Today’s Saint

By Catholic Apostolate Center - St. John of God spent the beginning of his adult life as a soldier in Spain. After his time in the military, he worked odd jobs, trying to find something he felt called to. When he was 42 years old, St. John of God heard a sermon by St. John of Avila that led to his spiritual conversion. With the spiritual direction of St. John of Avila, St. John of God devoted the last years of his life helping the poor and sick in his city in Spain. ...

Catholic Apostolate Center - Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were martyrs who lived during the early persecution of the Church. Perpetua and Felicity lived very different lives before their eventual martyrdom. Perpetua was a well-educated noblewoman while Felicity was a slave woman. They became acquainted in prison, awaiting their death for being Christians. The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity is Perpetua’s diary of their time in prison together before their martyrdom. ...

The Dynamic Catholic Institute - Saint Colette Boylet faced the stark choice of absolute surrender or personal struggle when she received a vision of Saint Francis of Assisi. She could either argue with this divine message, or give her complete surrender, not just of her own plans, but of her whole life to God's will.

By Catholic Apostolate Center - Patron Saints of Mothers - Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were martyrs who lived during the early persecution of the Church. Perpetua and Felicity lived very different lives before their eventual martyrdom. Perpetua was a well-educated noblewoman while Felicity was a slave woman. They became acquainted in prison, awaiting their death for being Christians. The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity is Perpetua’s diary of their time in prison together before their martyrdom. Being from the early 200s, it is one of the oldest surviving first person writings of the Church.