Stewardship Saint for December: Saint Stephen
The day after Christmas is called “St. Stephen’s Day” to commemorate the first Christian martyr. It is also this “Feast of Stephen” that is mentioned in the English Christmas carol, “Good King Wenceslas.” Stephen was a Greek-speaking Jew living in Jerusalem. He became a follower of Jesus Christ and was one of seven individuals chosen …
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Stewardship Saint for November: Saint Columban
Saint Columban The life of Saint Columban (also referred to as Columbanus) revealsa man who exercised remarkable stewardship over his life of faith and his gifts for evangelizing. He was born into a noble family in West Leinster, Ireland, in about543; a time when the great Celtic monasteries were being established in Ireland. He received …
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Stewardship Saint for October: Saint Luke
Saint Luke Luke is the author of the third Gospel and was a companion of Saint Paul. According to reliable tradition, he was a Syrian physician from Antioch who wrote his Gospel in Achaea (Greece). Both the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles are attributed to Luke, because he appears to be the person …
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Stewardship Saint for September: Saint Vincent de Paul
Saint Vincent de Paul The feast day of Saint Vincent de Paul is September 27, the date of his passing in 1660. He was the founder of the Vincentians and the Sisters of Charity, and is the patron saint of all charitable organizations. Born in 1581 to a peasant family in southwestern France, Vincent studied …
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Stewardship Saint for August: Saint Clare of Assisi
Clare of Assisi was a close friend of Saint Francis of Assisi and the foundress of the Poor Clares. She was born in Assisi in 1194 and at age 18 was so moved by the Lenten sermons of Francis that she renounced all of her possessions and entered a convent, much to the dissatisfaction of …
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Stewardship Saint for July: Saint Benedict
Saint Benedict Saint Benedict, the father of Western monasticism, is considered a model of Christian stewardship. He authored the famous Rule of St. Benedict, a handbook of daily Christian living that emphasizes exercising stewardship over prayer, work, and community. Born in central Italy in the town of Nursia around 480, Benedict studied in Rome as …
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Stewardship Saint for June: Saint Barnabas
Saint Barnabas Barnabas comes as close as anyone outside the twelve apostles to being considered an apostle. He is memorialized, in part, for his amazing evangelizing ministry. He was a Jew from Cyprus named Joseph but the apostles affectionately nicknamed him “Barnabas,” which means “son of encouragement.” When he became a follower of Jesus he …
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Stewardship Saint for May: Saint Luis Batiz Saenz
Saint Luis Batiz Saenz Saint Luis Batiz Saenz was a Mexican Catholicpriest who suffered martyrdom at the beginningof the Mexican uprising against the anti-Catholicregime of Plutarco Elías Calles. Luis was born in 1870 in San Miguel delMezquital, Zacatecas, then in the Archdioceseof Durango. He was said to have been a devout,prayerful, young boy. At age …
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Stewardship Saint for April: Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Saint John Baptist de La Salle St. John Baptist de La Salle is the patron saint of schoolteachers. He was the founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and is renowned for his lifelong devotion to educating the poor. John Baptist was born to a wealthy family in Reims, France, in 1651. He was …
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