Everyday Saints

Today is the feast day of the Patron Saint of writers, journalists, and this podcast as well as the author of "Introduction to the Devout Life." Let's meet St. Francis de Sales. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of a humble brother of the Congregation of the Holy Cross who never let what most considered limitations prevent him from doing God's work. Let's meet St. Andre Bessette, the Miracle Man of Montreal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is a man who gave his life for the Faith during a largely forgotten period of English history. Let's meet St. Edmund Campion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

We all know the story of Christ's birth from St. Luke's gospel. In today's Christmas episode, I want to show you the other account, this time from St. John. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is Pope Francis' 85th birthday. Let's learn a little about the 265th successor of St. Peter. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Loreto, and though you may not be able to travel to the Marian shrine in Loreto, Italy, you can pray this litany to the Blessed Mother that has been prayed by Saints and the faithful for centuries. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast Day of one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Church. Let's meet St. Francis Xavier. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast Day of a woman you may not know, but who is responsible for a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary that is worldwide. Let's meet St. Catherine Laboure, who introduced the Miraculous Medal to the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of a heroic priest and martyr from Mexico. Let's meet Blessed Miguel Pro. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day was a humble man and tireless confessor and intercessor. Let's meet Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

In today's episode of Everyday Saints, we take a look at the patron Saint of this podcast and the prayer that was critical in his life, the Memorare. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is the first US citizen canonized by the Catholic Church and the patron saint of immigrants. Let's meet St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, better known as Mother Cabrini. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of Pope St. Leo the Great, one of the most important men in both the history of the papacy and Christianity itself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

In today's episode we look at a saint who has, for several reasons, been largely forgotten today. This is a shame, and needs to be corrected. Let's meet Pope John Paul I, the Smiling Pope. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast of All Saints, and in today's episode we answer a simple, yet important, question: why the Saints? Why do they matter, and why should we strive to be like them? I'm glad you asked. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Our Saint of the Day is an apostle of Jesus and the patron saint of desperate situations and hopeless causes. Let's meet St. Jude. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of Pope St. John Paul II, and rather than simply a biography of the great man, I want to share some of his most inspiring quotes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is the man who wrote more than one quarter of the entire New Testament. Let's meet St. Luke. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is an early Church Father who also knew the Apostle John. Let's meet St. Ignatius of Antioch on his feast day --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is a great mystic, reformer, and the first woman declared a Doctor of the Church. Meet St. Teresa of Avila on her feast day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today we begin a short series on the founding Saints of the four major religious orders with a look at St. Benedict and the Benedictines. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of a humble brother of the Congregation of the Holy Cross who never let what most considered limitations prevent him from doing God's work. Let's meet St. Andre Bessette, the Miracle Man of Montreal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Learning about the Saints is important as we strive to become Saints ourselves, but it involves more than simply learning about their lives. We also need to learn how they lived and put it into practice ourselves. Today we continue our ongoing series on the Saints' Guide to Holiness with advice from the Saints on reading the Bible. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of one of the best known saints of the New Testament, St. John the Apostle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

We all know the story of Christ's birth from St. Luke's gospel. In today's Christmas episode, I want to show you the other account, this time from St. John. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

It's only a few days until Christmas, which makes it the ideal time to look at one of our most cherished Christmas traditions and its connection to a great saint. Let's look at St. Boniface and the Christmas tree. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is a giant of the Counter-Reformation, Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of Germany. Let's meet St. Peter Canisius. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

There is no end to the amount of trivia and anectdotes about the pope and the papacy. In today's episode we take a brief look at some of the most interesting papal trivia. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is Pope Francis' 84th birthday. Let's learn a little about the 265th successor of St. Peter. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day was a humble man and tireless confessor and intercessor. Let's meet Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Loreto, and though you may not be able to travel to the Marian shrine in Loreto, Italy, you can pray this litany to the Blessed Mother that has been prayed by Saints and the faithful for centuries. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Sometimes when learning about the lives of the Saints, it is necessary to dispel myths, and even outright lies, told about them. In today's episode we debunk myths about two popes who will one day be officially made Saints: Pope Pius XII and Pope John Paul I. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast Day of the greatest missionary (with the possible exception of St. Paul) in the history of the Church. Let's meet St. Francis Xavier. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of the man who was the first to respond to Jesus' call to follow him, and who spent the rest of his life bringing people to Jesus. Let's meet St. Andrew the Apostle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the Feast Day of a woman you may not know, but who is responsible for a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary that is worldwide. Let's meet St. Catherine Laboure, who introduced the Miraculous Medal to the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is a woman venerated in both the Catholic and Orthodox churches and a powerful apologist. Let's meet St. Catherine of Alexandria. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of a heroic priest and martyr from Mexico. Let's meet Blessed Miguel Pro. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

In today's episode we take a look at Marian devotion, in particular one that is very dear to Pope Francis. Let's meet Mary, Undoer of Knots. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day was a man who gave his life in the cause of Christian unity. Let's meet St. Andrew Bobola. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is the first US citizen canonized by the Catholic Church and the patron saint of immigrants. Let's meet St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, better known as Mother Cabrini. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is Veteran's Day in the United States and Remembrance Day across Europe. It is also the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, patron saint of soldiers and the poor. Let's meet him. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast day of Pope St. Leo the Great, one of the most important men in both the history of the papacy and Christianity itself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

In today's episode we look at a saint who has, for several reasons, been largely forgotten today. This is a shame, and needs to be corrected. Let's meet Pope John Paul I, the Smiling Pope. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

In today's episode we review the amazing new Bible from Bishop Robert Barron's Word on Fire ministry. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today is the feast of All Saints, and in today’s episode we answer a simple, yet important, question: why the Saints? Why do they matter, and why should we strive to be like them? I'm glad you asked. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

In today's Throwback Thursday episode, I want to introduce some true everyday saints, women living out what it means to be saints before our very eyes. Let's meet the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Our Saint of the Day is an apostle of Jesus and the patron saint of desperate situations and hopeless causes. Let's meet St. Jude. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's episode looks at the role Pope St. John Paul II played in the downfall of Communism in his native Poland, all of Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union itself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support

Today's Saint of the Day is a Spanish Bishop who was also confessor to Queen Isabella II of Spain. Let's meet St. Anthony Mary Claret. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/everydaysaints/support