Daily readings
Saint of the day
Date
08 February
The Saint of the Day presents a daily calendar of Saints remembered by the Church. The pages feature the stories of the great witnesses of Christian life through the centuries, lighting our way on our journey of faith.
St. Jerome Emiliani, Founder of Somaschi Fathers, Patron of orphans and the Needy Yourth
St. Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
The story of St. Josephine Bakhita, the Sudanese slave who became a Canossian Sister, is one of the most extraordinary tales of oppression and redemption in the Church. This saint from Darfur, who lived between the 19th and 20th centuries, went from chains and torture to the service of the Gospel.
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