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Saint of the day

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Date 22 October

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. John Paul II, Pope

St. John Paul II, Basilica of Saint Paul Ourside-the-Walls

This great Pope tirelessly proclaimed the love of Christ, the “Redeemer of man,” and shepherded the Church into the third Christian millennium. His feast day is celebrated on October 22, the anniversary of the inaugural Mass in 1978 at which he cried out to the world, “Be not afraid!”  

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St. Mark, Bishop of Jerusalem