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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 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, Damasus was “an incomparable person, learned in the Scriptures, a virgin doctor of the virgin Church, who loved chastity and heard its praises with pleasure.” […]

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 of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century. Chronicles of that period tell us the story. A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was baptized and given the […]

Saint Lucy Saint of the Day for December 13 (283 – 304)  Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Lucy’s Story Every little girl named Lucy must bite her tongue in disappointment when she first tries to find out what there is to know about her patron saint. The older books will have a lengthy paragraph detailing […]

Saint John of the Cross Saint of the Day for December 14 (June 24, 1541 – December 14, 1591) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint John of the Cross’ Story John is a saint because his life was a heroic effort to live up to his name: “of the Cross.” The folly of the cross […]

Blessed Mary Frances Schervier Saint of the Day for December 15 (January 3,1819 – December 14, 1876) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Mary Frances Schervier’s Story This woman who once wanted to become a Trappistine nun was instead led by God to establish a community of sisters who care for the sick and […]

Blessed Honoratus Kozminski Saint of the Day for December 16 (October 16, 1829 – December 16, 1916) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Honoratus Kozminski’s Story Wenceslaus was born in Biala Podlaska in 1829. By the age of 11 he had lost his faith. By the age of 16 his father died. He attended […]

  Saint Hildegard of Bingen Saint of the Day for December 17 (September 16, 1098 – September 17, 1179) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Hildegard of Bingen’s Story Abbess, artist, author, composer, mystic, pharmacist, poet, preacher, theologian—where to begin describing this remarkable woman? Born into a noble family, she was instructed for ten […]

Blessed Anthony Grassi Saint of the Day for December 18 (November 13, 1592 – December 13, 1671) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Anthony Grassi’s Story Anthony’s father died when his son was only 10 years old, but the young lad inherited his father’s devotion to Our Lady of Loreto. As a schoolboy, he […]

Blessed Pope Urban V Saint of the Day for December 19 (1310 – December 19, 1370) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Pope Urban V’s Story In 1362, the man elected pope declined the office. When the cardinals could not find another person among them for that important office, they turned to a relative […]