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June, 14th | Saint Albert Chmielowski
Saint Albert Chmielowski’s Story
Born in Igolomia near Kraków as the eldest of four children in a wealthy family, he was christened Adam. During t...
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June, 13th | Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of Padua’s Story
The gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule of Saint Anthony of Padua’s life. Over and over ...
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June, 12th | Blessed Jolenta of Poland
Blessed Jolenta of Poland’s Story
Jolenta was the daughter of Bela IV, King of Hungary. Her sister, St. Kunigunde, was married to the Duke of Pola...
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June, 11th | Saint Barnabas
Saint Barnabas’ Story
Barnabas, a Jew of Cyprus, comes as close as anyone outside the Twelve to being a full-fledged apostle. He was closely assoc...
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June, 10th | Saint Joachima
Saint Joachima’s Story
Born into an aristocratic family in Barcelona, Spain, Joachima was 12 when she expressed a desire to become a Carmelite nun...
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June, 9th | Saint Ephrem
Saint Ephrem’s Story
Poet, teacher, orator, and defender of the faith, Ephrem is the only Syriac Christian recognized as a doctor of the Church. H...
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June, 8th | Saint William of York
Saint William of York’s Story
A disputed election as archbishop of York and a mysterious death. Those are the headlines from the tragic life of to...
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June, 7th | Blessed Franz Jägerstätter
Blessed Franz Jägerstätter’s Story
Called to fight for his country as a Nazi solider, Franz eventually refused, and this husband and father of thr...
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June, 6th | Saint Norbert
Saint Norbert’s Story
In the 12th century in the French region of Premontre, Saint Norbert founded a religious Order known as the Praemonstratensi...
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June, 5th | Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface’s Story
Boniface, known as the apostle of the Germans, was an English Benedictine monk who gave up being elected abbot to devote h...
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June, 4th | Blessed Angeline of Marsciano
Blessed Angeline of Marsciano’s Story
Blessed Angeline founded the first community of Franciscan women other than Poor Clares to receive papal app...
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June, 3rd | Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions
Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions’ Story
One of 22 Ugandan martyrs, Charles Lwanga is the patron of youth and Catholic action in most of tropica...
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