Saint Januarius
Image: The Martyrdom of Saint Januarius | Neri di Bicci Saint Januarius Saint of the Day for September 19 (c. 300) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Januarius’ Story Little is known about the life of Januarius. He is believed to have been martyred in the Emperor Diocletian’s persecution of 305. Legend has it that Januarius and his […]
Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions
Image: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon and Companions | CNS Photo Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions Saint of the Day for September 20 (d. between 1839 – 1867) Click to hear audio clip ► Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Story This first native Korean priest was the son of Korean converts. […]
Saint Matthew
Image: St Matthew and the Angel | Guido Reni Saint Matthew Saint of the Day for September 21 (c. 1st Century) Click to hear audio clip ► 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 themselves. […]
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions
Image: San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish Church | photo by Judgefloro Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions Saint of the Day for September 22 (1600 – September 29 or 30, 1637) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions’ Story Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he […]
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
Image: Saint Pio of Pietrecina | San Sebastian Cathedral of Tarlac, Philippines | photo by Ramon FVelasquez Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Saint of the Day for September 23 (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s Story In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John […]
Blessed John Henry Newman
Image: John Henry Newman | Sir John Everett Millais Blessed John Henry Newman Saint of the Day for September 24 (February 21, 1801 – August 11, 1890) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed John Henry Newman’s Story John Henry Newman, the 19th-century’s most important English-speaking Roman Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as […]
Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin
Image: Casket of Louis and Zélie Martin | crypt of the Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin Saint of the Day for September 25 (August 22, 1823 – July 29, 1894; December 23, 1831 – August 28, 1877) Click to hear audio clip ► Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin’s Story Born into a […]
Blessed Paul VI
Image: Pope Paul VI | photo by Ambrosius007 Blessed Pope Paul VI Saint of the Day for September 26 (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Paul VI’s Story Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, […]
Saint Vincent de Paul
Image: Detail | Saint Vincent de Paul | Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ Saint Vincent de Paul Saint of the Day for September 27 (1580 – September 27, 1660) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Vincent de Paul’s Story The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Vincent’s eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of […]
Saint Wenceslaus
Image: Saint Wenceslaus statue on the Gothic Bridge in Kłodzko | photo by Jacek Halicki Saint Wenceslaus Saint of the Day for September 28 (c. 907 – 929) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Wenceslaus’ Story If saints have been falsely characterized as “other worldly,” the life of Wenceslaus stands as an example to the contrary: He […]
