Saint of the Day

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Saint of the Day Sunday, May 30, 2010 St. Joan of Arc St. Joan of Arc is the patroness of soldiers and of France. On January 6, 1412, Joan of Arc was born to pious parents of the French peasant class, at the obscure village of Domremy, near the province of Lorraine. At a very early age, she heard voices: those of St. Michael, St. Catherine and St. Margaret. At first the messages were personal and general. Then at last came the crowning order. In May, 1428, her voices "of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret" told Joan to go to the King of France and help him reconquer his kingdom. For at that Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Ferdinand III of Castile St. Hubert St. Anastasius XV St. Venantius St. Walstan Bl. William Filby Bl. Thomas Cottam St. Exuperantius Bl. Lawrence Richardson St. Luke Kirby St. Madelgisilus Bl. Richard Newport Bl. Maurus Scott Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Mechtildis Benedictine abbess and miracle worker. She was the daughter of Count Berthold of Andechs, in modem Bavaria, Germany. The count and his wife, Sophia, founded a monastery on their es­tate at Diessen, Bavaria, and placed Mechtildis there at the age of five. She became a Benedictine nun, and then ... Read More » News | Featured | Finance | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels Copyright 2008 Catholic Online.

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