A Calendar of Resources: August

August 1st

Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop (d. 1787)
St. Alphonsus Liguori from the Catholic Encyclopedia

August 2nd

Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest (d. 1868)

August 3rd

Feast of St. Lydia (d. 1st Century, A.D.)

August 4th

Feast of St. John Vianney, Priest (d. 1859)

August 7th

Feast of St. Sixtus II and Companions, Martyrs (d. 258)

August 8th

Feast of St. Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
Resources: St. Dominic and the Rosary by Catherine Beebe (Vision Series)

August 9th

Feast of St. Romanus, Martyr (d. 258 A.D.)
Note: St. Romanus was a Roman soldier/prison guard who was converted by one of his prisoners - St. Lawrence - and was martyred the day before St. Lawrence was.

Feast of Saint Teresa Benedicta (Saint Edith Stein)

August 10th

Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr (d. 258 A.D.)

August 11th

Feast of St. Clare of Assisi Founder of the Poor Clares (d. 1253)

August 13th

Feast of St. John Berchmans (d. 1621)

August 14th

Feast of St. Maximillian Kolbe (d. 1941)
Resources: "The Volunteer at Auschwitz" by Chuck Colson, pp. 803-808 of The Book of Virtues edited by William Bennett.

August 15th

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven

August 16

St. Stephen (d. 1038)

August 17th

Feast of St. Hyacinth of Poland (d. 1257)

August 18th

Feast of St. Jane Francis de Chantal (d. 1641)

August 19th

Feast of St. John Eudes (d. 1680)

August 20th

Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153)

August 21st

Feast of Saint Pius X, Pope (d. 1914)

August 22nd

The Queenship of Mary

August 23rd

Feast of St. Rose of Lima (d. 1617)

August 24th

Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr (d. 72 A.D.)

August 25th

Feast of St. Louis, King of France (d. 1270)

August 27th

Feast of St. Monica (d. 387), Mother of Saint Augustine

August 28th

Feast of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (d. 430)

August 29th

Feast of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

August 30th

Feast of St. Fiacre, Hermit, (d. 670)

August 31st

Feast of St. Raymond Nonnatus (d. 1240)