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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 John Mary Vianney

John Vianney, also known as the Holy Curé de Ars, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, near Lyon, France to a family of farmers. He was ordained a priest in 1815 and became curate in Ecully. He was th...

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Saint Lydia Purpuraria
Saint Peter Julian Eymard
Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Saint Peter Chrysologus
Saint Martha
Saint Alphonsa
Saint Panteleon

Saints Joachim and Anne

On July 26 the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anne. The couple's faith and perseverance brought them through the sorrow of childlessness, to t...

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