Today’s Saint

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...
November 1, 2018

Solemnity of All Saints, November 1

The Story of the Solemnity of All Saints - The earliest certain observance of a feast in honor of all the saints is an early fourth-century commemoration of “all the martyrs.” In the early seventh century, after successive waves of invaders plundered the catacombs, Pope Boniface IV gathered up some 28 wagon-loads of bones and reinterred them beneath the Pantheon, a Roman temple dedicated to all the gods....
October 31, 2018

Saint of the Day for October 31: St. Wolfgang of Regensburg (c. 924 – Aug. 31, 994)

By Franciscan Media Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg’s Story – Wolfgang was born in Swabia, Germany, and was educated at a school located at the abbey of Reichenau. There […]

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