Saint Francis of Assisi

Feast: October 4

Saint Francis of Assisi, also known as Francis Bernardone or il Poverello, was born in 1181 in Assisi, Umbria, Italy to Pietro Bernardone, a wealthy cloth merchant. Although he received a good...

Saint Joseph

Feast: March 19

Saint Joseph, also known as Joseph of Nazareth, Joseph the Artisan, Joseph the Betrothed, and Joseph the Worker, was a descendant of the house of David. He was a layman and a builder by trade,...

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Feast: August 14

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, also known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary, was born as Raymond Kolbe on January 7, 1894, in Zdunska Wola, a town in Russian-occupied Poland. He was the second of three...