Today’s Saint

October 26, 2023

Saint of the Day for October 26: St. Peter of Alcantara

By Franciscan Media - Peter was a contemporary of well-known 16th-century Spanish saints, including Ignatius of Loyola and John of the Cross. He served as confessor to Saint Teresa of Avila. Church reform was a major issue in Peter’s day, and he directed most of his energies toward that end. His death came one year before the Council of Trent ended.
October 25, 2023

Saint of the Day for October 25: St. Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão (1739 – Dec. 23, 1822)

By Franciscan Media - Saint Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão’s Story - God’s plan in a person’s life often takes unexpected turns which become life-giving through cooperation with God’s grace... Born in Guarantingueta near São Paulo, Antônio attended the Jesuit seminary in Belem, but later decided to become a Franciscan friar. Invested in 1760, he made final profession the following year and was ordained in 1762.
October 24, 2023

Saint of the Day for October 24: St. Anthony Mary Claret

Franciscan Media, Oct 24, 2020 - The “spiritual father of Cuba” was a missionary, religious founder, social reformer, queen’s chaplain, writer and publisher, archbishop, and refugee. He was a Spaniard whose work took him to the Canary Islands, Cuba, Madrid, Paris, and to the First Vatican Council...
October 16, 2023

Saint of the Day for October 16: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Franciscan Media - Margaret Mary was chosen by Christ to arouse the Church to a realization of the love of God symbolized by the heart of Jesus... Her early years were marked by sickness and a painful home situation. “The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering.” After considering marriage for some time, Margaret Mary entered the Order of the Visitation nuns at the age of 24.

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