Daily readings
Saint of the day
Date
03 November
The Saint of the Day presents a daily calendar of Saints remembered by the Church. The pages feature the stories of the great witnesses of Christian life through the centuries, lighting our way on our journey of faith.
St. Sylvia, mother of st. Gregory the Great
St. Martin de Porres, Dominican
In 16th-century Lima, Peru, Martín de Porres, the illegitimate son of a Spaniard and a black freed slave, became a Dominican friar despite his society’s racial taboos. His simplicity, humility and measureless charity won the hearts of the friars and the city. His feast day is November 3.
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