Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Andrew Dung Lac Through the missionary efforts of various religious families beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing until 1866, the Vietnamese people heard the message of the gospel, and many accepted it despite persecution and even death. On June 19, 1988, Pope John Paul II canonized 117 persons martyred in the eighteenth century. Among these were ninety-six Vietnamese, eleven missionaries born in Spain and belonging to the Order of Preachers, and ten French missionaries belonging to the Paris Foreign Mission Society. Among these saints are eight ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Colman of Cloyne St. Chrysogonus St. Columbanus St. Alexander St. Anthony Nam-Quynh St. Bernard Due St. Bieuzy St. Vicente Liem de la Paz Bl. Thaddeus Lieu St. Theophane Venard St. Crescentian Dominican Martyrs of Vietnam St. Eanfleda St. Firmina St. Flora & Mary St. Felicissimus St. Joachim Ho St. Kenan Bl. Lawrence PeMan St. Leopardinus St. Marinus St. Romanus of Le Mans Martyrs of the Dominican Order in Vietnam Martyrs of Vietnam St. Peter Domoulin Bori, Peter Khoa, and Vincent Diem Bl. Maria Anna Sala St. Stephen Theodore Cuenot St. Stephen Vinh St. Thephane Venard Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Catherine of Alexandria St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr whose feast day is November 25th. She is the patroness of philosophers and preachers. St. Catherine is believed to have been born in Alexandria of a noble family. Converted to Christianity through a vision, she denounced Maxentius for persecuting Christians. Fifty of her converts were then burned to death by Maxentius. Maxentius offered Catherine a royal marriage if she would deny the Faith. Her refusal landed her in prison. While in prison, and while Maxentius was away, Catherine converted ... Read More » Most Popular TREASON: Stop the lies, Obamacare is a move towards socialism Read More   Obianuju Ekeocha Calls out Melinda Gates for Turning up the Heat of Population Control in Africa Read More   Fidelity and Infidelity: Bishop Paprocki and Governor Quinn. A Tale of Two Catholic Leaders Read More   Black Friday and Corporate Greed in America - A coat so cheap the man who made it starves Read More   GRUESOME DETAILS in rape and murder of teacher Collen Ritzer. Body left sexually defiled 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