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Image: Statue of Saint Jeanne Jugan at the Sisters of the Poor in Valladolid | photo by Rodelar Saint Jeanne Jugan Saint of the Day for August 30 (October 25, 1792 – […]

Image: Monastery Church: Altar of the crucifixion, Mecklenburg | Gaston Lenthe | (Longinus, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus) Saint Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus Saint of the Day for August 31 […]

Saint Giles Saint of the Day for September 1 (c. 650 – 710)  Saint Giles’ Story   Click to hear audio clip ► Despite the fact that much about Saint Giles is shrouded […]

Image: Massacre à la Salpêtrière, 3 septembre 1792 | anonymous (Unrelated, but similar incident during the French Revolution.) Blessed John Francis Burté and Companions Saint of the Day for September 2 (d. […]

Image: Saint Gregory the Great | Jusepe de Ribera, also known as José de Ribera Saint Gregory the Great Saint of the Day for September 3 (c. 540 – March 12, 604) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Gregory the Great’s Story Gregory was the prefect of Rome before he was 30. After five years in […]

Image: Santa Rosa e San Donnino | fresco, Duomo di Ivrea | photo by Laurom Saint Rose of Viterbo Saint of the Day for September 4 (1233 – March 6, 1251) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Rose of Viterbo’s Story Even as a child, Rose had a great desire to pray and to aid the […]

Image: Mother Teresa accompanies Pope John Paul II as he visits people at the Home For the Dying in Kolkata, India, in 1986. (CNS photo/Arturo Mari, L’Osservatore Romano) Saint Teresa of Calcutta Saint of the Day for September 5 (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Teresa of Calcutta’s […]

Image: Blessed Claudio Granzotto | photo by Infovalli It | flickr Blessed Claudio Granzotto Saint of the Day for September 6 (August 23, 1900 – August 15, 1947) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Claudio Granzotto’s Story Born in Santa Lucia del Piave near Venice, Claudio was the youngest of nine children and was accustomed […]

Image: Blessed Frédéric Ozanam. Frontispiece from Complete Works of Frederic Ozanam, Lecoffre editions, Paris , 1862 ( second edition ). Blessed Frédéric Ozanam Saint of the Day for September 7 (April 23, 1813 – September 8, 1853) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Frédéric Ozanam’s Story A man convinced of the inestimable worth of each human […]

Image: The Birth of the Virgin | fresco by Giotto Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint of the Day for September 8 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Church has celebrated Mary’s birth since at least the sixth century. A September birth was chosen because […]