Saints

In most of the photos available online, Mother Teresa of Calcutta is seen beaming with a smile. Whether hunched beside the poor or standing alongside her fellow Missionaries of Charity, she always appeared with a bright face. Who would have thought that in her 87 years on earth, 50 were spent in the so-called “dark night of the soul”?

Monica, “There was only one reason why I wanted to remain a little longer in this life that I might see you a Catholic Christian before I died. God has granted me this in superabundance.”

On August 19, the Church commemorates Saint Ezekiel Moreno (1848–1906), the patron saint of cancer patients and a shining example of missionary zeal, pastoral care, and unwavering faith.

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Roch on August 16.

Saint Clare, “Let the love you have in your hearts be shown outwardly in your deeds.”

In 2009, during the Year for Priests, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed St. John Vianney as the patron saint of all priests worldwide, not just parish priests.

For hundreds of years, Catholics have pictured St. Dominic kneeling in prayer while the Blessed Virgin Mary gives him a string of beads, which we now call the Rosary.

On July 31, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.

In the quiet village of Bethany, just outside Jerusalem, lived three siblings whose friendship with Jesus has echoed across centuries. Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus were not just hosts to the Son of God in their home—they became living witnesses to the essence of faith, friendship, and hospitality.

For Christians around the world, July 26 marks the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus.

On July 25, the Church celebrates the feast of St. James the Greater, one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus. Known for his fiery spirit and missionary zeal, James is the patron of pilgrims and of Spain.

Holiness is about trust. About surrender. About living for God even when no one is watching.

As one of the most prominent female figures in the Bible, Saint Mary Magdalene has inspired countless works of art.

Born and named Francesco Possenti on March 1, 1838 to a big family in Italy, his mother Agnes passed away when he was four years old. There are thirteen of them siblings and he was the eleventh.

A Dominican friar, philosopher, scholar and theologian, the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, is observed every January 28. He is a patron of students and all universities.

The work of evangelization is tedious and overwhelming, especially during the earliest years of the
Church. Such was the predicament faced by Saint Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles. Reaching out to
budding Christian communities is hard work for only one man, and so he acquired help from his friends.
Today, January 26, we remember his two closest confidants: Saints Timothy and Titus.

He is usually called the "Beloved Disciple because of his closeness to Jesus. He stands to be one of the most influential figures in Christian history.

Arian theology holds that Jesus Christ is not a begotten Son and has not the same divine nature as the Father, but one who was created by the Father before the times.

On November 13, Church commemorates the feast of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini.

Borromeo was an Italian cardinal and archbishop known as one of the prominent figures of the Counter-Reformation in Italy.