SOLEMNITY: JUNE 24
John was Jesus’ cousin and his birth was foretold by the angel Gabriel six months prior to Mary’s Annunciation. Thus we celebrate...
FEAST: DECEMBER 12
This day, we celebrate the apparition of the Blessed Mother to Jaun Diego, a poor Christian Aztec which revolutionized Christianity in the...
MEMORIAL: NOVEMBER 4
St. Charles Borromeo was born during the height of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century in Italy to the famous Medici...
MEMORIAL: FEBRUARY 14
St. Cyril and St. Methodius were Greek brothers who lived in the 9th century. Methodius was the elder brother and was originally...
MEMORIAL: AUGUST 4
St. John Vianney, or the Cure de Ars, was born during the French Revolution which rendered Catholicism illegal. He received all of...
MEMORIAL: JULY 1
St. Junipero Serra was born in Spain in the 18th century. As a teenager, Serra attended school with the Franciscans which eventually...
MEMORIAL: JULY 14
St. Kateri Tekakwitha was born into the Mohawk tribe who hated Christians in 1656. However, Jesuit missionaries continued to come and Kateri...
MEMORIAL: MARCH 3
St. Katharine Drexel was the second American-born Catholic saint. She was born in Philadelphia in 1858 into a wealthy family. Her home...
FEAST: JULY 22
Mary Magdalene is one of the most inspiring followers of Christ. While she is never identified specifically, tradition holds that she is...
MEMORIAL: DECEMBER 21
St. Peter Canisius was born in the 16th century in Holland. He would spend much time in Germany, where the Protestant Reformation...
MEMORIAL: FEBRUARY 23
St. Polycarp was a second generation Christian. This means that He learned about Jesus from the Apostles. St. Polycarp was a disciple...
MEMORIAL: FEBRUARY 10
St. Scholastica was born in the 6th century, and was brother to St. Benedict. As St. Benedict established his famous monastery in...