SAINTS FOR JUNE

St. Justin was born in Flavia Neapolis, in modern day Israel, around 1

Justin never ended his quest for religious truth even when he con

Marcellinus and Peter were prominent enough in the memory of the

One of 22 Ugandan martyrs, Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth

Blessed Angeline founded the first community of Franciscan women

Boniface, known as the apostle of the Germans, was an English Ben

In the 12th century in the French region of Premontre, Saint Norb

Called to serve his country as a Nazi solider, Franz eventually r

A disputed election as archbishop of York and a mysterious death.

Poet, teacher, orator, and defender of the faith, Ephrem is the o

Born into an aristocratic family in Barcelona, Spain, Joachima wa

Barnabas, a Jew of Cyprus, comes as close as anyone outside the T

Jolenta was the daughter of Bela IV, King of Hungary. Her sister,

The gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rul

Born in Igolomia near Kraków as the eldest of four children in

We learn compassion from allowing our lives to be influenced by c

Born into a family of some wealth, John Francis was so impressed

Even as a young man, Joseph loved to attend Mass and was known fo

Matt can be considered the patron of men and women struggling wit

In the midst of a wasted youth, Romuald watched his father kill a

Anyone who is praised in the letters of six or seven saints undou

The Lord can make saints anywhere, even amid the brutality and li

His belief that no lay ruler has jurisdiction over the Church of

John Fisher is usually associated with Erasmus, Thomas More, and

Jesus called John the greatest of all those who had preceded him:

Today’s patroness of Prussia began her life amidst luxury

Raymond worked all his life to promote the missions and died a mi

Saints are not born with halos around their heads. Cyril, recogni

The Church is fortunate that Irenaeus was involved in many of its

Peter (d. 64?) Saint Mark ends the first half of his Gospel with

There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after th