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Image: Detail | Stained glass window in the Church of Saint James the Greater in Bouxwiller | photo by GFreihalter Saint Monica Saint of the Day for August 27 (c. 330 […]

Image: Saint Augustine of Hippo | Line engraving by P. Cool after M. de Vos | Wellcome Images Saint Augustine of Hippo Saint of the Day for August 28 (November 13, 354 – […]

Image: Salome with the Head of John the baptist | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Martyrdom of John the Baptist Saint of the Day for August 29 The Story of the Martyrdom of […]

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 […]

Image: Stained glass window in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Andrew in Dormagen in Rhein-Kreis Neuss (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | photo by GFreihalter Saint Peter Claver Saint of the Day for September 9 (June 26, 1581 – September 8, 1654) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Peter Claver’s Story A native of Spain, young Jesuit […]

Image: Santo Tomás de Villanueva | Francisco Camilo Saint Thomas of Villanova Saint of the Day for September 10 (1488 – September 8, 1555) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Thomas of Villanova’s Story Saint Thomas was from Castile in Spain and received his surname from the town where he was raised. He received a superior education at […]

Image: Head Reliquary of Saint Cyprian in the St. Kornelius chapel of the abbey church of Kornelimünster Abbey in Kornelimünster | photo by ACBahn Saint Cyprian Saint of the Day for September 11 (d. 258) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Cyprian’s Story Cyprian is important in the development of Christian thought and practice in the […]

Image: The Virgin and Child (The Madonna of the Rose) | Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary Saint of the Day for September 12 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary This feast is a counterpart to the Feast of the […]

Image: Chrysostemos | Carl Christian Peters Saint John Chrysostom Saint of the Day for September 13 (c. 349 – September 14, 407) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint John Chrysostom’s Story The ambiguity and intrigue surrounding John, the great preacher (his name means “golden-mouthed”) from Antioch, are characteristic of the life of any great man in a capital […]

Image: The Exaltation of the True Cross | anonymous Russian icon painter Exaltation of the Holy Cross Saint of the Day for September 14 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Early in the fourth century, Saint Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search […]

Image: Our Lady of Sorrows statue in Golgotha, Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem | photo by creisor Our Lady of Sorrows Saint of the Day for September 15 Click to hear audio clip ► The Story of Our Lady of Sorrows For a while there were two feasts in honor of the Sorrowful Mother: one going back to […]

Image: Stained glass window in Catholic Church of Saint-Corneille | photo by GFreihalter Saint Cornelius Saint of the Day for September 16 (d. 253) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Cornelius’ Story There was no pope for 14 months after the martyrdom of Saint Fabian because of the intensity of the persecution of the Church. During the interval, […]

Image: Detail | Stained glass window in Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Dayton, Ohio | photo by Nheyob Saint Robert Bellarmine Saint of the Day for September 17 (October 4, 1542 – September 17, 1621) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Robert Bellarmine’s Story When Robert Bellarmine was ordained in 1570, the study of Church history […]

Image: Saint Joseph of Cupertino. Engraving after F.A. Lorenzini | Wellcome Images Saint Joseph of Cupertino Saint of the Day for September 18 (June 17, 1603 – September 18, 1663) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Joseph of Cupertino’s Story Joseph is most famous for levitating at prayer. Already as a child, Joseph showed a fondness for prayer. […]

Image: The Martyrdom of Saint Januarius | Neri di Bicci Saint Januarius Saint of the Day for September 19 (c. 300) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Januarius’ Story Little is known about the life of Januarius. He is believed to have been martyred in the Emperor Diocletian’s persecution of 305. Legend has it that Januarius and his […]

Image: Saint Andrew Kim Taegon and Companions | CNS Photo Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions Saint of the Day for September 20 (d. between 1839 – 1867) Click to hear audio clip ► Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Story This first native Korean priest was the son of Korean converts. […]

Image: St Matthew and the Angel | Guido Reni Saint Matthew Saint of the Day for September 21 (c. 1st Century) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Matthew’s Story Matthew was a Jew who worked for the occupying Roman forces, collecting taxes from other Jews. The Romans were not scrupulous about what the “tax farmers” got for themselves. […]

Image: San Lorenzo Ruiz Parish Church | photo by Judgefloro Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions Saint of the Day for September 22 (1600 – September 29 or 30, 1637) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions’ Story Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he […]

Image: Saint Pio of Pietrecina | San Sebastian Cathedral of Tarlac, Philippines | photo by Ramon FVelasquez Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Saint of the Day for September 23 (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s Story In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John […]

Image: John Henry Newman | Sir John Everett Millais Blessed John Henry Newman Saint of the Day for September 24 (February 21, 1801 – August 11, 1890) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed John Henry Newman’s Story John Henry Newman, the 19th-century’s most important English-speaking Roman Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as […]

Image: Casket of Louis and Zélie Martin | crypt of the Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin Saint of the Day for September 25 (August 22, 1823 – July 29, 1894; December 23, 1831 – August 28, 1877) Click to hear audio clip ► Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin’s Story Born into a […]

Image: Pope Paul VI | photo by Ambrosius007 Blessed Pope Paul VI Saint of the Day for September 26 (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978) Click to hear audio clip ► Blessed Paul VI’s Story Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, […]

Image: Detail | Saint Vincent de Paul | Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ Saint Vincent de Paul Saint of the Day for September 27 (1580 – September 27, 1660) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Vincent de Paul’s Story The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Vincent’s eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of […]

Image: Saint Wenceslaus statue on the Gothic Bridge in Kłodzko | photo by Jacek Halicki Saint Wenceslaus Saint of the Day for September 28 (c. 907 – 929) Click to hear audio clip ► Saint Wenceslaus’ Story If saints have been falsely characterized as “other worldly,” the life of Wenceslaus stands as an example to the contrary: He […]

Image: Detail | East window behind the altar | St. Michael’s Church, Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland | Frederick Settle Barff Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael Saint of the Day for September 29 Click to hear audio clip ► Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael’s Story Angels—messengers from God—appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are named. […]