Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. John Neumann This American saint was born in Bohemia in 1811. He was looking forward to being ordained in 1835 when the bishop decided there would be no more ordinations. It is difficult for us to imagine now, but Bohemia was overstocked with priests. John wrote to bishops all over Europe but the story was the same everywhere no one wanted any more priests. John was sure he was called to be a priest but all the doors to follow that vocation seemed to close in his face. But John didn't give up. He had learned English by working in a factory with ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Charles of Sezze St. Roger St. Syncletica St. Apollinaris Syncletica St. Talida St. Cera St. Convoyon St. Emiliana St. Gaudentius St. Gerlac St. John Nepomucene Neumann St. Lomer Martyrs of Egypt St. Paula St. Syncletica of Alexandria St. Genoveva Torres Morales Bl. Jacques Ledoyen Bl. Marcelina Darowska Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Andre Bessette When Alfred Bessette came to the Holy Cross Brothers in 1870, he carried with him a note from his pastor saying, "I am sending you a saint." The Brothers found that difficult to believe. Chronic stomach pains had made it impossible for Alfred to hold a job very long and since he was a boy he had wandered from shop to shop, farm to farm, in his native Canada and in the United States, staying only until his employers found out how little work he could do. The Holy Cross Brothers were teachers and, at 25, Alfred still did not know how to ... Read More » Most Popular Boy Scouts to allow self professing homosexual young men as members this week Read More   Culture, Its Delights and Distractions: The Demise of Masculinity Read More   We Kill our Unborn. That's what we do. We the people in order to form a more perfect union have decided that part of being perfect involves the right to kill the the unseen, the inconvenient, the most vulnerable. Read More   Hey Science! Tornadoes, hurricanes hit all-time low for US, ice cap returns, where's your global warming now? Read More   A&E Backs Down, Phil Robertson Suspension Lifted, Duck Dynasty, True Tolerance Triumph 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