About Saint Angela Merici – January 27
December 5, 2025
For Saint Angela Merici, the 15th-century Italian educator and founder of the Ursuline Sisters, one might say that her
Tag: Saint of the Season
About Saint Pope John Paul II – October 22
October 2, 2025
One of the most prominent of the contemporary saints is Pope John Paul II, the Polish-born pontiff who served as Pope from 1978 to 2005, who traveled to more than 100 countries, and was known for his impact on Catholicism and the larger world.
About Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta
September 2, 2025
Today, her orders number more than 5,000 sisters and more than 450 brothers, who manage orphanages, schools, shelters, AIDS hospices and charity centers to care for refugees, the blind, the disabled, the aged, alcoholics, the poor and the homeless in 139 countries.
About Saint Thomas the Apostle
June 1, 2025
Without a doubt, Saint Thomas the Apostle is one of the best known of Jesus’ 12 Apostles.
About Saint John the Baptist
May 1, 2025
Though his appearances in the Gospels are relatively brief, John the Baptist, the precursor to Jesus, stands as a key figure in Jesus’ story.
About Saint Joseph
March 1, 2025
There’s not a Christian anywhere in the world who does not know Saint Joseph, and it is generally agreed that he is one of the most important figures in Christianity.
About Saints Cyril & Methodius
February 1, 2025
More than a millennium before the Second Vatican Council established Mass in the vernacular, rather than Latin, as the norm, Saints Cyril and Methodius—now known as the Apostles to the Slavs and co-patrons of Europe—set about offering Mass in the Slavonic languages.
About Saint John Neumann
December 2, 2024
He was the third American saint to be canonized, in 1977. His feast day is January 5.
About Saint Michael the Archangel
September 1, 2024
Saint Michael—whose name in Hebrew means “Who is like God?”—is generally recognized as the chief archangel of the heavenly choir of angels.
About Saint Anthony of Padua
June 1, 2024
If you ever prayed to Saint Anthony for help in finding a missing key, ring or checkbook, you’re already connected to the story of one of the most famous saints of them all.
