez González
Father Faustino known for his use of science and medicine in healing those who needed it most.
Apollonia
died circa 249 FEAST February 9 A middle-aged deaconess in Alexandria, Apollonia was martyred there when mobs roamed the streets torturing and killing Christians. Her death […]