Saint Jane Frances

Posted On August 12, 2019

Jane Frances was wife, mother, nun, and founder of a religious community. Her mother died when she was 18 months old, and her father, head of parliament at Dijon,

St. Clare of Assisi

Posted On August 11, 2019

Saint Clare was born in 1193 in Assisi to a noble family. Before her birth, her mother received a sign that her daughter would be a bright light of God in the worl

St. Lawrence

Posted On August 10, 2019

Saint Lawrence was martyred on August 10, 258 during the persecution of the emperor Valerian along with many other members of the Roman clergy. He was the last of

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Posted On August 09, 2019

On August 9 the Catholic Church remembers St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as St. Edith Stein. St. Teresa converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the

St. Dominic

Posted On August 08, 2019

On Aug. 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Dominic Guzman, who helped the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Pr

Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions

Posted On August 08, 2019

Gregory Grassi was born in Italy in 1833, ordained in 1856, and sent to China five years later. Gregory was later ordained Bishop of North Shanxi. With 14 other Eu

St. Cajetan

Posted On August 07, 2019

Saint Cajetan was one of the great reformers of the Church during the period of the Reformation, remaining loyal to the Church regardless of the corruptions and ex

Transfiguration of the Lord

Posted On August 06, 2019

A feast in honor of the Transfiguration was celebrated in the Eastern Church from about that time. Western observance began in some localities about the eighth cen

Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica

Posted On August 05, 2019

St. Mary Major is one of the four Roman basilicas known as patriarchal cathedrals in memory of the first centers of the Church.

St. John Mary Vianney

Posted On August 04, 2019

On August 4, the Church celebrates the feast day of St. John Vianney, patron of Priests.