Saints & Feast Days

Image: Saint Theodora Guerin | Image courtesy and © Sisters of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Saint of the Day for October 3 (October 2, 1798 – May 14, 1856) Saint Theodora Guérin’s Story Trust in God’s Providence enabled Mother Theodore to leave her homeland, sail halfway around the world, and...

Image: The Guardian Angel | Marcantonio Franceschini Saint of the Day for October 2 The Story of the Feast of the Guardian Angels Perhaps no aspect of Catholic piety is as comforting to parents as the belief that an angel protects their little ones from dangers real and imagined. Yet angels are not...

Image: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux as a novice at age 16. | Carmelite Archives of Lisieux Saint of the Day for October 1 (January 2, 1873 – September 30, 1897) Saint Thérèse of Lisieux’s Story “I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.” T...

Image: One side of a double-sided panel. Three saints in full figure – Saint Sylvester, Saint Jerome, and Saint Martin | anonymous Saint of the Day for September 30 (345 – 420) Saint Jerome’s Story Most of the saints are remembered for some outstanding virtue or devotion which they practiced, but Je...

Image: Detail | East window behind the altar | St. Michael’s Church, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland | Frederick Settle Barff Saints of the Day for September 29 Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael’s Story Angels—messengers from God—appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel and R...

Image: Saint Wenceslaus statue on the Gothic Bridge in Kłodzko | photo by Jacek Halicki Saint of the Day for September 28 (c. 907 – 929) Saint Wenceslaus’ Story If saints have been falsely characterized as “other worldly,” the life of Wenceslaus stands as an example to the contrary: He stood for Chr...

Image: Detail | Saint Vincent de Paul | Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ Saint of the Day for September 27 (1580 – September 27, 1660) Saint Vincent de Paul’s Story The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Saint Vincent de Paul’s eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of Fran...

Image: Saint Paul VI | photo by Ambrosius007 Saint of the Day for September 26 (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978) Saint Paul VI’s Story Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, editor, and eventually a member o...

Saints Louis and Marie-Azelie Guerin Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. (CNS photo/Sanctuary of Lisieux) Saints of the Day for September 25 Saint Louis Martin (August 22, 1823 – July 29, 1894) and Saint Zélie Guérin (December 23, 1831 – August 28, 1877) Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guér...

Image: Saint John Henry Newman | Sir John Everett Millais Saint of the Day for September 24 (February 21, 1801 – August 11, 1890) Saint John Henry Newman’s Story Saint John Henry Newman, the 19th-century’s most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an An...

Image: Saint Pio of Pietrecina | San Sebastian Cathedral of Tarlac, Philippines | photo by Ramon FVelasquez Saint of the Day for September 23 (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s Story In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John Paul II canonized Saint Pio o...

Image: San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish Church | photo by Judgefloro Saint of the Day for September 22 Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions (1600 – September 29 or 30, 1637) Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions’ Story Saint Lorenzo Ruiz was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians....