Saints Alive
Rev. Dr. Robert F. McNamara was ordained a priest in 1936 and was Professor of Church History for over 40 years. He said weekend Masses at St. Salome for many years, and moved to St. Thomas the Apostle when he retired from teaching in 1980. These vignettes were published in the parish bulletin for over 28 years.
We cannot answer questions about his articles.
Aside from “Saints Alive” and many historical books, he wrote a series entitled “All God’s Children” in in the early-1980’s with reflections centering on the readings of the liturgical cycle. Visit Sunday Reflections to read these articles.
The first article:
What is a Saint?
| Note | Name | Feast |
|---|---|---|
| Thrilled to be Christian | St. Abercius | 10/22 |
| Unwilling Groom | St. Abraham Kidunaia | 3/16 |
| Slavic Martyr | St. Adalbert of Prague | 4/23 |
| Father of the Journeymen | Bl. Adolf Kolping | 12/4 |
| St. Bernard of the North | St. Aelred of Rievaulx | 1/12 |
| Protectors of the Scriptures | SS. Agape, Chionia & Irene | 2/15 |
| Martyrs to Doctrine | BB. Agathangelo and Cassian | 8/7 |
| Beloved but Unknown | St. Agnes | 1/21 |
| Promoter of Franciscans | St. Agnes of Bohemia | 3/2 |
| The Charcoal-Burner | St. Alexander | 8/11 |
| Gentle | St. Alice | 6/15 |
| A Light in the Forest | St. Alice Kotowska | 6/13 |
| Pioneer School Sister | Bl. Alix | 10/22 |
| Who are | All Saints? | 11/1 |
| Enemy of Violence | St. Almachius | 1/1 |
| Hurrying to Heaven | St. Aloysius | 6/21 |
| Balkan Hero | Bl. Aloysius Stepinac, Cardinal Martyr | 2/10 |
| “Martyr” to Red Tape | St. Alphonsus | 8/1 |
| Saintly Widower | St. Alphonsus Rodriguez | 10/30 |
| Generous Duke | Bl. Amadeus IX | 3/30 |
| Governor, Prelate, Poet | St. Ambrose | 12/7 |
| Priest Until Death | St. Ambrose Barlow | 9/11 |
| American Saints | ||
| of the Salt-Marsh | St. Ammon | 10/4 |
| Promoter of St. Joseph | St. Andre Bessette | 1/6 |
| The First-Called | St. Andrew | 11/30 |
| Counter-Reformer | St. Andrew Avellino | 11/10 |
| "Twice Martyred" | St. Andrew Bobola | 5/21 |
| Martyrs of Vietnam | St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Martyrs | 12/26 |
| Guardians | Angel Guardians | 9/29, 10/2 |
| Pioneer Teaching Sister | St. Angela | 1/27 |
| Mystic with a Paintbrush | Bl. Angelico of Fiesole | 2/18 |
| "Ziggy" | Bl. Angelo of Acri | 10/30 |
| Housewife and Mystic | Bl. Anna Maria Taigi | 6/9 |
| "God's Grandparents" | SS. Anne and Joachim | 7/26 |
| Mother Whirlwind | Bl. Anne Javouhey | 7/15 |
| Protector of Priests | St. Anne Line | 2/27 |
| Pioneering Carmelite | Bl. Anne of Saint Bartholomew | 6/7 |
| Apostle of the North | St. Ansgar | 2/3 |
| Adult-Ed Bishop | St. Anthony Claret | 1/17 |
| Shocked into Wisdom | Bl. Anthony Grassi | 12/18 |
| Monastic Standard-bearer | St. Anthony of Egypt | 9/24 |
| St. Anthony of Padua | 6/13 | |
| Educating for Both Worlds | Bl. Anton Martin Slomsek | 9/24 |
| Martyrs | St. Apollonia and Friends | 2/9 |
| Pioneer Christian Couple | SS. Aquila & Priscilla | 7/8 |
| Modern Missionary | St. Arnold Janssen, SVD | 1/15 |
| Brother Failure | Bl. Arnold Reche | 10/23 |
| Not Of This World | St. Arsenius the Great | 7/19 |
| “Pillar of the Church” | St. Athanasius | 5/2 |
| Double Death | St. Augustina Pietrantoni, Martyr | 11/13 |
