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POPE ST. PIUS X

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 21 Pope Pius X was born in 1835 as Guiseppe Melchiorre Sarto in present day Italy. He was ordained in 1859 and became...

ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 20 St. Bernard of Clairvaux was born in France at the end of the 11th century. He left his privileged life to enter...

AUGUST 17, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

Jesus said to His disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is...

ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 14 St. Maximilian Kolbe was born Raymund Kolbe in 1894. Born in Poland, Kolbe had an apparition from the Virgin Mary at the...

ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 12 St. Jane Frances de Chantal was born in the 16th century in Dijon, France. Because her mother died when she was very...

ST. CLARE OF ASSISI

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 11 St. Clare of Assisi was a contemporary of St. Francis, and was inspired by his preaching to join the Benedictines at the...

AUGUST 10, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In today’s gospel, Jesus emphasizes the importance of being ready for his return. He says: “You also must be prepared, for at an hour...

ST. LAWRENCE

FEAST: AUGUST 10 Little is known about St. Lawrence, but there is legend of his martyrdom under the Emperor Valerian. Lawrence was a deacon for...

ST. TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 9 St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was born Edith Stein in 1891. A Jew born in Poland, Edith was the youngest of...

ST. DOMINIC

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 8 St. Dominic was born at the end of the 12th century into a wealthy family. His mother was Blessed Joan of Aza....

ST. JOHN VIANNEY

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...

AUGUST 3, 2025 GOSPEL REFLECTION

In his masterpiece The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis writes a correspondence between Screwtape, a senior demon, and his nephew Wormwood, a junior demon. Screwtape...

ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

MEMORIAL: AUGUST 1 St. Alphonsus Liguori was born at the end of the 17th century and was a brilliant young man. He achieved his doctorate...

ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

MEMORIAL: JULY 31 St. Ignatius was born in Northern Spain in the late 15th century as the youngest of 13 children. He eventually became a...

ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS

MEMORIAL: JULY 30 St. Peter Chrysologus was born in Imola, Italy, in the late 4th century. He was an educated man who eventually became a...