Saint of The Day 7/18/23: Saint Camillus de Lellis
Saint Camillus de Lellis’ Story Humanly speaking, Camillus was not a likely candidate for sainthood. His mother died when he was a child,...
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Jul 17, 20231 min
Saint of The Day 7/17/23: Saint Francis Solano
Saint Francis Solano’s Story Francis came from a leading family in Andalusia, Spain. Perhaps it was his popularity as a student that...
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Jul 16, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/16/23: Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Story of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century....
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The Littlest Angel
Jul 15, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/15/23: Saint Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure’s Story Perhaps not a household name for most people, Saint Bonaventure, nevertheless, played an important role in both...
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Jul 14, 20233 min
Saint of The Day 7/14/23: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha’s Story The blood of martyrs is the seed of saints. Nine years after the Jesuits Isaac Jogues and Jean de Lelande...
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Jul 13, 20231 min
Saint of The Day 7/13/23: Saint Henry
Saint Henry’s Story As German king and Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was a practical man of affairs. He was energetic in consolidating his...
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Jul 12, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/12/23: Saints John Jones and John Wall
Saint John Jones’ and Saint John Wall’s stories These two friars were martyred in England in the 16th and 17th centuries for refusing to...
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Jul 11, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/11/23:Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict’s Story It is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on...
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Jul 10, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/10/23: Saint Veronica Giuliani
Saint Veronica Giuliani’s Story Veronica’s desire to be like Christ crucified was answered with the stigmata. Veronica was born in...
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The Littlest Angel
Jul 9, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/9/23: Saint Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions
Saint Augustine Zhao Rong’s and Companions’ Stories Christianity arrived in China by way of Syria in the 600s. Depending on China’s...
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The Littlest Angel
Jul 8, 20231 min
Saint of The Day 7/8/23: Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions
Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions’ Story Christian missionaries have often gotten caught in the crossfire of wars against their own...
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The Littlest Angel
Jul 7, 20231 min
Saint of The Day 7/7/23: Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions
Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions’ Story Not much is known of the early life of Emmanuel Ruiz, but details of his heroic death in...
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The Littlest Angel
Jul 6, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/6/23: Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Maria Goretti’s Story One of the largest crowds ever assembled for a canonization—250,000—symbolized the reaction of millions...
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The Littlest Angel
Jul 5, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/5/23: Saint Anthony Zaccaria
Saint Anthony Zaccaria’s Story At the same time that Martin Luther was attacking abuses in the Church, a reformation within the Church...
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The Littlest Angel
Jul 4, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/4/23: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal’s Story Elizabeth is usually depicted in royal garb with a dove or an olive branch. At her birth in 1271, her...
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Jul 3, 20232 min
Saint of The Day 7/3/23: Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas’ Story Poor Thomas! He made one remark and has been branded as “Doubting Thomas” ever since. But if he doubted, he also...
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Jul 2, 20231 min
Saint of The Day 7/2/23: Saint Oliver Plunkett
Saint Oliver Plunkett’s Story The name of today’s saint is especially familiar to the Irish and the English—and with good reason. The...
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Jul 1, 20233 min
Saint of The Day 7/1/23: Saint Junipero Serra
Saint Junipero Serra’s Story In 1776, when the American Revolution was beginning in the east, another part of the future United States...
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The Littlest Angel
Jun 30, 20231 min
Saint of The Day 6/30/23: First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome’s Story There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though...
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Jun 29, 20233 min
Saint of The Day 6/29/23: Saints Peter and Paul
Saints Peter and Paul’s Story Peter (d. 64?) Saint Mark ends the first half of his Gospel with a triumphant climax. He has recorded...
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