| "Primate of All England" | St. Augustine of Canterbury | 5/27 |
| St. Augustine the Great | 8/28 | |
| Baptismal Saints | ||
| “A Good Man” | St. Barnabas | 6/11 |
| An Earlier Fr. Damien | Bl. Bartholomew Buonpedoni | 12/14 |
| Satanist to Saint | Bl. Bartholomew Longo | 10/5 |
| Patriarch of Western Monks | St. Benedict | 7/11 |
| Monastic Leader | St. Benedict Biscop | 2/13 |
| Born Black | St. Benedict the Moor | 4/4 |
| Bridge Builder | St. Benezet | 4/14 |
| Teaching Brother | St. Benildus | 8/13 |
| The Welcome One | Bl. Benvenuta | 10/3 |
| Humble Ambassador | St. Bernadette | 4/16 |
| Glove of | St. Bernard | 8/20 |
| Alpine Rescuer | St. Bernard of Aosta | 5/28 |
| "Honey-sweet Teacher" | St. Bernard of Clairvaux | 8/20 |
| Wonderworking Vet | St. Bernard of Corleone | 1/19 |
| The Blood-wonder | St. Bernardino Realino | 7/3 |
| Bl. Bernardino of the Pawn Shops | 9/28 | |
| Preacher against Darkness | Bl. Bertrand | 9/6 |
| Bishop and Martyr | St. Blaise | 2/2 |
| Apostle of Germany | St. Boniface, Martyr | 6/5 |
| Abbot and Voyager | St. Brendan of Clonfert | 5/16 |
| Sweden's Gift | St. Bridget | 7/23 |
| The Mary of the Gael | St. Brigid of Kildare | 2/1 |
| Contemplative | Bl. Bronislawa of Cracow | 8/30 |
| Austerity Personified | St. Bruno the Carthusian | 10/6 |
| Bible Singer | St. Caedmon | 2/11 |
| The English | Carthusian Martyrs | 6/15 |
| and his Schoolkid Killers | St. Cassian | 8/13 |
| Unjolly Saint | St. Catharine of Genoa | |
| Invisible Visionary | St. Catherine Laboure | 11/28 |
| Bride of Christ | St. Catherine de' Ricci | 2/13 |
| Popular Patroness | St. Catherine of Alexandria | 11/25 |
| Mystic and Artist | St. Catherine of Bologna | 3/9 |
| Divine Theologian | St. Catherine of Siena | 4/29 |
| Gypsy Martyr | Bl. Ceferino Jimenez | 8/9 |
| Catholic Reformer | St. Charles | 11/4 |
| Head of State | Bl. Charles the Good | 3/2 |
| Servant of Lady Poverty | St. Clare of Assisi | 8/11 |
| Bl. Claretian Martyrs of Barbastro | 8/13 | |
| Servant of the Sacred Heart | St. Claud | 2/15 |
| SS. Peter and Paul's Associate | St. Clement I | 11/23 |
| Patron of Vienna | St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, CSsR | 3/15 |
| The Pains of Queenship | St. Clotilda of France | 6/3 |
| Scotland's Glory | St. Columba of Iona | 11/23 |
| Dove of Perugia | Bl. Columba of Rieti | 5/20 |
| Erin's Greatest Missionary | St. Columban | 11/23 |
| Professor with a Halo | Bl. Contardo Ferrini | 10/27 |
| Sister Cinderella | St. Crescentia | 4/5 |
| Valiant Woman | St. Crispina, Martyr | 12/5 |
| Dowager Empress | St. Cunegund | 3/3 |
| Gem of Nigeria | Bl. Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi | 1/20 |
| "Lambs to the Slaughter" | Bl. Cyril Tejedor and Company | 10/9 |
| Champion of the Mother of God | St. Cyril of Alexandria | 6/27 |
| Custodian of the Saints | Pope St. Damasus I | 12/11 |
| “Leper Priest” | St. Damien de Veuster, SSCC | 4/15 |
| Stylite | St. Daniel | 12/11 |
| Savant and Missionary | St. Daniel Comboni | 10/10 |
| Wales' Patron | St. David | 3/1 |
| "I Die for Religion" | St. David Lewis, SJ | 8/27 |
| Irish Martyrs | Bl. Dermot O'Hurley and Companions | |
| The Good Thief | St. Dismas | 3/25 |
| Hound of God | St. Dominic | 8/8 |
| Teenage Saint | St. Dominic Savio | 5/6 |
