Saint Stanislaus
Saint Stanislaus Saint of the Day for April 11 (July 26, 1030 – April 11, 1079) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr11.mp3 Saint Stanislaus’ Story Anyone who reads the history of Eastern Europe cannot help but chance on the name of Stanislaus, the saintly but tragic bishop of Kraków, patron of Poland. He is remembered with Saints Thomas More and Thomas Becket […]
Saint Teresa of Los Andes
Saint Teresa of Los Andes Saint of the Day for April 12 (July 13, 1900 – April 12, 1920) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr12.mp3 Saint Teresa of Los Andes’ Story One needn’t live a long life to leave […]
Saint Martin I
Saint Martin I Saint of the Day for April 13 (d. September 16, 655) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr13.mp3 Saint Martin I’s Story When Martin I became pope in 649, Constantinople was the capital […]
Blessed Peter Gonzalez
Blessed Peter Gonzalez Saint of the Day for April 14 (1190 – April 15, 1246) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr14.mp3 Blessed Peter Gonzalez’s Story Saint Paul had a conversion experience on the road to Damascus. Many years later, the same proved true for Peter Gonzalez, who triumphantly rode his horse into the Spanish city of Astorga in the 13th century to […]
Blessed Caesar de Bus
Blessed Caesar de Bus Saint of the Day for April 15 (February 3, 1544 – April 15, 1607) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr15.mp3 Blessed Caesar de Bus’ Story Like so many of us, […]
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
Saint Bernadette Soubirous Saint of the Day for April 16 (January 7, 1844 – April 16, 1879) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr16.mp3 Saint Bernadette Soubirous’s Story Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first […]
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Saint of the Day for April 17 (March 25, 1748 – April 17, 1783) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr17.mp3 Saint Benedict Joseph Labre’s Story Benedict Joseph Labre was truly eccentric, […]
Blessed James Oldo
Blessed James Oldo Saint of the Day for April 18 (1364 – April 18, 1404) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr18.mp3 Blessed James Oldo’s Story You’ve heard rags-to-riches stories. Today, we celebrate the reverse. James of Oldo was born into a well-to-do family near Milan in 1364. He married a woman who like him, appreciated the comforts that came with […]
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Saint of the Day for April 19 (October 4, 1922 – April 28, 1962) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr19.mp3 Saint Gianna Beretta Molla’s Story In less than 40 years, Gianna Beretta Molla became a pediatric physician, a wife, a mother and a saint! She was born in Magenta near Milano, the 10th of Alberto and Maria […]
Saint Conrad of Parzham
Saint Conrad of Parzham Saint of the Day for April 20 (December 22, 1818 – April 21, 1894) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr20.mp3 Saint Conrad of Parzham’s Story Conrad spent most of his life as porter in Altoetting, Bavaria, letting people into the friary and indirectly encouraging them to let God into their lives. His parents, Bartholomew and Gertrude […]
