Saint of the Day

Saint Jacinta and Francisco Marto

Francisco, 11, and Jacinta, 10, are the youngest non-martyrs to be canonized in the history of the Church. The brother and sister, who tended to their families’ sheep with their cousin Lucia Santo ...

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Saint Claude de la Colombière

On Feb. 15 the Catholic Church honors Saint Claude de la Colombiere, the 17th century French Jesuit who authenticated and wrote about Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque's visions of the Sacred Heart of J...

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Saint Valentine
Saint Catherine de Ricci
Our Lady of Lourdes
Saint Scholastica
Saint Josephine Bakhita
St. Richard

Saint Paul Miki and Companions

During the 16th century, the Catholic faith reached Japan by the efforts of the Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552). Jesuit outreach to the Japanese continued after his death, and ar...

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