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Real people who loved God to the end. Their feast days, their stories, and what they can teach you today.

Next feast · September 21

St. Matthew

Apostle and Evangelist

The tax collector who got up from his booth and followed, then wrote the Gospel of the Kingdom.

January

1
Mary, Mother of God
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
4
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Religious, Foundress
21
St. Agnes
Virgin and Martyr
24
St. Francis de Sales
Bishop and Doctor of the Church
28
St. Thomas Aquinas
Priest and Doctor of the Church

February

3
St. Blaise
Bishop and Martyr
8
St. Josephine Bakhita
Virgin, Religious
10
St. Scholastica
Virgin
21
St. Peter Damian
Bishop and Doctor of the Church

March

17
St. Patrick
Bishop, Apostle of Ireland
19
St. Joseph
Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

April

25
St. Mark
Evangelist
29
St. Catherine of Siena
Virgin and Doctor of the Church

May

2
St. Athanasius
Bishop and Doctor of the Church
26
St. Philip Neri
Priest, Founder of the Oratory
30
St. Joan of Arc
Virgin

June

3
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
Martyrs of Uganda
13
St. Anthony of Padua
Priest and Doctor of the Church
22
St. Thomas More
Martyr
29
Sts. Peter and Paul
Apostles

July

11
St. Benedict of Nursia
Abbot, Patron of Europe
14
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Virgin
25
St. James the Greater
Apostle
31
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Priest, Founder of the Society of Jesus

August

4
St. John Vianney
Priest, the Curé of Ars
11
St. Clare of Assisi
Virgin, Foundress of the Poor Clares
14
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Priest and Martyr
27
St. Monica
Mother of St. Augustine
28
St. Augustine of Hippo
Bishop and Doctor of the Church

September

5
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Virgin, Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity
21
St. Matthew
Apostle and Evangelist
23
St. Pio of Pietrelcina
Priest
29
Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael
Archangels

October

1
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Virgin and Doctor of the Church
4
St. Francis of Assisi
Religious, Founder of the Franciscans
15
St. Teresa of Ávila
Virgin and Doctor of the Church
18
St. Luke
Evangelist
22
St. John Paul II
Pope

November

1
All Saints
Solemnity of All Saints
3
St. Martin de Porres
Religious
13
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Virgin, Foundress
22
St. Cecilia
Virgin and Martyr
30
St. Andrew
Apostle

December

3
St. Francis Xavier
Priest, Missionary
6
St. Nicholas of Myra
Bishop
8
The Immaculate Conception
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Patroness of the Americas
13
St. Lucy
Virgin and Martyr
26
St. Stephen
The First Martyr
27
St. John the Apostle
Apostle and Evangelist
28
The Holy Innocents
Martyrs

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