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
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.