Saint of the Day Desk

Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, the first Saint of China

Jean Gabriel Perboyre was born in Montgesty, near Cahors, in southern France, on 6 January 1802 into a family which gave three missionaries of St. Vincent and two Daughters of Charity to the Church...

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Saint Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of Church; Saint of the Day, August 28

St. Augustine of Hippo, converted to Christianity at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41. The tears of his mother Saint Monica, the instructions of Ambrose and, most of all, God himself speaking to ...

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