| St. Dominic of the Causeway | 5/12 | |
| Seer of Eternity | St. Drithelm | 8/17 |
| Subtle Thinker | Bl. Duns Scotus | 11/7 |
| Patroness of the Mentally Sick | St. Dympna | 5/1 |
| Scholar and Martyr | St. Edith Stein | 8/9 |
| Diamond of England | St. Edmund Campion | 12/1 |
| Educator of Youth | Bl. Edmund Ignatius Rice | 5/5 |
| Twice tested | Bl. Edward Waterson | 12/1 |
| Gentle King | St. Edward the Confessor | 1/7 |
| Silversmith-Bishop | St. Eligius | 2/5 |
| Kin of Our Lord | SS. Elizabeth and Zachary | 9/27 |
| Thoroughly American | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | 11/5 |
| Battered Wife | Bl. Elizabeth Canori Mora | |
| Sweden's Second St. Bridget | Bl. Elizabeth Hesselblad | 11/17 |
| Franciscan Princess | St. Elizabeth of Hungary | 7/4 |
| Peacemaker | St. Elizabeth of Portugal | 1/4 |
| Faithful Couple | St. Elzear, Bl. Delphina | 9/19 |
| The Outspoken | St. Emily | 6/17 |
| No Easy Life | St. Emily de Vialar | 11/7 |
| Unlikely Saint | St. Engelbert of Cologne | 6/9 |
| Harp of the Spirit | St. Ephrem | 6/23 |
| St. Etheldreda (Audrey) | ||
| "Faithful to Christ" | Bl. Eugene Bossilkov, Martyr | 5/20 |
| Ahead of His Time | St. Eugene de Mazenod | 8/2 |
| Martyr Without Bloodshed | St. Eusebius of Vercelli | |
| Roman Divorcee | St. Fabiola, Benefactress | 12/27 |
| The Obedient One | Bl. Felix of Nicosia | 6/1 |
| Happy in Christ | St. Felix of Nola | 1/14 |
| Patron of Hostages | Bl. Ferdinand | 6/5 |
| Fictionalized Saints | ||
| Lenten Saint | St. Fina | 3/12 |
| Heavenly Firefighter | St. Florian of Lorch, Martyr | 5/4 |
| Mother of Immigrants | St. Frances Cabrini | 11/13 |
| Saint of the Pots and Pans | Bl. Frances Nisch | 5/8 |
| Mother and Mystic | St. Frances of Rome | 3/9 |
| Saint for Sinners | St. Francis Borgia | 10/10 |
| Patron of Italian Cooks | St. Francis Caracciolo | 6/4 |
| Troubadour Friar | St. Francis Solano | 7/13 |
| Missionary Supreme | St. Francis Xavier | 12/3 |
| Shepherd to the Emigrant | Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, CSsR | 10/11 |
| St. Francis and the Christmas Crib | ||
| Canada's First Shepherd | St. Francis de Laval | 6/22 |
| Gentle Apostle | St. Francis de Sales | 1/24 |
| Apostle to Street People | St. Francis diGirolamo SJ | |
| The "Little Poor Man" | St. Francis of Assisi | 10/4 |
| Brother Minimal | St. Francis of Paola | 4/2 |
| The Saint of Sansellas | Bl. Francisca Cirer | |
| Representative Layman | Bl. Frederic Ozanam | 9/9 |
| Apostle of Ethiopia | St. Frumentius | 10/27 |
| Ethiopian | Bl. Gabra Michael | 8/28 |
| Gunslinging Ascetic? | St. Gabriel Possenti | |
| Apostolate of Pain | St. Gemma Galgani | 4/11 |
| Actor | St. Genesius | 8/25 |
| Protector of Paris | St. Genevieve | 1/3 |
| Saint on Crutches | St. Genoveffa Torres | |
| Ecumenical martyrs | Bl. George Haydock and Companions | 5/4 |
| "Weakness is strength" | Bl. George Napper, Martyr | 11/9 |
| Dragon-Slayer? | St. George, Martyr | 4/23 |
| "Perfect Lay Brother" | St. Gerard Majella, CSsR | 10/16 |
| The Lion of | St. Gerasimus | 3/5 |
| Defender of Grace | St. Germain of Auxerre | 7/31 |
| "St. Cinderella" | St. Germaine Cousin | 6/15 |
| Holland Beguine | Bl. Gertrude of Delft | 1/6 |
| United to Christ | St. Gertrude the Great | 11/16 |
| Pro-Life Mother | St. Gianna Beretta Molla | 4/28 |
