Saints & Heroes

September 29: Saint Michael teaches us that it's not enough for Catholics to behave well: it is also our duty to fight evil. He should not just be our model but our help.

September 29: As Saint Gabriel announced the coming triumph of the Messiah, let us pray to St. Gabriel that Our Lord triumph once more in our times.

April 20: Saint Agnes of Montepulciano was extraordinarily virtuous. She joined a monastery at 9 years of, and became prioress of an abbey at age 15.

January 28: Saint Thomas Aquinas, known as the "Angelic Doctor," was a model of heroic chastity and the greatest theologian in history.

From all outward appearances, there was nothing special about Josefa Menéndez. Certainly she showed no signs that she was in any way fitted for so high a mission as to bring forth a message of Jesus to the world.

The True Story of Exorcism Performed by Saint Michael, which inspired the movie the Exorcist.

June 30: In the Year 64 AD, the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church were burned alive as torches, crucified, and fed to wild animals by the evil Roman Emperor Nero.

The oldest pilgrimage site in North America, the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec City, Canada, has been welcoming people from all walks of life for over 350 years.

September 18: Saint Joseph of Cupertino was called "the Flying Friar" because of his frequent levitations. With comments from Professor Plinio Correa de Oliveira.