Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day Mary the Blessed Virgin The Mother, of God, Mother of Jesus, wife of St. Joseph, and the greatest of all Christian saints. The Virgin Mother "was, after her Son, exalted by divine grace above all angels and men". Mary is venerated with a special cult, called by St. Thomas Aquinas, hyperdulia, as the highest of God's creatures. The principal events of her life are celebrated as liturgical feasts of the universal Church. Mary's life and role in the history of salvation is prefigured in the Old Testament, while the events of her life are recorded in the New ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Giuseppe Maria Tommasi St. Clarus Bl. Berka Zdislava St. Giuseppe Maria Tomasi St. William of Dijon St. Telemachus St. Odilo St. Almachius St. Basil St. Concordius St. Connat St. Cuan St. Elvan & Mydwyn St. Euphrosyne St. Fulgentius of Ruspe St. Fanchea St. Joseph Mary Tommasi St. Justin of Chieti St. Maelrhys St. Magnus St. Zdislava of Lemberk Bl. Valentin Paquay St. Fulgentius of Ruspe Bl. Jean-Baptiste Lego Bl. Rene Lego St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Basil the Great St. Basil the Great was born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330. He was one of ten children of St. Basil the Elder and St. Emmelia. Several of his brothers and sisters are honored among the saints. He attended school in Caesarea, as well as Constantinople and Athens, where he became acquainted with St. Gregory Nazianzen in 352. A little later, he opened a school of oratory in Caesarea and practiced law. Eventually he decided to become a monk and found a monastery in Pontus which he directed for five years. He wrote a famous monastic rule which ... Read More » Most Popular Hey Science! Tornadoes, hurricanes hit all-time low for US, ice cap returns, where's your global warming now? Read More   Let Catholic Online be Clear: Phil Robertson doesn't make the rules Read More   Boy Scouts to allow self professing homosexual young men as members this week Read More   A&E Backs Down, Phil Robertson Suspension Lifted, Duck Dynasty, True Tolerance Triumph Read More   The secret to Pope Francis' fame REVEALED 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