| English Monastic Founder | St. Gilbert | 2/16 |
| Our Knight of the Round Table | Bl. Giles | 4/23 |
| St. Giles the Legendary | 9/1 | |
| St. Gobain and Company | ||
| Late Bloomer | St. Godric of Finchale | 5/21 |
| Martyr of Christian Unity | Bl. Gomidas | 11/5 |
| Armenia's "Illuminator" | St. Gregory Ashtishat | 9/30 |
| A Great Pope | St. Gregory I | 9/3 |
| Exiled for Justice | Pope St. Gregory VII | 5/25 |
| Wonderworker | St. Gregory of Caesarea | 11/17 |
| Honorary Rochesterian | Bl. Grimoaldo | 11/18 |
| Blind Abbot | St. Harvey | 6/17 |
| "Noblesse Oblige" | St. Hedwig of Silesia | 10/16 |
| Roman Empress | St. Helen | 8/18 |
| Emperor | St. Henry | 7/13 |
| Priest of the Plague | St. Henry Morse | 2/1 |
| Outstanding Catechist | St. Henry de Osso | 1/27 |
| Mary's “Other Spouse” | St. Herman Joseph | 4/7 |
| Bl. Hermann the Disabled | ||
| “Oh for Peace and Quiet” | St. Hilarion | |
| Teaching Abbess | St. Hilda of Whitby | 11/17 |
| The Incomparable | St. Hildegard of Bingen | 9/17 |
| You're a Good Man | St. Homobonus | 11/13 |
| Shaped by Adversity | Bl. Honoratus, OFMCap | 1/16 |
| The Stag with the Crucifix | St. Hubert The Hunter | 11/3 |
| Great | St. Hugh | |
| Saint's Dancing Sister | Bl. Humbeline | 2/12 |
| Through Heaven's Back Door | St. Hyacintha Mariscotti | 1/30 |
| Apostolic Witness | St. Ignatius of Antioch | 10/17 |
| The Cardinal and the Duce | Bl. Ildefonso Schuster | 8/30 |
| Abbot in Wales | St. Illtud | 11/6 |
| Bl. Indians of Mexico | ||
| Pioneer Theologian | St. Irenaeus of Lyons | 6/28 |
| Martyred in New York State | St. Isaac Jogues, SJ | 10/19 |
| Black Holiness | Bl. Isidore Bakanja, Martyr | 8/15 |
| Educator of the Middle Ages | St. Isidore of Seville | 4/4 |
| St. Isidore the Farmer | ||
| St. Ita of Killeedy | 1/15 | |
| Honorable Attorney | St. Ivo of Kermartin | 5/19 |
| Penitent and Poet | Bl. Jacopone da Todi | 12/25 |
| Leader of a Nation | Queen St. Jadwiga of Poland | 10/16 |
| Bookseller for Christ | Bl. James Duckett | 4/19 |
| Martyrs of the Eucharist | BB. James Sales, William Saultemouche | 2/7 |
| Measuring Up | Bl. James of Lodi | 4/18 |
| Top-Flight Apostle | St. James the Greater | 7/25 |
| French Mother Seton | St. Jane Chantal | 8/18 |
| Veil or Crown? | Bl. Jane of Portugal | 5/12 |
| Annulled | St. Jane of Valois (Joan of France) | 2/4 |
| Miracle | St. Januarius of the Miracle | 9/19 |
| Japan's Blessed Martyrs | 6/1, 9/10 | |
| Blessed Japanese Martyrs | 9/8 | |
| "Spoiler" of the Poor | St. Jeanne Jugan | 8/30 |
| "Through the Mercy of God" | St. Joan Antide Thouret | 8/24 |
| Friend of Prisoners | Bl. Joan de Maille | 11/6 |
| True Symbol of France | St. Joan of Arc | 5/30 |
| Saint's Mother | Bl. Joan of Aza | 8/2 |
| Defender of Sacred Images | St. Joannicius | 11/4 |
| Model Educator | St. John B de la Salle | 4/7 |
| Patron of Altarboys | St. John Berchmans | 11/26 |
| Apostle of Street-boys | St. John Bosco | 1/31 |
| Professor-Saint | St. John Cantius | 12/23 |
| Defender of Icons | St. John Damascene | 12/4 |
| Cardinal and Saint | Bl. John Dominici | 6/10 |
| Apostle of the Sacred Hearts | St. John Eudes | 8/19 |
| One-man Reformation | St. John F. Regis | 12/31 |
| Bishop of Rochester | St. John Fisher | 6/22 |
| A Second St. Francis | St. John Joseph of the Cross | 3/5 |
