Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Hilarion Abbot and disciple of St. Anthony the Great, companion of St. Hesychius. He was born in Tabatha, Palestine, and was educated in Alexandria, Egypt. He stayed with St. Anthony in the desert there before becoming a hermit at Majuma, near Gaza, Israel. In 356, Hilarion returned to St. Anthony in the Egyptian desert and found that his fame had Spread there too. He fled to Sicily to escape notice, but Hesychius traced him there. The two went to Dalmatia, Croatia, and then to Cyprus. Hilarion performed so many miracles that crowds flocked to him when ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Viator St. Ursula St. Gaspar St. Condedus St. Agatho St. Astericus St. Berthold St. Tuda St. Wendolinus St. Cilinia St. Dasius St. Gebizo St. Hugh of Ambronay St. John of Bridlington Bl. Josephine Leroux St. Maichus St. Maurontus St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Bl. Nicolas Barre Bl. Giuseppe "Pino" Puglis Tomorrow's Saint of the Day Bl. Pope John Paul II Karol J. Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a non-commissioned army officer died in 1941. He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Cracow's Jagiellonian ... Read More » Most Popular Dr. Deal W Hudson: Don't Call Me a Conservative Catholic Anymore Read More   Why the media, and some Catholics, are STILL WRONG about Pope Francis Read More   Mary Said Yes. Will We? Pope Francis Consecrates the World to the Heart of Mary Read More   The Myths and Truth about Childhood Vaccines Read More   CALL IT THEFT: Unscrupulous EBT shoppers mob Wal Mart stores after computer glitch Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2012 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising at Catholic Online, please contact Advertising Sales. TO SUBSCRIBE If this email has been forwarded to you and would like a subscription, please sign up for Catholic Online Newsletters. Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA