Today’s Saint

December 12, 2017

Saint of the Day for December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patron Saint of The Americas, Mexico)

By Fr. Don Miller, OFM, Franciscan Media - The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe - The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century. Chronicles of that period tell us the story... A poor Indian named Cuauhtlatohuac was baptized and given the name Juan Diego. He was a 57-year-old widower, and lived in a small village near Mexico City. On Saturday morning December 9, 1531, he was on his way to a nearby barrio to attend Mass in honor of Our Lady.

December 11, 2017

Saint of the Day for December 11: St. Damasus I (304 – December 11, 384)

By Fr. Don Miller, OFM, Franciscan Media Saint Damasus’ Story – To his secretary Saint Jerome, Damasus was “an incomparable person, learned in the Scriptures, a virgin doctor of […]

December 9, 2017

Saint of the Day for December 9: St. Juan Diego (1474 – May 30, 1548)

By Fr. Don Miller, OFM, Franciscan Media Saint Juan Diego’s Story – Thousands of people gathered in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe July 31, 2002, for the […]

December 8, 2017

Saint of the Day for December 8: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

By Fr. Don Miller, OFM, Franciscan Media - In 1854, Pius IX solemnly proclaimed: “The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.”