Born in Lourdes, France, in 1844, St. Bernadette Soubirous suffered from severe asthma and lived in abject poverty. In 1858, she was granted a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a cave on the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes.
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.
Born in the Philippines in the mid-17th century, Pedro served as a teenage catechist alongside Spanish Jesuit missionaries in the Ladrones Islands (modern Marianas). He preached Christianity to the Chamorro people and helped to baptize infants, children and adults in the area,
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
On March 14, Pope Francis authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to decree as "venerable" Mother Mary Alphonsa Hawthorne -- also known as Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of an American literary icon and founder of the Congregation of the Dominican
Wife of King Henry I of Germany, Matilda was a Benedictine Oblate and the mother of Otto the Great. Her husband died in 936, and her sons, Otto and Henry, vied for their father’s throne. Matilda supported
Henry’s claim to power. When Otto
St. Frances of Rome (1384-1440) — an Italian wife, mother, and founder of the Oblates of St. Frances of Rome — led a life marked by deep prayer and service to the poor, despite personal sorrows including the loss of two children