Today’s Saint

November 6, 2018

Saint of the Day for November 6: St. Nicholas Tavelic and Companions (1340 – Nov. 14, 1391)

By Franciscan Media Saint Nicholas Tavelic and Companions’ Story – Nicholas and his three companions are among the 158 Franciscans who have been martyred in the Holy Land […]

November 5, 2018

Saint of the Day for November 5: St. Peter Chrysologus (c. 406 – c. 450)

By Franciscan Media Saint Peter Chrysologus’ Story – A man who vigorously pursues a goal may produce results far beyond his expectations and his intentions. Thus it was with […]

November 3, 2018

Saint of the Day for November 3: St. Martin de Porres (Dec. 9, 1579 – Nov. 3, 1639)

By Franciscan Media Saint Martin de Porres’ Story – “Father unknown” is the cold legal phrase sometimes used on baptismal records. “Half-breed” or “war souvenir” is the cruel […]

November 2, 2018

Saint of the Day for November 2: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

By Franciscan Media - The Story of the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed - The Church has encouraged prayer for the dead from the earliest times as an act of Christian charity. “If we had no care for the dead,” Augustine noted, “we would not be in the habit of praying for them.” Yet pre-Christian rites for the deceased retained such a strong hold on the superstitious imagination that a liturgical commemoration was not observed until the early Middle Ages...