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Saint Augustine of Hippo
Saint of the Day

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo is a giant in many ways. He had a powerful and forceful personality which he used both before and after his conversion. He had a passion for whatever he did, and this showed up in his theological teachings.

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August 28
Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin

Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin

September 25
Frustrated in their attempts to enter religious life, Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin married and had nine children. Their youngest child, who entered a Carmelite convent at 15, became Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, affectionately known as the ...
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Saint John Henry Newman

Saint John Henry Newman

September 24
Saint John Henry Newman, the 19th-century's most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the first half of his life as an Anglican and the second half as a Roman Catholic. He was a priest, popular preacher, writer, and eminent theologian in ...
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Statue of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

September 23
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, popularly known as Padre Pio, grew up in southern Italy. At the age of 15, he joined the Capuchins and was ordained in 1910. In 1918 he received the stigmata, the markings of the crucified Jesus, ...
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Stained Glass Window of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions

September 22
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first canonized Filipino martyr, became a witness to the faith almost by accident. Fleeing a legal charge, he ended up with a group of Dominicans headed for Japan, where they were all arrested, tortured, and finally ...
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Saint Matthew

Saint Matthew

September 21
Saint Matthew was a Jew who worked for the Romans as a tax collector. His fellow Jews considered him a traitor and resented him. The Pharisees viewed him, and all tax collectors, as sinners. So it was a real shock ...
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Painting of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions

Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions

September 20
The Korean martyrs, including Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasang, spread the gospel in their native land under extremely difficult circumstances. The holy companion martyrs include bishops, priests, and laity, some of whom where French missionaries.
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Saint Januarius

Saint Januarius

September 19
Little is known about the life of Saint Januarius. Legend has it that he and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheater of Pozzuoli, but the animals failed to attack them.
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