St. Isidore was a Spanish day laborer who was born in 1070 and died in 1130. He learned the importance of a life of prayer and growing in the virtues despite lacking formal education and spent his life as a tenant farmer.
Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor of the Church, St. Athanasius, who died in 373, is known as the Father of Orthodoxy for defending the true and equal divinity of the incarnate Son of God. A man with a sharp intellect but also
Saint Peter Chanel exemplified the apostolic mission by sharing his faith to the farthest ends of the earth and becoming a martyr in the South West Pacific. A French priest belonging to the Society of Mary, or Marists, Father Chanel was the
Saint Fidelis was born Mark Rey in 1577, at Sigmaringen, Prussia, and was first a practicing lawyer who was a zealous advocate for the poor. Disgusted by injustice in the legal profession, Mark Rey chose to enter the Capuchin friars and took
Considered the Father of Scholasticism, Saint Anselm was born in Aosta, Italy, and died in Canterbury, England, where he defended the rights of the Church over the state while writing philosophical and theological works laying the groundwork for the great scholars of
St. Vincent Ferrer, known as the "Angel of Judgment," was a Spanish Dominican friar who, in the early 1400s, dedicated his life to preaching across Europe, aiming to convert non-Christians, reunite heretics and schismatics with the faith, and inspire sinners towards penance.
Archbishop of Lima, Peru, Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo is known for his work to better the lives of many poor indigenous people while at the same time reforming the clergy. A lawyer by training, he was elevated to bishop against his will.
As he cared for Christ, St. Joseph, whose feast we celebrate on March 19, is someone to ask for protection in any circumstance to include sharing Jesus with others. With reference to St. Joseph, Pope St. John Paul II said, “This patronage
Born in A.D. 315, St. Cyril of Jerusalem is known for his constancy in faith at the time that the Arian heresy denying the divinity of Christ had spread throughout the Roman Empire. In an atmosphere where the Church was splintered, St.
Today’s saint: St. Patrick, born in A.D. 387 and kidnapped by Irish pirates at 16, spent six years as a slave in Northern Ireland, a period that prepared him for his later mission in Ireland by immersing him in the culture and