Monastic · July 11
St. Benedict of Nursia
The father of Western monasticism who formed communities around prayer and work.
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218 lives of faith. Showing 1–12.
Founder · October 4
St. Francis of Assisi
A merchant’s son who embraced poverty, peace, and joyful fraternity.
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Founder · August 11
St. Clare of Assisi
A contemplative whose radical poverty shone with quiet strength.
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Doctor of the Church · October 15
St. Teresa of Ávila
A Carmelite reformer who taught the Church the depth of interior prayer.
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Doctor of the Church · January 24
St. Francis de Sales
A bishop and spiritual writer who taught that holiness belongs in every vocation.
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Founder · July 31
St. Ignatius of Loyola
A wounded soldier whose conversion became a school of prayer and discernment.
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Modern religious · September 5
St. Teresa of Calcutta
The founder of the Missionaries of Charity who served people on society’s margins.
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Founder · September 27
St. Vincent de Paul
A priest who organized enduring works of charity around the dignity of people in need.
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Monastic / Hermit · January 4
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was an American Catholic educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system.
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Bishop
St. John Neumann
John Nepomucene Neumann was a Bohemian-born American Catholic prelate who served as the fourth Bishop of Philadelphia from 1852 to 1860.
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Religious
St. Angela of Foligno
Angela of Foligno was an Italian Franciscan tertiary who became known as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations.
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Monastic / Hermit · 12 January
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys
Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND , was a French religious sister and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada.
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