Saint of the Day

Blessed Claudio Granzotto

Blessed Claudio Granzotto was the youngest of nine children whose father died when the boy was only nine years old. At the age of 15 he entered the army where he served for three years.

September 6

The experience and needs of the poor turned Saint Vincent de Paul’s heart and energies to a life of care and compassion. A grumpy man by nature—and by his own admission--Vincent became a gentle and loving servant of the oppressed. ...

Saint Paul VI

Franciscan Media September 26

Pope Saint Paul VI helped prepare for the Second Vatican Council, and was the one to complete it after the death of his predecessor, Pope Saint John XXIII. In 1965, he instituted the Synod of Bishops, and spoke to the ...

Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin

Franciscan Media 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 ...

Saint John Henry Newman

Franciscan Media 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 ...