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SUMMARY:Saint Francesco Antonio Fasani
DESCRIPTION:Image: Man of Prayer | Lawrence OP | flickr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Francesco Antonio Fasani\nSaint of the Day for November 27\n(August 6\, 1681 – November 29\, 1742)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Francesco Antonio Fasani’s Story\nBorn in Lucera\, Francesco entered the Conventual Franciscans in 1695. After his ordination 10 years later\, he taught philosophy to younger friars\, served as guardian of his friary and later became provincial. When his term of office ended\, Francesco became master of novices and finally pastor in his hometown. \nIn his various ministries\, he was loving\, devout\, and penitential. He was a sought-after confessor and preacher. One witness at the canonical hearings regarding Francesco’s holiness testified\, “In his preaching he spoke in a familiar way\, filled as he was with the love of God and neighbor; fired by the Spirit\, he made use of the words and deed of holy Scripture\, stirring his listeners and moving them to do penance.” Francesco showed himself a loyal friend of the poor\, never hesitating to seek from benefactors what was needed. \nAt his death in Lucera\, children ran through the streets and cried out\, “The saint is dead! The saint is dead!” Francesco was canonized in 1986. \n\nReflection\nEventually we become what we choose. If we choose stinginess\, we become stingy. If we choose compassion\, we become compassionate. The holiness of Francesco Antonio Fasani resulted from his many small decisions to cooperate with God’s grace.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-francesco-antonio-fasani/2026-11-27/
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SUMMARY:Saint James of the Marche
DESCRIPTION:Image: Saint James of the Marches | Francisco de Zurbarán | photo by Galería online\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint James of the Marche\nSaint of the Day for November 28\n(1394 – November 28\, 1476)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint James of the Marche’s Story\nMeet one of the fathers of the modern pawnshop! \nJames was born in the Marche of Ancona\, in central Italy along the Adriatic Sea. After earning doctorates in canon and civil law at the University of Perugia\, he joined the Friars Minor and began a very austere life. He fasted nine months of the year; he slept three hours a night. Saint Bernardine of Siena told him to moderate his penances. \nJames studied theology with Saint John of Capistrano. Ordained in 1420\, James began a preaching career that took him all over Italy and through 13 Central and Eastern European countries. This extremely popular preacher converted many people (250\,000 at one estimate) and helped spread devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. His sermons prompted numerous Catholics to reform their lives and many men joined the Franciscans under his influence. \nWith John of Capistrano\, Albert of Sarteano\, and Bernardine of Siena\, James is considered one of the “four pillars” of the Observant movement among the Franciscans. These friars became known especially for their preaching. \nTo combat extremely high interest rates\, James established montes pietatis (literally\, mountains of charity)—nonprofit credit organizations that lent money at very low rates on pawned objects. \nNot everyone was happy with the work James did. Twice assassins lost their nerve when they came face to face with him. James died in 1476 and was canonized in 1726. \n\nReflection\nJames wanted the word of God to take root in the hearts of his listeners. His preaching was directed to preparing the soil\, so to speak\, by removing any rocks and softening up lives hardened by sin. God’s intention is that his word take root in our lives\, but for that we need both prayerful preachers and cooperative listeners.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-james-of-the-marche/2026-11-28/
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SUMMARY:Saint Clement
DESCRIPTION:Image: Pope Saint Clement I | photo by Lawrence | flickr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Clement\nSaint of the Day for November 29\n(d. 101)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Clement’s Story\nClement of Rome was the third successor of Saint Peter\, reigning as pope during the last decade of the first century. He’s known as one of the Church’s five “Apostolic Fathers\,” those who provided a direct link between the Apostles and later generations of Church Fathers. \nHis First Epistle to the Corinthians was preserved and widely read in the early Church. This letter from the bishop of Rome to the Church in Corinth concerns a split that alienated a large number of the laity from the clergy. Deploring the unauthorized and unjustifiable division in the Corinthian community\, Clement urged charity to heal the rift. \n\nReflection\nToday many in the Church experience polarization regarding worship\, how we speak of God\, and other issues. We’d do well to take to heart the exhortation from Clement’s Epistle: “Charity unites us to God. It knows no schism\, does not rebel\, does all things in concord. In charity all the elect of God have been made perfect.” \nRome’s Basilica of St. Clement\, one of the city’s earliest parish churches\, is probably built on the site of Clement’s home. History tells us that Pope Clement was martyred in either the year 99 or 101. \n\nThe Liturgical Feast of Saint Clement is November 23.\n\nSaint Clement is the Patron Saint of:\nMarble Workers\nMariners\nTanners
