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Today’s Saint – Page 61 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Today’s Saint

May 13, 2024

Saint of the Day for May 13: Our Lady of Fatima

Franciscan Media - Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children–Francisco and Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos–received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. Mary asked the children to pray the rosary for world peace, for the end of World War I, for sinners, and for the conversion of Russia.
May 10, 2024

Saint of the Day for May 10: St. Damien de Veuster of Moloka’i

Franciscan Media - When Joseph de Veuster was born in Tremelo, Belgium, in 1840, few people in Europe had any firsthand knowledge of leprosy, Hansen’s disease. By the time he died at the age of 49, people all over the world knew about this disease because of him. They knew that human compassion could soften the ravages of this disease.
May 7, 2024

Saint of the Day for May 7: St. Rose Venerini

By Franciscan Media - By Franciscan Media - Rose was born at Viterbo in Italy, the daughter of a doctor. Following the death of her fiancé she entered a convent, but soon returned home to care for her newly widowed mother. Meanwhile, Rose invited the women of the neighborhood to recite the rosary in her home, forming a sort of sodality with them.
May 6, 2024

Saint of the Day for May 6: Saints Marian and James (d. May 6, 259)

By Franciscan Media - Saints Marian, an ordained lector, and James, a deacon, were martyred during the persecution of Valerian around the year 259. Few other facts are known about them... It seems that while they were in prison, each had a vision regarding his martyrdom. They drew courage from these apparitions and were able to courageously face death. They were joined in their deaths by other Christians.

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