Saint Joseph Cafasso
Saint Joseph Cafasso Saint of the Day for June 17 (January 15, 1811 – June 23, 1860) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun17.mp3 Saint Joseph Cafasso’s story Even as a young man, Joseph loved to attend Mass and was known for his humility and fervor in prayer. After his ordination, he was assigned to a seminary in Turin. There he […]
Venerable Matt Talbot
Venerable Matt Talbot Saint of the Day for June 18 (May 2, 1856 – June 7, 1925) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun18.mp3 Venerable Matt Talbot’s story Matt can be considered the patron of men and women struggling with alcoholism. He was born in Dublin, where his father worked on the docks and had a difficult time supporting his family. After […]
Saint Romuald
Saint Romuald Saint of the Day for June 19 (c. 950 – June 19, 1027) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun19.mp3 Saint Romuald’s Story In the midst of a wasted youth, Romuald watched his father kill a relative in a duel over property. In horror he fled to a monastery near Ravenna. After three years, some of the monks found him […]
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Saint Paulinus of Nola Saint of the Day for June 20 (354 – June 22, 431) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun20.mp3 Saint Paulinus of Nola’s Story Anyone who is praised in the letters of six or seven saints undoubtedly must be of extraordinary character. Such a person was Paulinus of Nola, correspondent and friend of Saints Augustine, Jerome, Melania, […]
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Saint of the Day for June 21 (March 9, 1568 – June 21, 1591) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun21.mp3 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga’s Story The Lord can make saints anywhere, even amid the brutality and license of Renaissance life. Florence was the “mother of piety” for Aloysius Gonzaga despite his exposure to a “society of fraud, dagger, poison, […]
Saint Thomas More
Saint Thomas More Saint of the Day for June 22 (February 7, 1478 – July 6, 1535 ) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun22.mp3 Saint Thomas More’s Story His belief that no lay ruler has jurisdiction over the Church of Christ cost Thomas More his life. Beheaded on Tower Hill, London, on July 6, 1535, More steadfastly refused to approve King Henry VIII’s […]
Saint John Fisher
Saint John Fisher Saint of the Day for June 23 (1469 – June 22, 1535) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun23.mp3 Saint John Fisher’s Story John Fisher is usually associated with Erasmus, Thomas More, and other Renaissance humanists. His life therefore, did not have the external simplicity found in the lives of some saints. Rather, he was a man of learning, associated with […]
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Saint of the Day for June 24 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun24.mp3 Saint John the Baptist’s Story Jesus called John the greatest of all those who had preceded him: “I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John….” But John would have agreed completely with what Jesus added: […]
Blessed Jutta of Thuringia
Blessed Jutta of Thuringia Saint of the Day for June 25 (d. c. 1260) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun25.mp3 Blessed Jutta of Thuringia’s Story Today’s patroness of Prussia began her life amidst luxury and power but died the death of a simple servant of the poor. In truth, virtue and piety were always of prime importance to Jutta and […]
Blessed Raymond Lull
Blessed Raymond Lull Saint of the Day for June 26 (c. 1235 – June 28, 1315) https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJun26.mp3 Blessed Raymond Lull’s Story Raymond worked all his life to promote the missions and died a missionary to North Africa. Raymond was born at Palma on the island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. He earned a position […]
