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Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin

September, 25th | Saints Louis Martin and Zélie...

Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin's Story Born into a military family in Bordeaux, Louis trained to become a watchmaker. His desire to join a religious community went unfulfilled because...

September, 25th | Saints Louis Martin and Zélie...

Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin's Story Born into a military family in Bordeaux, Louis trained to become a watchmaker. His desire to join a religious community went unfulfilled because...

Saint John Henry Newman

September, 24th | Saint John Henry Newman

Saint John Henry Newman's Story John Henry Newman, the 19th-century’s most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as...

September, 24th | Saint John Henry Newman

Saint John Henry Newman's Story John Henry Newman, the 19th-century’s most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as...

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

September, 23rd | Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s Story In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John Paul II canonized Padre Pio of Pietrelcina on June 16, 2002. It was the...

September, 23rd | Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s Story In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John Paul II canonized Padre Pio of Pietrelcina on June 16, 2002. It was the...

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions

September, 22nd | Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Compan...

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions' Story Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he learned Chinese and Tagalog from them, and Spanish...

September, 22nd | Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Compan...

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions' Story Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he learned Chinese and Tagalog from them, and Spanish...

Saint Matthew

September, 21st | Saint Matthew

Saint Matthew’s Story Matthew was a Jew who worked for the occupying Roman forces, collecting taxes from other Jews. The Romans were not scrupulous about what the “tax farmers” got for...

September, 21st | Saint Matthew

Saint Matthew’s Story Matthew was a Jew who worked for the occupying Roman forces, collecting taxes from other Jews. The Romans were not scrupulous about what the “tax farmers” got for...

Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions

September, 20th | Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Pau...

Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Stories The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts. Following his baptism at the age of...

September, 20th | Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Pau...

Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Stories The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts. Following his baptism at the age of...