THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR

Image: Detail | Stained glass in Franciscan Convent Chapel in Paris | Saints Bonaventure, John Duns Scotus, Anthony of Padua, and Paschal Baylon | André Pierre and P. Villette | photo by GFreihalter Blessed John Duns Scotus Saint of the Day for November 8 (c. 1266 – November 8, 1308) Click to hear audio clip ► […]

Image: Archbasilica of St John Lateran, Rome | photo by Livioandronico2013 Dedication of St. John Lateran Saint of the Day for November 9 Click to hear audio clip ► Story of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Most Catholics think of St. Peter’s as the pope’s main church, but they are wrong. St. John Lateran is […]

Image: The Meeting between Leo the Great (painted as a portrait of Leo X) and Attila | Raphael | photo by Art Renewal Center Saint Leo the Great Saint of the Day for November 10 (d. November 10, 461) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Leo the Great’s Story With apparent strong conviction of the importance […]

Image: Statue of Saint Martin of Tours on the dome of the Basilica of Saint Martin of Tours | photo by ZohaStel Saint Martin of Tours Saint of the Day for November 11 (c. 316 – November 8, 397) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Martin of Tours’ Story A conscientious objector who wanted to be […]

Image: Icon of St. martyr Josaphat Kutsevych, Archbishop of Polotsk | photo by Mykola Swarnyk Saint Josaphat Saint of the Day for November 12 (c. 1580 –  November 12, 1623) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Josaphat’s Story In 1964, newspaper photos of Pope Paul VI embracing Athenagoras I, the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, marked a […]

Image: Statue of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini in the portico of the sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompei | photo by Dario Crespi Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Saint of the Day for November 13 (July 15, 1850 – December 22, 1917) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini’s Story Frances Xavier Cabrini […]

Image: The high altar statue of Saint Gertrude the Great with a mouse on the distaff| Grafenbach, Austria | photo by Rollroboter Saint Gertrude the Great Saint of the Day for November 14 (January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Gertrude the Great’s Story Gertrude, a Benedictine nun in Helfta, Saxony, […]

Image: Saint Albert the Great | Vincenzo Onofri | photo by sailko Saint Albert the Great Saint of the Day for November 15 (1206 – November 15, 1280) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Albert the Great’s Story Albert the Great was a 13th-century German Dominican who decisively influenced the Church’s stance toward Aristotelian philosophy […]

Image: Saint Margaret of Scotland | François Augustin Caunois | photo by BastienM Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint of the Day for November 16 (1045 – November 16, 1093) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Margaret of Scotland’s Story Margaret of Scotland was a truly liberated woman in the sense that she was free to be […]

Image: Detail | Saint Elizabeth of Hungary | Series of frescoes with scenes from the life of St. Martin of tours in the Lower Church of Saint Francis of Assisi | Simone Martini Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Saint of the Day for November 17 (1207 – November 17, 1231) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Elizabeth of […]