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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today is the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Assumption, observed by Catholics and many other Christians. This important feast day commemorates the mother of Jesus Christ's physical and spiritua...

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Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

On August 9 the Catholic Church remembers St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as St. Edith Stein. St. Teresa converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the course of her work as a philosoph...

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Saint Dominic
Saint Cajetan
Saint John Mary Vianney
Saint Lydia Purpuraria
Saint Peter Julian Eymard
Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

The Universal Church celebrates St. Ignatius of Loyola's feast day on July 31. The Spanish saint is renowned for having founded the Jesuits, commonly known as the Society of Jesus, and for establis...

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