SAINTS OF THE MONTH: LISTING
Martin de Porres
Feast Day: November 3
Canonized: May 6, 1962
Beatified: October 29, 1837
Some people do good no matter what happens to them. Martin de Porres did. His mother was an African…
Read More »Solanus Casey
Feast Day: November 3
Venerated: July 11, 1995
Beatified: November 18, 2017
As one of 16 children growing up on a farm in Wisconsin,…
Read More »Charles Borromeo
Feast Day: November 4
Canonized: November 1, 1610
Many years ago, Charles Borromeo helped the Church begin to live the Gospels again. He did this by living simply. Charles was born in a castle in Italy on October 2,…
Read More »Elizabeth and Zechariah
Feast Day (Roman): November 5
Feast Day (Greek): November 8
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Elizabeth and Zechariah never stopped praying that God would bless their marriage with a child, even though it seemed impossible as they grew elderly. Zechariah was a priest in the temple in Jerusalem.
One day, the angel Gabriel…
Read More »Bernhard Lichtenberg
Feast Day: November 5
Beatified: June 23, 1996
Venerated: July 2, 1994
Bernhard Lichtenberg was a Catholic priest who served the people of Berlin at St. Hedwig’s Cathedral during a time of great crisis. Born in 1875 in the Prussian province of Silesia, Father Lichtenberg was ordained to the priesthood in 1899 and witnessed the growing power of the Nazi party and its…
Read More »Catherine McAuley
Feast Day: November 11 (Ireland)
Venerated: April 9, 1990
Catherine Elizabeth McAuley was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1778. From the time she was a young child, Catherine saw her parents living their Catholic faith through service to the poor. After her parents died, Catherine lived with Protestant relatives who wanted her to become a member of their church. Catherine…
Read More »Martin of Tours
Feast Day: November 11
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Throughout his life, Martin faced many dilemmas. At the age of 12…
Read More »Frances Xavier Cabrini
Feast Day: November 13
Canonized: July 7, 1946
Beatified: November 13, 1938
Venerated: November 21, 1937
Problems defeat some people. But problems make heroes of others. Problems made St. Frances Xavier Cabrini a hero. Throughout her life…
Read More »Albert the Great
Feast Day: November 15
Canonized: 1931
Albertus Magnus was interested in everything. He was fascinated by the relationship between faith and science. He studied astronomy and biology and loved logic and…
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