Saints of today, April 7st
Saint John Baptist de La Salle - Saint of Mercy
Saint John Baptist de La Salle
A 17th-century French priest, Saint John Baptist de La Salle is the patron saint of educators. He founded the Brothers of the Christian Schools, dedicating his life to the free education of the poor. He revolutionized pedagogical methods, seeing school as the privileged place to form the soul and restore dignity to every young person.
Saint Herman Joseph of Cologne
A twelfth-century Premonstratensian mystic, Saint Herman Joseph is renowned for his tender devotion to the Virgin Mary. A humble clock repairer and poet, he lived a spirituality of spiritual childhood and purity. He is the saint of simplicity who teaches how small gestures of love open the gates of Heaven.
Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta
Franciscan from the Marche, Maria Assunta Pallotta made her dream come true missionary in China. Here she lived in extreme humility, serving in the kitchen and among the sick during a typhus epidemic. She died very young, offering her life for the missione, leaving behind a miraculous scent of flowers, a symbol of her hidden sanctity.
Saint John Baptist de La Salle
A 17th-century French priest, Saint John Baptist de La Salle is the patron saint of educators. He founded the Brothers of the Christian Schools, dedicating his life to the free education of the poor. He revolutionized pedagogical methods, seeing school as the privileged place to form the soul and restore dignity to every young person.
Saint Herman Joseph of Cologne
A twelfth-century Premonstratensian mystic, Saint Herman Joseph is renowned for his tender devotion to the Virgin Mary. A humble clock repairer and poet, he lived a spirituality of spiritual childhood and purity. He is the saint of simplicity who teaches how small gestures of love open the gates of Heaven.
Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta
Franciscan from the Marche, Maria Assunta Pallotta made her dream come true missionary in China. Here she lived in extreme humility, serving in the kitchen and among the sick during a typhus epidemic. She died very young, offering her life for the missione, leaving behind a miraculous scent of flowers, a symbol of her hidden sanctity.
Saint John Baptist de La Salle - Saint of Mercy
