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Saint Francis de Sales Saint of the Day for January 24 (August 21, 1567 – December 28, 1622) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Francis de Sales’ Story Francis was destined by […]

Saint of the Day for January 25 Conversion of Saint Paul 1600 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of the Conversion of Saint Paul Paul’s entire life can be […]

Saints Timothy and Titus Saint of the Day for January 26 (d. c. 95) Click to hear audio clip ► Saints Timothy and Titus’ Story What we know from the New […]

Saint Angela Merici Saint of the Day for January 27 (March 21, 1474 – January 27, 1540) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Angela Merici’s story Angela has the double distinction of […]

Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint of the Day for January 28 ( 1225 – March 7, 1274) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Story By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent […]

Servant of God Brother Juniper Saint of the Day for January 29 (d. 1258) Click to hear audio clip ► Servant of God Brother Juniper’s Story “Would to God, my […]

Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska Saint of the Day for January 30 (May 16, 1825 – October 10, 1899) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska’s Story Today […]

Saint John Bosco Saint of the Day for January 31 (August 16, 1815 – January 31, 1888) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint John Bosco’s Story John Bosco’s theory of […]

Saint Ansgar Saint of the Day for February 1 (801 – February 3, 865) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Ansgar’s Story The “apostle of the north” (Scandinavia) had enough frustrations to become a saint—and he did. He became a Benedictine at Corbie, France, where he had been educated. Three years later, when the king of […]

Presentation of the Lord Saint of the Day for February 2 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of the Presentation of the Lord At the end of the fourth century, a woman named Etheria made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Her journal, discovered in 1887, gives an unprecedented glimpse of liturgical life there. Among […]