SAINTS FOR MAY

St Joseph is popularly known as the husband of Mary, and foster father

To foster deep devotion to Saint Joseph among Catholics, and in r

BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH.Saint Athanasius, a great d

Athanasius led a tumultuous but dedicated life of service to the

James, Son of Alphaeus: We know nothing of this man except his na

A life of physical pain and mental torment didn’t prevent Micha

It’s been said that youth is wasted on the young. In some ways,

Saints Marian, an ordained lector, and James, a deacon, were mart

Rose was born at Viterbo in Italy, the daughter of a doctor. Foll

There are two men named Saint Peter of Tarentaise who lived one c

Born in the Castile region of Spain, John was sent at the age of

When Joseph de Veuster was born in Tremelo, Belgium, in 1840, few

Ignatius is another sainted begging brother.

Pancreas a little boy of 14 years old saint, though he did not write b

Western Christians who are working for greater dialogue with Orth

Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children–

According to Acts 1:15-26, during the days after the Ascension Pe

Isidore has become the patron of farmers and rural communities. I

Margaret was born of farming parents in Laviano, Tuscany. Her mot

Pope John I inherited the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity

If we expect saints to do marvelous things continually and to lea

Most of the saints suffer great personal opposition, even persecu

Like Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, SJ, Cristóbal and his 24 compa

Like Elizabeth Ann Seton, Rita of Cascia was a wife, mother, wido

The 10th century and the first half of the 11th were dark days fo

Mystical ecstasy is the elevation of the spirit to God in such a

(Confessor, Priest and Doctor of the Church, 673-735)Bede is from

Philip Neri was a sign of contradiction, combining popularity wit

In the year 596, some 40 monks set out from Rome to evangelize th

Born in modern-day Haiti and brought to New York City as a slave,

The legacy of Madeleine Sophie Barat can be found in the more tha