Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. John Joseph of the Cross St. John Joseph of the Cross was born about the middle of the seventeenth century in the beautiful island of Ischia, near Naples. From his childhood he was the model of virtue, and in his sixteenth year he entered the Franciscan Order of the Strictest Observance, or Reform of St. Peter of Alcantara. Such was the edification he gave in his Order, that within three years after his profession he was sent to found a monastery in Piedmont. He became a priest out of obedience, and obtained, as it seems, an inspired knowledge of moral theology. ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Piran St. Adrian St. Virgilius of Arles St. Theophilus St. Caron St. Carthach the Elder St. Colman of Armagh Bl. Dionysius Fugishima St. Eusebius of Cremona St. Gerasimus of the Jordan St. John-Joseph of the Cross St. Kieran of Saigir St. Oliva St. Phocas of Antioch Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Colette Colette was the daughter of a carpenter named DeBoilet at Corby Abbey in Picardy, France. She was born on January 13, christened Nicolette, and called Colette. Orphaned at seventeen, she distributed her inheritance to the poor. She became a Franciscan tertiary, and lived at Corby as a solitary. She soon became well known for her holiness and spiritual wisdom, but left her cell in 1406 in response to a dream directing her to reform the Poor Clares. She received the Poor Clares habit from Peter de Luna, whom the French recognized as Pope under ... Read More » Most Popular Christianity in England is becoming an anachronism. Nearly half of Britons have no idea where to find story of Creation or Jesus! Read More   Texas Federal Judge Garcia Joins Effort to Destroy Marriage: Time to March on Washington Read More   What Does it Profit a Catholic Politician to Promote Abortion? Read More   TOLD YOU SO: Human behavior now causing greatest mass extinction ever, and it's finally hitting you in the wallet Read More   Why the Kepler planet discovery changes ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING! Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2014 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