| Pipe-smoking Martyr | St. John Kemble | 8/22 |
| Colleague of Martin de Porres | St. John Masias | 10/3 |
| Rochester's | St. John Neumann | 1/5 |
| Scottish Shepherd | St. John Ogilvie | 3/10 |
| In the Steps of the Master | St. John Perboyre, CM | 9/11 |
| Martyr to the Seal | St. John Sarkander | 3/17 |
| Death for Priesthood | St. John Southworth | 6/28 |
| "Father of the Emigrants" | Bl. John V Scalabrini | |
| Unlikely Shepherd | St. John Vianney | 8/4 |
| Giant Among the Hurons | St. John de Brebeuf | 10/19 |
| Guru and Martyr | St. John de Britto | 2/4 |
| Statesman, Reformer, Crusader | St. John of Capistrano | 10/23 |
| Nurse to the World | St. John of God | 3/8 |
| BB. John of Perugia and Peter of Sassoferrato | 9/3 | |
| Straight from the Shoulder | St. John of Sahagun | 6/12 |
| Doctor of Prayer | St. John of the Cross (John Yepes) | 12/14 |
| Friend of Compassion | St. John the Almsgiver | 1/23 |
| Simplicity Itself | St. John the Dwarf | 10/17 |
| Bl. John the Sinner | ||
| Brilliant and Wise | Bl. Jordan, OP | 2/13 |
| Martyr for Church Unity | St. Josaphat | 11/12 |
| The Man Nearest to Christ | St. Joseph | 3/19 |
| God Will Provide | St. Joseph Cottolengo | 4/30 |
| Holy Medic | St. Joseph Moscati | 11/16 |
| Restorer of the Jesuits | St. Joseph Pignatelli | 11/14 |
| Cardinal Saint | St. Joseph Tomasi | |
| Fact and Fancy | St. Joseph of Arimathea | 3/17 |
| Holy Nuisance | St. Joseph of Cupertino | 9/18 |
| St. Joseph of Shandong, SVD | 1/28 | |
| "Fortunate" Slave | St. Josephine Bakhita | 2/8 |
| Wise Anchoress | Bl. Julian of Norwich | 5/13 |
| Eucharistic Champion | St. Juliana | 2/16 |
| "All for the Good God" | St. Julie Billiart | 4/8 |
| Californian | St. Junipero Serra | 7/1 |
| Seeker and Martyr | St. Justin | 6/1 |
| Medic in Pilgrimage | SS. Justus and Pastor | 8/6 |
| Killed in the Line of Duty | Bl. Juvenal | 9/12 |
| Crushed by the Swastika | BB. Karl Leisner and Bernhard Lichtenberg | 8/12 |
| Mother of U.S. Minorities | St. Katharine Drexel | 3/3 |
| Celtic Missionary | St. Kenneth of Aghaboe | 10/11 |
| The "Well-begotten" | St. Kevin | 6/3 |
| St. Kieran and His Dun Cow | 9/9 | |
| Colleague of St. Patrick | St. Kieran of Saigher | 3/5 |
| Hero of Poland | Bl. Ladislaus | 5/11 |
| Her Mother's Ransomer | Bl. Laura Vicuna | 1/22 |
| Deacon and Martyr | St. Lawrence | 8/10 |
| Defender of Ireland | St. Lawrence O'Toole | 11/14 |
| Champion of the Incarnation | Pope St. Leo the Great | 11/10 |
| Spiritual Reviver | St. Leonard | 11/26 |
| "I Shall be Waiting for You" | St. Leopold of Castelnovo | 7/30 |
| Pioneer Missionary | St. Lioba | 9/22 |
| Half-American | St. Louis Bertrand | 10/9 |
| Without Fear or Reproach | King St. Louis IX | 8/25 |
| Saint's Husband | Bl. Louis of Thuringia | 9/11 |
| Our Lady's "Slave" | St. Louis-Mary of Montfort | 4/28 |
| A Princess Who Cared | Bl. Louisa | 3/15 |
| Bearer of Light | St. Lucy | 12/13 |
| Holy Schoolmarm | St. Lucy Filippini | 3/25 |
| Bl. Ludovic and His Boys | 4/1 | |
| Bearing Others' Crosses | Bl. Lydwine | 4/14 |
| Falsely charged | St. Macarius, Hermit | 1/19 |
| "Big Sister" | St. Macrina the Younger | 7/19 |
| "Pious counter-revolutionaries" | Bl. Madeleine and Companions | 6/27 |
| Bright Mirror | St. Malachy of Armagh | 11/3 |
