Today’s Saint

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... After considering marriage for some time, Margaret Mary entered the Order of the Visitation nuns at the age of 24... A Visitation nun was “not to be extraordinary except by being ordinary,” but the young nun was not to enjoy this anonymity.

By Franciscan Media - By Franciscan Media - Teresa lived in an age of exploration as well as political, social, and religious upheaval. It was the 16th century, a time of turmoil and reform. She was born before the Protestant Reformation and died almost 20 years after the closing of the Council of Trent.

By Franciscan Media - The most reliable information about this saint comes from his enemy Saint Hippolytus, an early antipope, later a martyr for the Church. A negative principle is used: If some worse things had happened, Hippolytus would surely have mentioned them... Callistus was a slave in the imperial Roman household.

Franciscan Media - Zeal as a preacher and a confessor led Father Seelos to works of compassion as well... Born in southern Bavaria, he studied philosophy and theology in Munich. On hearing about the work of the Redemptorists among German-speaking Catholics in the United States, he came to this country in 1843. Ordained at the end of 1844, he was assigned for six years to St. Philomena’s Parish in Pittsburgh as an assistant to Saint John Neumann. ...