SAINT OF THE DAY

(1st century) John was one of the sons of Zebedee (James was the other) who while mending their fishing nets dropped everything to follow Jesus when he said, “Follow me.” Could the brothers ever have known in that moment how that decision would alter the course of their lives — or even the course of […]

When Herod, the king of Judea, heard of the birth of an extraordinary child from the Wise Men who, heading to Bethlehem, followed the star from the east, he became “greatly troubled.” (Matthew 2:1-18) Although he told those men to report back to him after they found the babe, they were warned by an angel […]

(1118-1170) St. Thomas was born in London in 1118. He began his ecclesiastical career at a young age, entering the abbey of Merton. He later studied in France and at the University of Bologna and soon distinguished himself for his intellectual qualities. In 1154 he became archdeacon of the diocese of Canterbury and the following […]

(Died circa 720) Egwin was born with royal blood at a time when Christianity still was making inroads into the culture of Great Britain. Though he had sought to retired from the world and live in seclusion of religious life, he was forced by popular acclaim to assume the vacant see of the bishop of […]

(4th century) Sylvester was the first pope to rule after Christianity was accepted by the Roman Empire after the edict of Milan in 313 AD. He had been a priest in Rome and was elected pope in 314. The landscape of the city of Rome took a major turn with the collaboration of Sylvester and […]