| Pure of Heart | St. Malchus | 10/21 |
| Hero of Catholic Action | Bl. Marcel Callo | |
| I Will Not Soldier | St. Marcellus the Centurion | 10/30 |
| First Lady of Scotland | St. Margaret | 6/10 |
| Housewife and Heroine | St. Margaret Clitherow | 10/21 |
| Herald of the Sacred Heart | St. Margaret Mary | 11/16 |
| Royal Martyr | Bl. Margaret Pole | 5/28 |
| Handicapped! | Bl. Margaret of Castello | 4/13 |
| Unwed Mother | St. Margaret of Cortona | 2/22 |
| Canadian Pioneer | St. Marguerite Bourgeoys | 1/19 |
| "Limitless Charity" | St. Marguerite d'Youville | 12/23 |
| Media Missionary | Bl. Maria Ledochowska | 7/6 |
| "Lily of Quito" | St. Mariana Paredes | 5/26 |
| Gifted Penman | Bl. Marianus Scotus | 12/22 |
| Saint of Forgiveness | St. Marie Thevenet | |
| Father of a Nation | St. Maro of Cyr | 2/9 |
| Black and Beautiful | St. Martin de Porres | 11/3 |
| Glory of Gaul | St. Martin of Tours | 11/11 |
| Spain's Jewels | Bl. Martyrs of Almeria | 11/16 |
| Martyrs of Damascus | 7/10 | |
| Martyrs of Montril | ||
| Martyrs of September 1792 | 9/2 | |
| Witnesses in Our Day | Martyrs of Thailand | |
| Reluctant Beasts and | Martyrs of Tyre | 2/20 |
| Black Heroes | Martyrs of Uganda | 6/3 |
| Diplomat | St. Maruthas | 12/4 |
| Good Shepherdess | St. Mary Euphrasia | 4/24 |
| Typical Australian | St. Mary MacKillop | |
| St. Mary Magdalen Postel | 7/16 | |
| Suffering with Christ | St. Mary Magdalen dei Pazzi | 5/25 |
| First Witness | St. Mary Magdalene | 7/22 |
| Don Bosco's Lieutenant | St. Mary Mazzarello | 5/14 |
| Nursing Nun | St. Mary Soledad | 10/11 |
| The Melodrama of | Bl. Mary Teresa | 10/20 |
| Constantly Caring | St. Mary di Rosa | 12/15 |
| Sanctuary Lamp | Bl. Mary of Oignies | 6/23 |
| Experienced Saint | Bl. Mary of Pisa | 1/28 |
| Like Incense | Bl. Mary of Turin | |
| Valiant One | Bl. Mary of the Incarnation | 4/30 |
| Mary the Mother of God | 1/1 | |
| Missionary of the Mountains | Bl. Maurice Tornay | 8/12 |
| Conscientious objector | St. Maximilian | 3/12 |
| Glory of Auschwitz | St. Maximilian Kolbe | 8/14 |
| Through the Needle's Eye | St. Melania, Jr | 12/31 |
| St. Michael the Archangel | 9/29 | |
| For Christ the King | Bl. Miguel Pro, SJ | 11/23 |
| The Brawny Black | St. Moses | 2/7 |
| Scottish Pioneer | St. Mungo | 1/14 |
| "Good for Nothing" | St. Mutien-Marie | 1/30 |
| The Passionist Martyrs of Spain | Bl. Niceforo and Companions | |
| Carpenter and Martyr | St. Nicholas Owen | |
| Statesman-Hermit | St. Nicholas of Fluee | |
| Alias Santa Claus | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/6 |
| Scientist-Saint | Bl. Niels Stensen | |
| Martyr for the Pope | Bl. Noel Pinot | 2/21 |
| Radiant Matron | St. Nonna | 8/5 |
| The St. Zita of Tyrol | St. Notburga | 9/14 |
| "Poet Without Equal" | Bl. Notker Balbulus | 4/6 |
| The Blind See | St. Odilia | 12/13 |
| St. Odilo of the Poor Souls | 1/1 | |
| Gospeller En Route | Bl. Odoric | 2/3 |
| An Irish Glory | St. Oliver Plunket | 7/11 |
| Model for Widows | St. Olympias | 12/17 |
| Devout King | St. Oswald, Martyr | 8/9 |
| "God, not Hitler" | BB. Otto Neururer, Jakob Gapp, SM | 8/13 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes | 2/11 | |
| Memorial of | Our Lady of Sorrows | 9/15 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | 10/7 | |
