Saint of the Day

Saint Peter Gonzalez

Peter was born into a noble family in Castile, Spain, in 1190, and he became a priest as a step to high office. One Christmas Day, during a grand entrance into the city before all the townspeople, ...

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Saint Waltrude

St. Waltrude, sometimes referred to as St. Waudu or Waudru, was descended from a very holy family in Belgium. She was the daughter of Saints Walbert and Bertilia and the sister of St. Aldegunus of ...

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Saint Julie Billiart
Saint Celestine I
Saint Vincent Ferrer
Saint Isidore of Seville
Saint Irene of Rome
Saint Francis of Paola
Saint Mary of Egypt

Easter Sunday

Easter is the principal feast of the ecclesiastical year. Leo I (Sermo xlvii in Exodum) calls it the greatest feast (festum festorum), and says that Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for ...

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