John B. Manos
OCTOBER 25, 2026 – SS. CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN, MARTYRS.
Two brothers from Rome settle at Soissons. By day they preach. By night they make shoes, though they are said to be noble.
OCTOBER 24, 2026 – ST. MAGLOIRE, BISHOP.
Magloire and his cousin Sampson choose their ways. Sampson takes the monastery. Magloire goes home and practices virtue.
OCTOBER 23, 2026 – ST. THEODORET, MARTYR.
Count Julian, apostate uncle of the emperor, closes the churches at Antioch. Theodoret gathers the Christians in private anyway.
OCTOBER 22, 2026 – ST. MELLO, BISHOP.-ST. HILARION, ABBOT.
Converted while studying grammar in Alexandria, he visits Antony and at fifteen becomes a solitary in the Arabian desert.
OCTOBER 21, 2026 – ST. URSULA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR.
Families had entrusted their children to Ursula. The Saxons made England unsafe, so she led them toward quiet on the Rhine.
OCTOBER 20, 2026 – ST. JOHN CANTIUS.
A Cracow professor of ability and industry. He tries a parish, shrinks from the charge, and returns to the lecture hall.
OCTOBER 19, 2026 – ST. PETER OF ALCANTARA.
At forty he founds the Strict Observance. His cell is four and a half feet long, so the bed is theoretical.
Cupich Failed to Remember the True Bernardin: The Forgotten Achievements
Cardinal Cupich and Vatican News remembered Bernardin’s “gentle spirit.” They forgot the parliamentary fix that delivered Communion in the hand, the stay-behind conference staff, the seamless garment, the IAF million, and the rest of the architecture AmChurch still lives in.
OCTOBER 18, 2026 – ST. LUKE.
A physician and painter of Antioch, converted by Paul, who gathers the Apostles’ memories and writes the Gospel in order.
OCTOBER 17, 2026 – ST. HEDWIGE.-BLESSED MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE.
Duchess of Silesia, mother of six, and still the one who brought the bread and wine so she could stay for every Mass.
