Saint Francis Xavier, S.J. was one of the first Jesuits and a great missionary to Asia. He was born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta, 7 April 1506 – 3 December 1552, was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic missionary, born in Javier (Xavier in Navarro-Aragonese or Xabier in Basque), Kingdom of Navarre...
St. John XXIII (1958-1963) When on October 20, 1958 the cardinals, assembled in conclave, elected Angelo Roncalli as pope many regarded him, because of his age and ambiguous reputation, as a transitional pope, little realizing that the pontificate of this man of 76 years would mark...
[caption id="attachment_12258" align="alignright" width="350"] "I want to be only a poor friar who prays – if God sees blemishes even in the angels, can you imagine what He sees in me!" - Padre Pio[/caption]Feast Day: September 23 3:00 a.m. His day began. He liked to spend several...
Feast day: September 5 Patron of World Youth Day Birth: 1910 Death: 1997 Beatified By: Pope John Paul II Mother Teresa left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary charity. Her response to Jesus' plea, "Come be My light," made her a Missionary of Charity, a "mother to the poor,"...
August 29 As forerunner of our Lord’s birth, preaching and death, the blessed John showed in his struggle a goodness worthy of the sight of heaven. In the words of Scripture: Though in the sight of men he suffered torments, his hope is full of...
St. Augustine said that when we pray, we are beggars before GOD. He knew too well how his mother, St. Monica, daily begged GOD for his conversion. St. Monica followed him around and admonished him to give up his worldly life. She tearfully asked priests to pray...
Saint Roch or Rocco (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327) was a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August; he is specially invoked against the plague. He may also be called Rock in English, and has the designation of St. Rollox in...
Si San Alfonso Maria de Liguori natawo sa Marianella, duol sa Napoles, kanhi sakop sa Gingharian sa Napoles. Kamagulangan siya sa pito ka managsoon nga nahilakip sa han-ay sa mga inilang banay. Duha ka adlaw gikan sa iyang pagkatawo, gibunyagan siya sa simbahan sa Inahan...
St. Ignatius of Loyola, a Spaniard born from Azpeitia on October 23, 1491, was once a man of the world. He chased after the wildest dreams, basked in lauds of pomp and glory, and went out with all the beautiful women. And yet, on a...
Born in Aytona in the Spanish province of Lerida, Francis Palau y Quer was welcomed into the world by his parents on December 29, 1811, the seventh of nine children. Francis excelled in his studies and was a child of great desires and aspirations. At...