modern Catholic saints
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June 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Priest & Founder of Opus Dei
He saw footprints in the snow… and his entire life changed. ❄️👣 Saint Josemaría Escrivá did not preach holiness as something reserved for monks, mystics, or people with “extra holy” lives. He preached something far more dangerous: Your desk can… Continue reading
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June 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop & Founder
A bishop saw a crowd of exhausted migrants at a train station and it changed everything. 🚂🌍 Saint John Baptist Scalabrini did not just feel bad for people leaving home. He built an entire Catholic mission around them. Priests. Sisters.… Continue reading
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May 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Ursula Ledóchowska, Religious Sister, Teacher, Missionary & Foundress of the Ursuline Sisters of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
She lived under surveillance. She was exiled during war. She helped orphans, taught young women, defended her country, founded a religious order, and still became known as the Apostle of the Smile. 😳✨ Saint Ursula Ledóchowska was not soft. She… Continue reading
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May 29th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Paul VI
He was the pope who had to carry the Church through chaos. 🔥 Pope Saint Paul VI completed Vatican II, defended the truth about marriage and life in Humanae Vitae, took the papacy into the modern world, and told the… Continue reading
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May 21st – Saint of the Day: Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, & Companions, Martyrs
A priest. A secret seminary. A firing squad. And one final prayer for a divided country.🔥 Saint Christopher Magallanes was not a violent rebel. He was a Catholic priest who served the poor, formed future priests in secret, promoted the… Continue reading
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February 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint José Sánchez del Río, Martyr
A 14 year old Catholic kid stared down a government that demanded he deny Jesus… and he did not blink. 🔥✝️👑 Saint José Sánchez del Río, “Joselito,” chose a Crown the world could not take. While others tried to buy… Continue reading
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January 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint André Bessette
A sickly orphan with almost no education became one of the most powerful witnesses of faith in North America. 🔥⛪️ Saint André Bessette was just a doorkeeper, yet God used his humility, prayer, and devotion to Saint Joseph to heal… Continue reading
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