Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Francis Xavier Saint of the Day for December 3 (April 7, 1506 – December 3, 1552) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Francis Xavier’s Story Jesus asked, “What profit […]
Saint John Damascene
Saint John Damascene Saint of the Day for December 4 (c. 676 -749) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint John Damascene’s Story John spent most of his life in […]
Saint Sabas
Saint Sabas Saint of the Day for December 5 (439 – December 5, 532) Click to hear audio […]
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas Saint of the Day for December 6 (March 15, 270 – December 6, 343) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Nicholas’ Story The absence of the “hard […]
Saint Ambrose
Saint Ambrose Saint of the Day for December 7 (337 – April 4, 397) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Ambrose’ Story One of Ambrose’s biographers observed that at the […]
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Saint of the Day for December 8 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century. It came to the West in the eighth century. In the 11th […]
Saint Juan Diego
Saint Juan Diego Saint of the Day for December 9 (1474 – May 30, 1548) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Juan Diego’s Story Thousands of people gathered in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe July 31, 2002, for the canonization of Juan Diego, to whom the Blessed Mother appeared in the 16th […]
Blessed Adolph Kolping
Blessed Adolph Kolping Saint of the Day for December 10 (December 8, 1813 – December 4, 1865) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Adolph Kolping’s Story The rise of the factory system in 19th-century Germany brought many single men into cities where they faced new challenges to their faith. Father Adolph Kolping began a […]
Saint Damasus I
Saint Damasus I Saint of the Day for December 11 (304 – December 11, 384) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Damasus I’s Story To his secretary Saint Jerome, […]
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe Saint of the Day for December 12 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe The feast in honor of Our Lady […]