| Shepherd of Barcelona | St. Pacian | 3/9 |
| Stigmatist | St. Padre Pio | 6/16 |
| Man of Few Words | St. Pambo | 7/18 |
| Easter Saint | St. Paschal Baylon | 5/17 |
| Apostle of Erin | St. Patrick | 3/17 |
| The First Hermit | St. Paul | 1/15 |
| Japan's First Martyrs | St. Paul Miki and Companions | 2/6 |
| Hermit and Apostle | St. Paul of the Cross | 10/19 |
| St. Paul the Simple | 3/7 | |
| Feast of | Saint Paul's Conversion | 1/25 |
| Pioneer Nun | St. Paula, Widow | 1/26 |
| Brazilian Treasure | Bl. Pauline Visintainer | 7/9 |
| Boy-Martyr | St. Pelagius of Cordova | 6/26 |
| Patron of Cancer Patients | St. Peregrine | 5/1 |
| Flowers of Martyrdom | SS. Perpetua and Felicity | 3/7 |
| The Holy Apostles | SS. Peter and Paul | 6/29 |
| Renovating the Faith | St. Peter Canisius | 12/21 |
| The Pope who Resigned | St. Peter Celestine V | 5/19 |
| Saint of the Slaves | St. Peter Claver | 9/9 |
| Servant of the Eucharist | St. Peter Eyrnard | 8/2 |
| Early Ecumenist | St. Peter Faber | 8/2 |
| Doge to Hermit | St. Peter Orseolo | 1/10 |
| Young Man in a Quandary | Bl. Peter of Luxemburg | 7/5 |
| Runaway Archbishop | St. Peter of Tarentalse | 9/14 |
| The Chains of | St. Peter the Apostle | 8/1 |
| “Strong and True” | Bl. Peter to Rot, Martyr | |
| Apostles | SS. Philip and James | 5/3 |
| Imprisoned to Death | St. Philip Howard | 10/25 |
| Reformer and Wit | St. Philip Neri | 5/26 |
| A Toast to Martyrdom | Bl. Philip Powel | 6/30 |
| Defenders of the Word | St. Philip of Heracleca and Companions | 1/22 |
| Gardener and Martyr | St. Phocas | 7/14 |
| Twentieth-Century Man | Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati | 7/4 |
| Rosary Pope | Pope St. Pius V | 4/30 |
| Renewing in Christ | Pope St. Pius X | 8/21 |
| Apostolic Martyr | St. Polycarp of Smyma | 2/23 |
| Powerful Empress | St. Pulcheria | 9/10 |
| Preacher to the Last | St. Quirinus | 6/4 |
| Majestic Queen | St. Radegund | 8/13 |
| Fugitive Bishop | St. Rafael Guizar | 6/6 |
| Saint for the Pushed-around | St. Rafaela Porras | 1/6 |
| Forgiving Victim | St. Ralph Sherwin | 12/1 |
| Quixotic Martyr | Bl. Ramon Lull | 6/30 |
| Patron of Polish-Lithuanian Independence | St. Raphael Kalinowski, OCD | 11/19 |
| Saint's Aide and Advisor | Bl. Raymond of Capua | 10/5 |
| "Sister Resoluta" | Bl. Restituta Kafka | 3/30 |
| Schoolmaster Martyr | St. Richard Gwynn | 10/25 |
| "Beloved Physician" | St. Richard Pampuri | 5/1 |
| Defender of the Church | St. Richard of Chichester | 4/3 |
| Patroness of the Impossible | St. Rita | 5/22 |
| Defender of the Faith | St. Robert Bellarmine | 9/17 |
| Poet and Martyr | St. Robert Southwell, SJ | 2/21 |
| Healer of Plague | St. Roche | 8/16 |
| The Unkindest Cut | SS. Roderick and Solomon | 3/13 |
| Bishop through Jest | Bl. Roger LeFort | 3/1 |
| Hermitess | St. Rosalia of Palermo | 9/4 |
| Frontier Nun | St. Rose Philippine Duchesne | 11/18 |
| Flower of the New World | St. Rose of Lima | 8/23 |
| Political" Saint | St. Rose of Viterbo | 3/6 |
| Prophet against Hitler | Bl. Rupert Mayer, SJ | 11/3 |
| Across the River | St. Sabas the Goth | 4/12 |
| Pastor and Martyr | Bl. Salvator Lilli, OFM | 11/22 |
| Twice Dead? | St. Salvius | 10/28 |
| Defenders of the Holy Books | SS. Saturninus and Companions | 4/16 |
