Saint Marguerite d’Youville
Saint Marguerite d’Youville Saint of the Day for June 15 (October 15, 1701 – December 23, 1771) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun15.mp3 Saint Marguerite d’Youville’s Story We learn compassion from allowing our lives to be […]
Saint John Francis Regis
Saint John Francis Regis Saint of the Day for June 16 (January 31, 1597 – December 30, 1640) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun16.mp3 Saint John Francis Regis’ Story Born into a family of some […]
Saint Joseph Cafasso
Saint Joseph Cafasso Saint of the Day for June 17 (January 15, 1811 – June 23, 1860) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun17.mp3 Saint Joseph Cafasso’s story Even as a young man, Joseph loved to […]
Venerable Matt Talbot
Venerable Matt Talbot Saint of the Day for June 18 (May 2, 1856 – June 7, 1925) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun18.mp3 Venerable Matt Talbot’s story Matt can be considered the patron of men […]
Saint Romuald
Saint Romuald Saint of the Day for June 19 (c. 950 – June 19, 1027) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun19.mp3 Saint Romuald’s Story In the midst of a wasted youth, Romuald watched his father kill […]
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Saint Paulinus of Nola Saint of the Day for June 20 (354 – June 22, 431) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun20.mp3 Saint Paulinus of Nola’s Story Anyone who is praised in the letters of […]
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Saint of the Day for June 21 (March 9, 1568 – June 21, 1591) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun21.mp3 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga’s Story The Lord can make saints anywhere, even amid the brutality and license of Renaissance life. Florence was the “mother of piety” for Aloysius Gonzaga despite his exposure to a “society of fraud, dagger, poison, […]
Saint Thomas More
Saint Thomas More Saint of the Day for June 22 (February 7, 1478 – July 6, 1535 ) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun22.mp3 Saint Thomas More’s Story His belief that no lay ruler has jurisdiction over the Church of Christ cost Thomas More his life. Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, on July 6, 1535, More steadfastly refused to approve King Henry VIII’s […]
Saint John Fisher
Saint John Fisher Saint of the Day for June 23 (1469 – June 22, 1535) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun23.mp3 Saint John Fisher’s Story John Fisher is usually associated with Erasmus, Thomas More, and other Renaissance humanists. His life therefore, did not have the external simplicity found in the lives of some saints. Rather, he was a man of learning, associated with […]
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Saint of the Day for June 24 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun24.mp3 Saint John the Baptist’s Story Jesus called John the greatest of all those who had preceded him: “I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John….” But John would have agreed completely with what Jesus added: […]
