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 Testament of Timothy’s life makes it sound like that of a modern harried bishop. He had the honor of being a fellow apostle with Paul, […]

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 founding the first teaching congregation of women in the Church and what is now called a “secular institute” of religious women. As a young woman, […]

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 spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church, honored with […]

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 brothers, I had a whole forest of such Junipers,” said Francis of this holy friar. We don’t know much about Juniper before he joined the […]

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 we honor a woman who submitted to God’s will throughout her life—a life filled with pain and suffering. Born in 1825 in central Poland and […]

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 education could well be used in today’s schools. It was a preventive system, rejecting corporal punishment and placing students in surroundings removed from the likelihood […]