SAINTS OF THE MONTH: LISTING
Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi
Feast Day: January 20
Beatified: March 22, 1998
Venerated: July 11, 1995
Iwene Tansi was born in Nigeria, Africa, in 1903. His parents…
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Laura Vicuna
Feast Day: January 22
Beatified: September 3, 1988
Venerated: June 5, 1986
Laura was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1891. Her father was a soldier. When civil war broke out, her father took Laura and her mother to another…
Read More »William Joseph Chaminade
Beatified: September 3, 2000
Venerated: October 18, 1973
William Joseph Chaminade was the 14th child born to his parents, and three of his brothers became priests. So it was not a great surprise that he…
Read More »Marianne Cope
Feast Day: January 23
Canonized: October 21, 2012
Beatified: May 14, 2005
Venerated: April 19,…
Francis de Sales
Feast Day: January 24
Canonized: April 19, 1665
Beatified: January 8, 1662
There is a popular saying you may have heard: “You catch more flies with…
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Timothy
Feast Day: January 26
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
We often imitate the people we most admire. This was certainly the case with Timothy and Titus. When St. Paul was on his first missionary journey, both of these men heard…
Read More »Angela Merici
Feast Day: January 27
Canonized: May 24, 1807
Beatified: April 30, 1768
Would you ever say “no” to the pope? Probably not, unless you thought a higher power than the pope was calling you. Angela…
Read More »Thomas Aquinas
Feast Day: January 28
Canonized: July 18, 1323
Thomas was born in Italy around 1225 or 1227. He was originally Thomas of Aquino, the region in which he was born, but he has become known as Thomas Aquinas since that time.
When Thomas…
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