Today’s Saint

December 10, 2018

Saint of the Day for December 10: Blessed Adolph Kolping (Dec. 8, 1813 – Dec. 4, 1865)

By Franciscan Media Blessed Adolph Kolping’s Story – The rise of the factory system in 19th-century Germany brought many single men into cities where they faced new challenges […]
December 8, 2018

Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Story of the Immaculate Conception of Mary - A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century. It came to the West in the eighth century. In the 11th century it received its present name, the Immaculate Conception. In the 18th century it became a feast of the universal Church. It is now recognized as a solemnity.
December 7, 2018

Saint of the Day for December 7: St. Ambrose (337 – April 4, 397)

By Franciscan Media Saint Ambrose’s Story – One of Ambrose’s biographers observed that at the Last Judgment, people would still be divided between those who admired Ambrose and […]
December 6, 2018

Saint of the Day for December 6: St. Nicholas (March 15, 270 – Dec. 6, 343)

By Franciscan Media Saint Nicholas’ Story – The absence of the “hard facts” of history is not necessarily an obstacle to the popularity of saints, as the devotion […]

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