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-clement/2026-11-29/
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SUMMARY:Saint Andrew
DESCRIPTION:  \nSaint Andrew\nSaint of the Day for November 30\n(d. 60?)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Andrew’s Story\nAndrew was St. Peter’s brother\, and was called with him. “As [Jesus] was walking by the sea of Galilee\, he saw two brothers\, Simon who is now called Peter\, and his brother Andrew\, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them\, ‘Come after me\, and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him” (Matthew 4:18-20). \nJohn the Evangelist presents Andrew as a disciple of John the Baptist. When Jesus walked by one day\, John said\, “Behold\, the Lamb of God.” Andrew and another disciple followed Jesus. “Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them\, ‘What are you looking for?’ They said to him\, ‘Rabbi (which translated means Teacher)\, where are you staying?’ He said to them\, ‘Come\, and you will see.’ So they went and saw where he was staying\, and they stayed with him that day” (John 1:38-39a). \nLittle else is said about Andrew in the Gospels. Before the multiplication of the loaves\, it was Andrew who spoke up about the boy who had the barley loaves and fishes. When the Gentiles went to see Jesus\, they came to Philip\, but Philip then had recourse to Andrew. \nLegend has it that Andrew preached the Good News in what is now modern Greece and Turkey and was crucified at Patras. \n\nReflection\nAs in the case of all the apostles except Peter and John\, the Gospels give us little about the holiness of Andrew. He was an apostle. That is enough. He was called personally by Jesus to proclaim the Good News\, to heal with Jesus’ power and to share his life and death. Holiness today is no different. It is a gift that includes a call to be concerned about the Kingdom\, an outgoing attitude that wants nothing more than to share the riches of Christ with all people. \n\nSaint Andrew is the Patron Saint of:\nFishermen\nGreece\nRussia\nScotland
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-andrew/2026-11-30/
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SUMMARY:Blessed Charles de Foucauld
DESCRIPTION:Blessed Charles de Foucauld\nSaint of the Day for December 1\n(September 15\, 1858 – December 1\, 1916)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nBlessed Charles de Foucauld’s Story\nBorn into an aristocratic family in Strasbourg\, France\, Charles was orphaned at the age of 6\, raised by his devout grandfather\, rejected the Catholic faith as a teenager\, and joined the French army. Inheriting a great deal of money from his grandfather\, Charles went to Algeria with his regiment\, but not without his mistress\, Mimi. \nWhen he declined to give her up\, he was dismissed from the army. Still in Algeria when he left Mimi\, Charles reenlisted in the army. Refused permission to make a scientific exploration of nearby Morocco\, he resigned from the service. With the help of a Jewish rabbi\, Charles disguised himself as a Jew and in 1883 began a one-year exploration that he recorded in a book that was well received. \nInspired by the Jews and Muslims whom he met\, Charles resumed the practice of his Catholic faith when he returned to France in 1886. He joined a Trappist monastery in Ardeche\, France\, and later transferred to one in Akbes\, Syria. Leaving the monastery in 1897\, Charles worked as gardener and sacristan for the Poor Clare nuns in Nazareth and later in Jerusalem. In 1901 he returned to France and was ordained a priest. \nLater that year\, Charles journeyed to Beni-Abbes\, Morocco\, intending to found a monastic religious community in North Africa that offered hospitality to Christians\, Muslims\, Jews\, or people with no religion. He lived a peaceful\, hidden life but attracted no companions. \nA former army comrade invited him to live among the Tuareg people in Algeria. Charles learned their language enough to write a Tuareg-French and French-Tuareg dictionary\, and to translate the Gospels into Tuareg. In 1905 he came to Tamanrasset\, where he lived the rest of his life. A two-volume collection of Charles’ Tuareg poetry was published after his death. \nIn early 1909 he visited France and established an association of laypeople who pledged to live by the Gospels. His return to Tamanrasset was welcomed by the Tuareg. In 1915 Charles wrote to Louis Massignon: “The love of God\, the love for one’s neighbor…All religion is found there…How to get to that point? Not in a day since it is perfection itself: it is the goal we must always aim for\, which we must unceasingly try to reach and that we will only attain in heaven.” \nThe outbreak of World War I led to attacks on the French in Algeria. Seized in a raid by another tribe\, Charles and two French soldiers coming to visit him were shot to death on December 1\, 1916. \nFive religious congregations\, associations\, and spiritual institutes (Little Brothers of Jesus\, Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart\, Little Sisters of Jesus\, Little Brothers of the Gospel\, and Little Sisters of the Gospel) draw inspiration from the peaceful\, largely hidden\, yet hospitable life that characterized Charles. He was beatified on November 13\, 2005. \n\nReflection\nThe life of Charles de Foucauld was eventually centered on God and was animated by prayer and humble service\, which he hoped would draw Muslims to Christ. Those who are inspired by his example\, no matter where they live\, seek to live their faith humbly yet with deep religious conviction.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/blessed-charles-de-foucauld/2026-12-01/
