Saint of the Day

Saint Clement

Saint Clement was the fourth pope of the Church, living toward the end of the first century. He is known for his letter to the church at Corinth, in which he tried to reestablish peace between the clergy and the faithful.

November 29

Saint Anthony Mary Claret

Franciscan Media October 24

Anthony Mary Claret was a missionary, religious founder, social reformer, queen’s chaplain, writer and publisher, archbishop and refugee. He was a Spaniard whose work took him to the Canary Islands, Cuba, Madrid, Paris, and to the First Vatican Council.

Saint John of Capistrano

Franciscan Media October 23

Born at a time when the bubonic plague had decimated the population and the Church was split with two, maybe three, claimants to the papacy, Saint John of Capistrano was a voice of strength and hope. He was known for ...

Saint John Paul II

Franciscan Media October 22

Born in Wadowice, Poland, Pope Saint John Paul II had lost his mother, father, and older brother before his 21st birthday. Then his promising academic career at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University was cut short by the outbreak of World War II.

Saint Hilarion

Franciscan Media October 21

The life of a hermit living in the desert strikes many people as mysterious, if not inexplicable. Yet this is what Saint Hilarion, and many others, sought and hoped for and, in some cases, fought for. They teach the value ...

Saint Paul of the Cross

Franciscan Media October 20

Saint Paul of the Cross dedicated his life to the memory of Christ’s passion and death. Known as the Passionists, the Congregation of the Passion that he founded is committed to preaching the good news of Christ crucified, and to ...

Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions

Franciscan Media October 19

Isaac Jogues and his companions are popularly known as the North American martyrs. Over a period of years, these eight Jesuits worked among the Hurons, bringing many into the Catholic faith. They labored in what would become the northeastern United ...

Saint Luke

Franciscan Media October 18

Saint Luke is known to us primarily as the author of the Gospel that bears his name, and Acts of the Apostles. Actually two volumes of one work, Saint Luke instructs and inspires us with his beautiful treatment of the ...