France

September 29 – In battle or in prison, he never missed Mass

September 28, 2015

October 1 – St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Chapter IV: First Communion and Confirmation & Chapter V: Vocation of Thérèse

September 28, 2015

The Young Prince And The Officer

September 24, 2015

September 25 – St. Aunarius

September 24, 2015

September 27 – St. Vincent de Paul had special charity to the impoverished nobility

September 24, 2015

September 24 – Founding Father

September 21, 2015

Saint Joan of Arc was a knight, not a “knightess”

September 17, 2015

September 7 – Grandson of Queen St. Clotilda

September 3, 2015

September 1 – St. Giles

August 31, 2015

August 26 – This noblewoman survived the Terror and founded the Daughters of the Cross

August 24, 2015

August 19 – The prince who was made bishop at age 22

August 17, 2015

August 14 – Founding Father

August 13, 2015

August 12 – St. Jane Frances de Chantal

August 10, 2015

July 30 – Patron of Charcoal

July 27, 2015

July 22 – With his lady’s permission, this lord left court to become a monk, then abbot

July 20, 2015

July 13 – Saintly Elite

July 9, 2015

July 4 – Unsung American Hero

July 2, 2015

July 1 – St. Gal

June 29, 2015

July 1 – The Marquis of Lescure destroys two thirds of Westermann’s army and saves the lives of captured enemy soldiers

June 29, 2015

June 19 – St. Jean-Louis Bonnard

June 18, 2015

June 19 – St. François-Isidore Gagelin

June 18, 2015

June 19 – Bl. Odo of Cambrai

June 18, 2015

June 11 – St. Godeberta

June 8, 2015

June 8 – She did what St. Ignatius could not

June 4, 2015

The Priest and the Soldier

May 28, 2015

May 28 – St. Germain of Paris

May 25, 2015

May 23 – Appointed bishop to replace a corrupt one, then imprisoned for defending the King’s legitimate wife

May 21, 2015

May 15 – Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac

May 10, 2015

May 6 – Saint Francis de Montmorency Laval

May 4, 2015

April 29 – The Templars, Knights of Calatrava, of St. Lazarus, of Alcantara, of Avis, of St. Maurice, all trace their existence to this austere monk

April 27, 2015

St. Louis and The Holy Name Of God

April 16, 2015

April 18 – Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation

April 16, 2015

April 8 – Together with a noble who escaped the Terror, she founded the Sisters of Notre Dame

April 6, 2015

April 6 – He wrote the genealogy of the Danish kings to disprove the alleged impediment of consanguinity

April 2, 2015

April 2 – St. Francis of Paola and the Bartlett Pear

March 30, 2015

Anecdotes of Louis XVI

March 26, 2015

March 29 – One of many Irish missionaries who labored to convert Central Europe

March 26, 2015

March 26 – One of the distinguished men of his age

March 23, 2015

The Refractory Priests

March 19, 2015

March 20 – Vendor of Learning

March 19, 2015

March 15 – Her nuns earned the name “Angels of the Battlefield”

March 12, 2015

February 26 – St. Isabel of France

February 23, 2015

The Crown of Thorns, in Paris

February 19, 2015

Newlyweds: the Dauphin of France and Marie Antoinette help the victims of a fire

February 12, 2015

February 6 – Apostle of Flanders

February 5, 2015

February 3 – The Stuff of Which Saints Are Made

February 2, 2015

February 4 – Daughter of one king and wife of another

February 2, 2015

January 31 – St. John Bosco Meets His First Noble Patroness

January 29, 2015

February 2 – “Though in chains, he is as gay as a little bird”

January 29, 2015

Faith Of The Vendéan

January 26, 2015

January 28 – Larochejacquelein killed by the very men whose lives he spared

January 26, 2015

French prince: “I am not Charlie”

January 19, 2015

January 21 – He was put to death, just for being a king

January 19, 2015

January 16 – Irish Prince and Saint

January 15, 2015

A Polish princess gives alms to the poor

January 12, 2015

January 13 – The Count Who Converted the King

January 12, 2015

January 14 – The Ten Year Old Saint and Some Of Her Miracles

January 12, 2015

The Young Prince and The Officer

January 1, 2015

January 3 – The saint who twice saved Paris

January 1, 2015

Video – Christmas in French salons

December 22, 2014

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