August 1
Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
the lawyer who never lost a
Saints of August
August 2
Our Lady of the Angels
the stone no one noticed
August 4
Saint John Vianney
the boy who couldn't learn Latin won a million souls
August 6
Saint Sixtus II, Pope and Martyr
the bishop who died breaking the bread
August 8
Saint Dominic de Guzmán
he sold his books to feed the starving
August 9
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
Jewish and holy
August 10
Saint Lawrence
the deacon who gave away Rome's treasure
August 11
Saint Clare
40 years fighting for the right to own nothing
August 13
Saint Dulce
a swept henhouse became a 1,000-bed hospital
August 14
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
the step forward that led him to die for another
August 15
Virgin Mary
the empty tomb venerated for 16 centuries
August 16
Saint Roch
he died imprisoned and unnamed, no one knew who he was
August 18
Saint Helena
The Innkeeper's Servant Who Became Empress
August 20
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
the monk who arbitrated a papal schism
August 21
Saint Pius X
the Pope who taught catechism every Sunday in the Vatican
August 23
Saint Rose of Lima
The First Saint Born in the Americas
August 24
Saint Bartholomew
he asked if good could come from Nazareth
August 26
Mariam Baouardy
the illiterate maid who founded two Carmels
August 27
Saint Monica
Thirty Years Waiting Behind a Closed Door
August 28
Saint Augustine
"take up and read" — the voice that changed his life
August 29
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
the feast that cost him his head
August 31
Saint Raymond Nonnatus
The Saint With a Lock on His Lips
Day by day
- 1Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
- 2Our Lady of the Angels
- 3Saint Peter of Anagni
- 4Saint John Vianney
- 5Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snows)
- 6Saint Sixtus II, Pope and Martyr
- 7Saint Cajetan of Thiene
- 8Saint Dominic de Guzmán
- 9Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin and martyr
- 10Saint Lawrence
- 11Saint Clare
- 12Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
- 13Saint Dulce
- 14Saint Maximilian Kolbe
- 15Virgin Mary
- 16Saint Roch
- 17Saint Clare of Montefalco
- 18Saint Helena
- 19Saint John Eudes
- 20Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- 21Saint Pius X
- 22The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 23Saint Rose of Lima
- 24Saint Bartholomew
- 25Saint Joseph Calasanz, Priest and Founder
- 26Mariam Baouardy
- 27Saint Monica
- 28Saint Augustine
- 29The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
- 30Saint Rose of Lima
- 31Saint Raymond Nonnatus
