Today’s Saint

By Franciscan Media - By Franciscan Media - If a poor man needed some clothing, Fidelis would often give the man the clothes right off his back. Complete generosity to others characterized this saint’s life... Born in 1577, Mark Rey became a lawyer who constantly upheld the causes of the poor and oppressed people.

Franciscan Media - Opposition to the Good News of Jesus did not discourage Adalbert, who is now remembered with great honor in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Germany... Born to a noble family in Bohemia, he received part of his education from Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg.

By Franciscan Media - Benedict Joseph Labre was truly eccentric, one of God’s special little ones. Born in France and the eldest of 18 children, he studied under his uncle, a parish priest. Because of poor health and a lack of suitable academic preparation he was unsuccessful in his attempts to enter the religious life. ..

By Franciscan Media - Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France. The family was living in the basement of a dilapidated building when on February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave above the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. ...