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SUMMARY:Blessed Rafal Chylinski
DESCRIPTION:Blessed Rafal Chylinski\nSaint of the Day December 2\n(January 8\, 1694 – December 2\, 1741)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nBlessed Rafal Chylinski’s Story\nBorn near Buk in the Poznan region of Poland\, Melchior showed early signs of religious devotion; family members nicknamed him “the little monk.” After completing his studies at the Jesuit college in Poznan\, Melchior joined the cavalry and was promoted to officer rank within three years. \nIn 1715\, against the urgings of his military comrades\, Melchior joined the Conventual Franciscans in Krakow. Receiving the name Rafal\, he was ordained two years later. After pastoral assignments in nine cities\, he came to Lagiewniki\, where he spent the last 13 years of his life\, except for 20 months ministering to flood and epidemic victims in Warsaw. In all these places\, Rafal was known for his simple and candid sermons\, for his generosity\, as well as his ministry in the confessional. People of all levels of society were drawn to the self-sacrificing way he lived out his religious profession and priestly ministry. \nRafal played the harp\, lute\, and mandolin to accompany liturgical hymns. In Lagiewniki he distributed food\, supplies\, and clothing to the poor. After his death\, the Conventual church in that city became a place of pilgrimage for people throughout Poland. He was beatified in Warsaw in 1991. \n\nReflection\nThe sermons preached by Rafal were powerfully reinforced by the living sermon of his life. The Sacrament of Reconciliation can help us bring our daily choices into harmony with our words about Jesus’ influence in our life.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/blessed-rafal-chylinski/2026-12-02/
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SUMMARY:Saint Francis Xavier
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSaint Francis Xavier\nSaint of the Day for December 3\n(April 7\, 1506 – December 3\, 1552)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Francis Xavier’s Story\nJesus asked\, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” (Matthew 16:26a). The words were repeated to a young teacher of philosophy who had a highly promising career in academics\, with success and a life of prestige and honor before him. \nFrancis Xavier\, 24 at the time\, and living and teaching in Paris\, did not heed these words at once. They came from a good friend\, Ignatius of Loyola\, whose tireless persuasion finally won the young man to Christ. Francis then made the spiritual exercises under the direction of Ignatius\, and in 1534 joined his little community\, the infant Society of Jesus. Together at Montmartre they vowed poverty\, chastity\, and apostolic service according to the directions of the pope. \nFrom Venice\, where he was ordained a priest in 1537\, Francis Xavier went on to Lisbon and from there sailed to the East Indies\, landing at Goa\, on the west coast of India. For the next 10 years he labored to bring the faith to such widely scattered peoples as the Hindus\, the Malayans\, and the Japanese. He spent much of that time in India\, and served as provincial of the newly established Jesuit province of India. \nWherever he went\, he lived with the poorest people\, sharing their food and rough accommodations. He spent countless hours ministering to the sick and the poor\, particularly to lepers. Very often he had no time to sleep or even to say his breviary but\, as we know from his letters\, he was filled always with joy. \nFrancis went through the islands of Malaysia\, then up to Japan. He learned enough Japanese to preach to simple folk\, to instruct\, and to baptize\, and to establish missions for those who were to follow him. From Japan he had dreams of going to China\, but this plan was never realized. Before reaching the mainland\, he died. His remains are enshrined in the Church of Good Jesus in Goa. He and Saint Therese of Lisieux were declared co-patrons of the missions in 1925. \n\nReflection\nAll of us are called to “go and preach to all nations” (see Matthew 28:19). Our preaching is not necessarily on distant shores but to our families\, our children\, our husband or wife\, our coworkers. And we are called to preach not with words\, but by our everyday lives. Only by sacrifice\, the giving up of all selfish gain\, could Francis Xavier be free to bear the Good News to the world. Sacrifice is leaving yourself behind at times for a greater good\, the good of prayer\, the good of helping someone in need\, the good of just listening to another. The greatest gift we have is our time. Francis gave his to others. \n\nSaint Francis Xavier is the Patron Saint of:\nJapan\nJewelers\nMissions\nSailors
