October 26
the doctor of the poor who became Brother Marcelo at Farneta
José Gregorio Hernández
Lives of the Saints
October 24
missionary on foot, archbishop of Cuba and confessor to Isabella II
Anthony Mary Claret
October 22
John Paul II
The Pope who forgave the man who shot him in Saint Peter's Square
October 21
Laura Montoya
The first Colombian saint, mother of the Indigenous peoples of the jungle
October 19
Saint Peter of Alcantara
The barefoot friar who guided Teresa of Ávila in prayer
October 18
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Paul's beloved physician, who wrote the third Gospel and Acts
October 17
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
The chained bishop who first called the Church "Catholic"
October 16
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
The saint who asked for the feast of the Sacred Heart
October 15
Saint Teresa of Jesus
Founder of Discalced Carmel and author of The Interior Castle
October 14
Pope Saint Callistus I
The Slave Who Became Bishop of Rome, Pope of the Catacombs
October 12
Our Lady of the Pillar
The Column Zaragoza Says Mary Left to the Apostle Saint James
October 11
John XXIII
Good Pope John, the sharecropper's son who opened the Second Vatican Council
October 9
John Henry Newman
The Anglican who left Oxford and became a Doctor of the Church
October 7
Our Lady of the Rosary
The Feast Born of the Rosary Prayed in Rome on Lepanto Day
October 6
Saint Bruno of Cologne
The Founder of the Carthusians Who Chose a Desert Over a Mitre
October 5
Saint Faustina Kowalska
The Polish Nun Who Gave the World the Divine Mercy Chaplet
October 4
Saint Francis of Assisi
Founder of the Friars Minor, Author of the Canticle of Brother Sun
October 2
Holy Guardian Angels
Who they are, what they do and what help your guardian angel gives
October 1
Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
Doctor of the Church and saint of the shower of roses
September 30
Saint Jerome
Doctor of the Church who gave the West the Vulgate, its Latin Bible
September 29
Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael
The only three angels the Bible names
September 26
Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
The silverless doctor brothers named together at Mass
September 24
Our Lady of Mercy
Patroness of prisoners, named after a ransom paid for captives
September 23
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)
The Capuchin confessor who served the sick
September 21
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Author of the Gospel That Opens the New Testament
September 20
Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions, Korean Martyrs
First Korean Priest
September 18
Saint Joseph of Cupertino, Patron of Students and Exams
The Franciscan Saint of Ecstasy
September 17
Saint Hildegard of Bingen
The Voice That Defied Silence
September 15
Our Lady of Sorrows
The Sword That Pierced Her Soul
September 14
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
From Roman Shame to Hope
September 13
Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
He Died Giving Thanks
September 11
Saint John Gabriel Perboyre
Died Bound to a Cross in Wuchang
September 9
Saint Peter Claver
40 Years Boarding Slave Ships
September 8
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
the child no one saw born
September 7
Saint Clodoald
he gave up the throne to become no one
September 5
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
50 Years Without Feeling God
September 3
Saint Gregory the Great
he signed as 'servant of the servants of God'
September 2
Saint Solomon Leclercq
He Wouldn't Sign, and It Cost His Life
August 31
Saint Raymond Nonnatus
The Saint With a Lock on His Lips
August 29
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
the feast that cost him his head
August 28
Saint Augustine
"take up and read" — the voice that changed his life
August 27
Saint Monica
Thirty Years Waiting Behind a Closed Door
August 26
Mariam Baouardy
the illiterate maid who founded two Carmels
August 24
Saint Bartholomew
he asked if good could come from Nazareth
August 23
Saint Rose of Lima
The First Saint Born in the Americas
August 21
Saint Pius X
the Pope who taught catechism every Sunday in the Vatican
August 20
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
the monk who arbitrated a papal schism
August 18
Saint Helena
The Innkeeper's Servant Who Became Empress
August 16
Saint Roch
he died imprisoned and unnamed, no one knew who he was
August 15
Virgin Mary
the empty tomb venerated for 16 centuries
August 14
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
the step forward that led him to die for another
August 13
Saint Dulce
a swept henhouse became a 1,000-bed hospital
August 11
Saint Clare
40 years fighting for the right to own nothing
August 10
Saint Lawrence
the deacon who gave away Rome's treasure
August 9
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
Jewish and holy
August 8
Saint Dominic de Guzmán
he sold his books to feed the starving
August 6
Saint Sixtus II, Pope and Martyr
the bishop who died breaking the bread
August 4
Saint John Vianney
the boy who couldn't learn Latin won a million souls
August 2
Our Lady of the Angels
the stone no one noticed
August 1
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
the lawyer who never lost a
