Today’s Saint

May 31, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

By Franciscan Media - The Story of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - This is a fairly late feast, going back only to the 13th or 14th century. It was established widely throughout the Church to pray for unity. The present date of celebration was set in 1969, in order to follow the Annunciation of the Lord and precede the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist.

May 30, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 30: St. Joan of Arc (Jan. 6, 1412 – May 30, 1431)

By Franciscan Media - During the Hundred Years War, Joan led French troops against the English and recaptured the cities of Orléans and Troyes. This enabled Charles VII to be crowned as king in Reims in 1429. Captured near Compiegne the following year, Joan was sold to the English and placed on trial for heresy and witchcraft. Professors at the University of Paris supported Bishop Pierre Cauchon of Beauvis, the judge at her trial; Cardinal Henry Beaufort of Winchester, England, participated in the questioning of Joan in prison. In the end, she was condemned for wearing men’s clothes.

May 27, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 27: St. Augustine of Canterbury

Franciscan Media - In the year 596, some 40 monks set out from Rome to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons in England. Leading the group was Augustine, the prior of their monastery. Hardly had he and his men reached Gaul when they heard stories of the ferocity of the Anglo-Saxons and of the treacherous waters of the English Channel. ..

May 26, 2023

Saint of the Day for May 26: St. Philip Neri

Franciscan Media - Philip Neri was a sign of contradiction, combining popularity with piety against the background of a corrupt Rome and a disinterested clergy: the whole post-Renaissance malaise... At an early age, Philip abandoned the chance to become a businessman, moved to Rome ...