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-francis-xavier/2026-12-03/
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SUMMARY:Saint John Damascene
DESCRIPTION:Saint John Damascene\nSaint of the Day for December 4\n(c. 676 -749)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint John Damascene’s Story\nJohn spent most of his life in the monastery of Saint Sabas\, near Jerusalem\, and all of his life under Muslim rule\, indeed\, protected by it. \nHe was born in Damascus\, received a classical and theological education\, and followed his father in a government position under the Arabs. After a few years\, he resigned and went to the monastery of Saint Sabas. \nHe is famous in three areas: \nFirst\, he is known for his writings against the iconoclasts\, who opposed the veneration of images. Paradoxically\, it was the Eastern Christian emperor Leo who forbade the practice\, and it was because John lived in Muslim territory that his enemies could not silence him. \nSecond\, he is famous for his treatise\, Exposition of the Orthodox Faith\, a summary of the Greek Fathers (of which he became the last). It is said that this book is for Eastern schools what the Summa of Aquinas became for the West. \nThird\, he is known as a poet\, one of the two greatest of the Eastern Church\, the other being Romanus the Melodist. His devotion to the Blessed Mother and his sermons on her feasts are well known. \n\nReflection\nJohn defended the Church’s understanding of the veneration of images and explained the faith of the Church in several other controversies. For over 30 years\, he combined a life of prayer with these defenses and his other writings. His holiness expressed itself in putting his literary and preaching talents at the service of the Lord.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-john-damascene/2026-12-04/
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SUMMARY:Saint Sabas
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSaint Sabas\nSaint of the Day for December 5\n(439 – December 5\, 532)\n\n\n\n Click to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n\nSaint Sabas’ Story\nBorn in Cappadocia\, Sabas is one of the most highly regarded patriarchs among the monks of Palestine\, and is considered one of the founders of Eastern monasticism. \nAfter an unhappy childhood in which he was abused and ran away several times\, Sabas finally sought refuge in a monastery. While family members tried to persuade him to return home\, the young boy felt drawn to monastic life. Although the youngest monk in the house\, he excelled in virtue. \nAt age 18 he traveled to Jerusalem\, seeking to learn more about living in solitude. Soon he asked to be accepted as a disciple of a well-known local solitary\, though initially he was regarded as too young to live completely as a hermit. Initially\, Sabas lived in a monastery\, where he worked during the day and spent much of the night in prayer. At the age of 30 he was given permission to spend five days each week in a nearby remote cave\, engaging in prayer and manual labor in the form of weaving baskets. Following the death of his mentor\, Saint Euthymius\, Sabas moved farther into the desert near Jericho. There he lived for several years in a cave near the brook Cedron. A rope was his means of access. Wild herbs among the rocks were his food. Occasionally men brought him other food and items\, while he had to go a distance for his water. \nSome of these men came to him desiring to join him in his solitude. At first he refused. But not long after relenting\, his followers swelled to more than 150\, all of them living in individual huts grouped around a church\, called a laura. \nThe bishop persuaded a reluctant Sabas\, then in his early 50s\, to prepare for the priesthood so that he could better serve his monastic community in leadership. While functioning as abbot among a large community of monks\, he felt ever called to live the life of a hermit. Throughout each year—consistently in Lent—he left his monks for long periods of time\, often to their distress. A group of 60 men left the monastery\, settling at a nearby ruined facility. When Sabas learned of the difficulties they were facing\, he generously gave them supplies and assisted in the repair of their church. \nOver the years Sabas traveled throughout Palestine\, preaching the true faith and successfully bringing back many to the Church. At the age of 91\, in response to a plea from the Patriarch of Jerusalem\, Sabas undertook a journey to Constantinople in conjunction with the Samaritan revolt and its violent repression. He fell ill and soon after his return\, died at the monastery at Mar Saba. Today the monastery is still inhabited by monks of the Eastern Orthodox Church\, and Saint Sabas is regarded as one of the most noteworthy figures of early monasticism. \n\nReflection\nFew of us share Sabas’ yearning for a cave in the desert\, but most of us sometimes resent the demands others place on our time. Sabas understands that. When at last he gained the solitude for which he yearned\, a community immediately began to gather around him and he was forced into a leadership role. He stands as a model of patient generosity for anyone whose time and energy are required by others—that is\, for all of us.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-sabas/2026-12-05/
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