| Founder of the Serbian Church | St. Sava | 1/14 |
| Sister-Saint | St. Scholastica of Nursia | 2/10 |
| Mexican St. Francis | Bl. Sebastian | 2/25 |
| Outstanding Russian | St. Sergius of Radonezh | 9/25 |
| Haloed Beggar | St. Servulus | 12/23 |
| Modern Hermit | St. Sharbel | 12/24 |
| Holy Aerial Martyr | St. Simeon Stylite | 1/5 |
| Glory in the highest | St. Simeon Stylite II | 9/3 |
| Traveling Hermit | St. Simeon of Syracuse | 6/1 |
| No Idle Word | St. Sisoes | 7/6 |
| Slain in a Cemetery | Pope St. Sixtus II, Martyr | 8/6 |
| Slain by the Boxers | 7/8 | |
| Shepherd, Husband, Bishop | St. Spiridion | 12/14 |
| Civilizers | Ss. Roque and Companions | 11/17 |
| Battered Bride | St.Godeleva | 7/6 |
| Brief Calvary | St. Stanislaus Kostka | 11/13 |
| St. Stanislaus of Cracow | 4/11 | |
| Protomartyr | St. Stephen the Deacon | 12/26 |
| Defender of Icons | St. Stephen the Younger, Martyr | 11/28 |
| Eucharistic Minister | St. Tarsicius | 8/15 |
| Chile's Own | St. Teresa de Los Andes | 7/13 |
| Mystic and Manager | St. Teresa of Avila | 10/15 |
| Crowned by Frustration | Bl. Thaddaeus MacCarthy | 10/24 |
| Purged of Sin | St. Thais | 10/8 |
| “Always Faithful” | The 25 Mexican Martyrs | |
| Deep Freeze or Warm Bath? | The 40 Martyrs | 3/10 |
| Guilt by Association | The Dorchester Martyrs | |
| The Fourteen Holy Helpers | ||
| Guillotined For Christ | The French Nuns | |
| The Holy Innocents | 12/28 | |
| The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ | 12/25 | |
| “Let us die defending our faith.” | Bl. Theodore G. Romzha, Bishop and Martyr | 11/1 |
| Hoosier Foundress | St. Theodore Guerin, SP | 10/3 |
| The Mass First | St. Theotonius | 2/18 |
| Constant in Faith | St. Therese Couderc | 9/26 |
| Child of God | St. Therese of Lisieux | 10/1 |
| "Angelic Doctor" | St. Thomas Aquinas | 1/28 |
| “That the Church Be Free” | St. Thomas Becket | 12/29 |
| Timid Martyr, Hearty Martyr | SS. Thomas Reynolds and Alban Roe | 1/21 |
| St. Thomas the Apostle | 7/3 | |
| Icelandic Shepherd | St. Thorlak | 12/23 |
| American Shepherd | St. Toribio | 3/23 |
| With Soft Word | St. Ubald of Gubbio | 5/16 |
| Young Peacemaker | Bl. Ursulina of Parma | |
| Ursuline Martyrs of Valenciennes | 10/17 | |
| Troubadour Bishop | St. Venantius Fortunatus | 12/14 |
| The Tears of | Bl. Veronica | 1/13 |
| Calvary in the Heart | St. Veronica Giuliani | 7/9 |
| Schoolmarm and Martyr | Bl. Victoria Diez | |
| Widow and Nun | Bl. Victoria Fornari-Strata | |
| Easter Martyr | Bl. Vilmos Apor, Bishop | |
| Champion of Unity | St. Vincent Ferrer | 4/5 |
| Rome's Later Apostle | St. Vincent Pallotti | 1/22 |
| Giving His All | St. Vincent Strambi | 9/25 |
| Spain's Glorious Martyr | St. Vincent, Deacon | 1/22 |
| Mother to Working Girls | St. Vincentia Lopez | 12/26 |
| Christianizer of Russia | St. Vladimir of Kiev | 7/15 |
| Missionary and Scholar | St. Walburga | 2/25 |
| The "Good King" | St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia | 9/28 |
| "of Perkinsville" | St. Wendel | 10/21 |
| Recluse | St. Wiborada | 5/2 |
| St. Willibrord's "Dancing Saints" | St. Willibrord | 11/7 |
| Welsh Healer | St. Winefride | 11/3 |
| Reformer | St. Wolfgang | 10/31 |
| “The Smiling Saint” | St. Zeno of Verona | |
| Patron for Home-makers | St. Zita | 4/27 |