Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, OFM Conv: Martyr of Charity![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 11, 2026
3 min
Saints 134
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Saint Clare of Assisi: First Woman to Join Saint Francis![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 07, 2026
4 min
St. Dominic and St. Francis: Heralds of the Gospel![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 05, 2026
2 min
Blessed Frédéric Janssoone: "God’s peddler"![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 04, 2026
2 min
Saint John Vianney: Patron of Parish Priests![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 28, 2026
2 min
Blessed Solanus Casey: Holy Priest, Friend of the Poor![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 20, 2026
3 min
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi: The Capuchins’ Renaissance Man![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 15, 2026
3 min
Saint John of Dukla: Patron of Poland and Lithuania![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 14, 2026
2 min
Saint Bonaventure: Theologian and Doctor of the Church ![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 13, 2026
4 min
Saint Francis Solano: Minstrel of the Lord among the Nations![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 11, 2026
2 min
Saint Veronica Giuliani: A Foremost Catholic Mystic![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 07, 2026
3 min
Dutch Franciscan Martyrs: Remaining Faithful to Catholic Beliefs![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 06, 2026
3 min
Saint Elizabeth of Portugal: The Great Peacemaker![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
June 29, 2026
2 min
Saint Junipero Serra: Apostle of California![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
June 28, 2026
4 min
Venerable Matt Talbot: Patron of People Struggling with Alcoholism![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
June 13, 2026
2 min
Saint Anthony of Padua: Drawn to a Life with God![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
June 10, 2026
5 min
Saint Francis and the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
June 04, 2026
1 min
Saint Bernardine of Siena: The Apostle of Italy![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 18, 2026
4 min
Blessed Franz Jägerstätter: A Conscientious Objector![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 18, 2026
3 min
Saint Paschal Baylón: Devoted to the Eucharist![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 16, 2026
3 min
Saint Felix of Cantalice: Humble Servant![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 16, 2026
3 min
Saint Margaret of Cortona: Lay Franciscan Penitent![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 14, 2026
3 min
Saint Pedro Regalado: Devoted to Prayer and Contemplation![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 11, 2026
2 min
Saint Catherine of Bologna: Spiritual Leader, Woman of Arts![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 05, 2026
2 min
Blessed Luchesius of Poggibonsi: First Lay Franciscan Penitent![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 27, 2026
2 min
Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen: Martyr for the Faith![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 23, 2026
3 min
Blessed Giles of Assisi: Mystic and Rebel![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 17, 2026
3 min
Saint Conrad of Parzham: A Door Open to All![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 15, 2026
2 min
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre: Patron of Homeless People![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 09, 2026
2 min
Easter: Saint Bonaventure Reflects on the Resurrection![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 04, 2026
2 min
Holy Thursday: Christ’s Self-Giving a Model for Francis and Clare![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
March 31, 2026
5 min
Saint Joseph: Franciscans Spread Devotion to This Popular Saint![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
March 18, 2026
4 min
Saint Salvador of Horta: Franciscan Healer![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
March 14, 2026
2 min
Blessed Angela Salawa: Secular Franciscan Wartime Nurse![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
March 08, 2026
2 min
Saint Agnes of Bohemia: Determined to Follow the Franciscan Life![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
February 28, 2026
3 min
Blessed Sebastian de Aparicio: Devout Layman and Franciscan Friar![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
February 23, 2026
2 min
Saint Conrad of Piacenza: Lay Penitent Hermit![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
February 16, 2026
2 min
Blessed Lady Jacoba: One Spirit with Francis![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
February 05, 2026
2 min
Saint Colette: Leader of Franciscan Reform![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
February 03, 2026
3 min
Japanese Martyrs: 23 Franciscans Suffered for Being Christians![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
February 02, 2026
4 min
Blessed Ludovica Albertoni: Mother of the Poor![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 30, 2026
3 min
Saint Hyacintha Mariscotti: Model of Dedication and Self-Denial![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 29, 2026
2 min
Saint Angela Merici: Educator of Young Women![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 26, 2026
2 min
Saint Marianne Cope: First American Franciscan Woman Canonized![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 20, 2026
3 min
Protomartyrs of the Order: St. Berard and Four Friar Companions![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 15, 2026
3 min
Blessed Odoric of Pordenone: Prominent Missionary of the Middle Ages![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 12, 2026
3 min
Saint Thomas of Cori: Devoted to Prayer, Simple Life![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 10, 2026
2 min
Saint Charles of Sezze: A Life of Humble Service![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 06, 2026
2 min
Saint Angela of Foligno: Franciscan Mystic![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 02, 2026
3 min
Blessed Mary Frances Schervier: Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
December 14, 2025
2 min
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Franciscans![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
December 10, 2025
3 min
Feast of All Saints of the Seraphic Order![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 28, 2025
2 min
Saint Leonard of Port Maurice: Famous Preacher of Parish Missions![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 24, 2025
3 min
St. James of the Marches: Tireless Preacher and Missionary![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 24, 2025
3 min
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary: Patroness of Secular Franciscans![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 15, 2025
3 min
Saints Nicholas Tavelic and Companions: Franciscan Friars Martyred in Jerusalem![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 12, 2025
3 min
