The Catholic Church believes that saints are ordinary and typical human beings who made it into heaven. In the broader sense, everyone who’s now in heaven is technically a saint. Saints are human beings who lived holy lives in obedience to God’s will and are now in heaven for eternity.
By Gretchen Filz St. Roch, also known as St. Rocco (c. 1295-1327), was a nobleman from Montpellier, France, the only son of the wealthy governor of the city. St. Roch was born with an unusual and deep red mark on his chest in the shape of a cross, a sign that the Blessed Virgin Mary had heard […]
The Story of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century. They had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady. By the 13th century they became known as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” They soon celebrated a special Mass and […]
Post by Franciscan Media Our Lady of Lourdes Saint of the Day for February 11 The Story of Our Lady of Lourdes On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years later, on February 11, 1858, a young lady appeared […]
Feast Day: July 20 Patronage: childbirth, pregnant women, dying people, kidney disease, peasants, exiles, falsely accused people; Lowestoft, England; Queens’ College, Cambridge; nurses; Sannat and Bormla, Malta Birth: 289 Antioch, Pisidia Death: 304 (aged 15) Attributes: slain dragon (Western depictions); hammer, defeated demon (Eastern Orthodox depictions) Life: Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the […]
Saint of the Day St. Camillus de Lellis Feast Day: July 18 Patronage: sick; hospitals; nurses; physicians Birth: May 25, 1550 Bucchianico, Chieti, Kingdom of Naples Death: July 14, 1614 (aged 64) Rome, Papal States Beatified: 1742, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Benedict XIV Canonized: 1746, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Benedict XIV Attributes: A […]
Saint of the Day St. Veronica Feast Day: July 12 Patronage: images, laundry workers, pictures, photos, photographers, Santa Veronica, San Pablo City, Laguna Birth: 1st century AD Caesarea Philippi or Jerusalem, Judea Canonized: Pre-Congregation Attributes: Cloth that bears the image of Christ’s face Life: Saint Veronica was a woman of Jerusalem in the first century […]
Feast Day: July 11 Patronage: Against poison, Against witchcraft, Agricultural workers, Cavers, Civil engineers, Coppersmiths, Dying people, Erysipelas, Europe, Farmers, Fever, Gall stones, Heerdt (Germany), Heraldry and Officers of arms, the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, Inflammatory diseases, Italian architects, Kidney disease, Monks, Nettle rash, Norcia, (Italy), People in religious orders, Schoolchildren and […]