Saints For Our Times

St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher (Feast Day -- June 22) were contemporaries, both intellectual, political, and spiritual leaders...

Matt Talbot (Feast Day -- June 19) was an Irishman who lived from 1856 to 1925 and is considered the patron saint of alcoholics and sobriety ...

St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was a Franciscan preacher and theologian and is famous today for being the patron saint of lost things ...

Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) is one of the most influential church figures of the 20th century because he called for the Second Vatican Council ...

St. Augustine of Canterbury (died around 604 A.D.), whose feast day is May 27, was the first Archbishop of Canterbury and is known as the “Apostle of England.” ...

St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444) was an Italian Franciscan, one of the most popular and effective preachers of his time. He spoke directly to the people ...

St. Rose Venerini (1656-1728) spent time in a convent before ultimately discerning that she was called to use her gifts in the world, not within a cloister ...

Philip and James were two of Jesus’ 12 Apostles, his first and closest followers, who traveled and ministered with him in life and spread the good news ...

According to Tradition, Mark was one of the 70 disciples of Jesus that were sent out to proclaim the Good News; he is also said to have acted as Peter’s interpreter, founded the Church ...

St. Anselm (1033-1109), whose feast day is April 21, was born into a noble family and desired to enter monastic life from a young age, but his father would not give his consent ...