St. Stephen of Hungary​on August 16, 2025 at 4:23 am

St. Stephen of Hungary​on August 16, 2025 at 4:23 am

St. Stephen of Hungary Feast date: Aug 16 On Aug. 16, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of King Saint Stephen of Hungary, the monarch who led his country to embrace the Christian faith during the 11th century. Before the future saint’s birth in 975, his mother, the duchess Sarolt, is said to have … Read moreSt. Stephen of Hungary​on August 16, 2025 at 4:23 am

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary​on August 15, 2025 at 12:25 am

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary​on August 15, 2025 at 12:25 am

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast date: Aug 15 Today, Catholics and many other Christians celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This significant feast day recalls the spiritual and physical departure of the mother of Jesus Christ from the earth, when both her soul and her body were … Read moreThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary​on August 15, 2025 at 12:25 am

Saint Maximilian Kolbe​on August 14, 2025 at 1:28 am

Saint Maximilian Kolbe​on August 14, 2025 at 1:28 am

Saint Maximilian Kolbe Feast date: Aug 14 Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan priest, missionary and martyr, is celebrated throughout the Church today, August 14. The saint died in the concentration camp at Auschwitz, during World War II, and is remembered as a “martyr of charity” for dying in place of another prisoner who had a … Read moreSaint Maximilian Kolbe​on August 14, 2025 at 1:28 am

Saint Pontian and Saint Hippolytus​on August 13, 2025 at 12:25 am

Saint Pontian and Saint Hippolytus​on August 13, 2025 at 12:25 am

Saint Pontian and Saint Hippolytus Feast date: Aug 13 St. Pontian became Pope in the year 230. Five years later, after Pope Urban I, he was exiled to the mines of the Italian island of Sardinia during a period of Christian persecution. There, he decided to resign from his papal office and died a martyr … Read moreSaint Pontian and Saint Hippolytus​on August 13, 2025 at 12:25 am

Blessed Pope Innocent XI​on August 12, 2025 at 1:28 am

Blessed Pope Innocent XI​on August 12, 2025 at 1:28 am

Blessed Pope Innocent XI Feast date: Aug 12 Benedetto Odescalchi was born at Como on May 16, 1611, and died in Rome, August 11, 1689. He was educated by the Jesuits at Como, and studied jurisprudence at Rome and Naples. Urban VIII appointed him successively prothonotary, president of the Apostolic Camera, commissary at Ancona, administrator of Macerata, … Read moreBlessed Pope Innocent XI​on August 12, 2025 at 1:28 am

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal​on August 12, 2025 at 1:28 am

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal​on August 12, 2025 at 1:28 am

Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Feast date: Aug 12 “In Madame de Chantal I have found the perfect woman, whom Solomon had difficulty finding in Jerusalem”. – St. Francis de Sales, her spiritual director. St. Jane Frances de Chantal was born in Dijon, France, on January 28, 1572, and died at the Visitation Convent Moulins on December 13, 1641. … Read moreSaint Jane Frances de Chantal​on August 12, 2025 at 1:28 am

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