Saint Didacus of Alcalá: “Blue-Collar” Franciscan![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 11, 2025
2 min
Blessed John Duns Scotus: Franciscan Theologian![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 06, 2025
3 min
Commemoration of All Souls of the Seraphic Order![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 04, 2025
2 min
St. Charles Borromeo: Reformer of the Church by Example![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 03, 2025
3 min
Saint José Gregorio Hernández: Secular Franciscan and Doctor of the Poor![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 28, 2025
2 min
Saint John of Capestrano: Franciscan Preacher, Reformer![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 22, 2025
3 min
Blessed Contardo Ferrini: Legal Scholar and Secular Franciscan![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 17, 2025
3 min
Saint Peter of Alcántara: Franciscan Reformer![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 17, 2025
2 min
Pope Saint John XXIII: The Good Pope![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 09, 2025
2 min
Saint Francis: Il Poverello![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 02, 2025
3 min
Transitus of Saint Francis: Welcoming Sister Death![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 01, 2025
4 min
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael: The Franciscan Connection![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 29, 2025
2 min
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Bearing the Stigmata, Suffering with Christ![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 21, 2025
3 min
Saint Joseph of Cupertino: The “Flying Friar”![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 17, 2025
3 min
Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis: Marked with the Wounds of Christ![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 15, 2025
6 min
St. Carlo Acutis: The Church’s First Millennial Saint![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 06, 2025
4 min
Saint Rose of Viterbo: Audacious Secular Franciscan![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 01, 2025
3 min
Saint Louis IX of France: Co-Patron of Secular Franciscan Order![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 22, 2025
3 min
Saint Louis of Toulouse: Renouncing Throne to Become a Franciscan![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 17, 2025
3 min
Saint Roch: Provider of Loving Care to Humans and Animals![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 14, 2025
3 min
The Heart of Penance: Rediscovering the Lay Franciscan Journey![Danny Michaels]()
June 23, 2025
5 min
Saint Benedict of Palermo: Spiritual Guide and Healer![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 02, 2025
2 min
St. Bonaventure - A Voice Still Relevant Today![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 15, 2024
1 min
Francis: Brother of All, The Fraternity in the Proposal of the Saint of Assisi![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
February 23, 2024
1 min
Francis of Assisi: His Life, Vision and Companions - Celebrating the Stigmata![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 17, 2023
3 min
Saint Francis and the Problem of Possessions - Francis of Assisi Spiritual Practices![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 05, 2023
1 min
St. Clare - The Light of Assisi![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 11, 2023
1 min
The Diary of St. Veronica Giuliani![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 20, 2023
1 min
Saint Anthony of Padua, the Church, and the Incarnation![Pat McCloskey, OFM]()
June 13, 2023
4 min
St. John Capistran: Apostle of Europe![Iulian M Damian]()
October 24, 2022
5 min
Saint Clare of Assisi: Words of Wisdom![Susan Hines-Brigger]()
August 10, 2022
8 min
Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Drawing from Franciscan Sources![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 02, 2022
1 min
Saint Mary Magdalene: Beloved Disciple and Apostle of the Apostles![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
July 22, 2022
1 min
Saint Bonaventure: Offering Us Light and Comfort![Jason Damon, OFM]()
July 14, 2022
6 min
Saint Paschal Baylón: Devoted to the Eucharist![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 16, 2026
3 min
Five Franciscan Martyrs: Loyal to the Catholic Faith![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 06, 2022
2 min
Saint Maria Crescentia Höss: Known for a Deep Love of Prayer![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 05, 2022
3 min
Saint John Joseph of the Cross: “The Friar of a Hundred Pieces”![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
March 15, 2022
2 min
Blessed Cosme Spessotto, OFM: Franciscan Martyr of El Salvador![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 22, 2022
3 min
Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Franciscan Connection![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
December 13, 2021
2 min
Saint Francis Anthony Fasani: Serving All with Compassion![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 27, 2021
2 min
Saint Leonard of Port Maurice: Preacher of Parish Missions![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
November 26, 2021
3 min
Pope Saint John XXIII: Secular Franciscan![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 11, 2021
2 min
Saint Francis: The “Poor Man of Assisi”![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
October 05, 2021
3 min
Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 17, 2021
3 min
Saint Clare: Light of Assisi![Margaret Carney, OSF]()
August 09, 2021
5 min
Dr. José Gregorio Hernández: “Doctor of the Poor”![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 12, 2021
2 min
Saint Leopold Mandic: Apostle of Christian Unity![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
May 12, 2021
2 min
Francis and the San Damiano Cross![Michael Guinan, OFM]()
April 02, 2021
4 min
Saint Francis Tells Us to Turn Ourselves Around, Look for Goodness ![Mary Esther Stewart]()
April 02, 2021
5 min
Clare’s Encouragement: Go Forward and Stay There![Donna Foley]()
April 02, 2021
2 min
St. Pius of Pietrelcina![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 23, 2017
2 min
Rose of Viterbo![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
September 04, 2017
2 min
Maximilian Kolbe![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 14, 2017
2 min
Feast of St. Clare![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 14, 2017
2 min
St. Joseph![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 05, 2017
3 min
Benedict the African![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
August 05, 2017
2 min
Sister Maria Restituta Kafka![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
April 01, 2017
1 min
Memorializing the First Japanese Martyrs![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
March 21, 2017
2 min
St. Agnes of Bohemia![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
March 21, 2017
2 min
Celebration of St. Angela Merici![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 27, 2017
2 min
St. Angela of Foligno![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 13, 2017
3 min
St. Thomas of Cori![Dominic Monti, OFM]()
January 11, 2017
1 min