Saint of the Day

Feast of the Guardian Angels

Guardian Angels play an important role in Sacred Scripture as messengers of God. The belief that each person has a guardian angel watching over him or her is an extension of that role, and a reminder of God’s never-failing providence.

October 2

Saint Thomas of Villanova

Franciscan Media September 10

Saint Thomas of Villanova was from Castile in Spain and received his surname from the town where he was raised.

Saint Peter Claver

Franciscan Media September 9

A native of Spain, young Saint Peter Claver left his homeland forever in 1610, to be a missionary in the colonies of the New World. He sailed into Cartagena, and began a ministry to the slaves brought there from West ...

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Franciscan Media September 8

Affirming the humanity of Jesus, the Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, his mother. While Scripture does not record the birth of Mary, the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James notes the development of Christian piety around Mary's parents ...