The Catholic Community at Connecticut College

Living Faith: Mind, Body & Soul - the Lives of the Saints

For 2006-07, the Catholic Community is reflecting on the lives of the saints with the theme Living Faith: Mind, Body & Soul.

We learn that saints, both canonized and not-yet canonized, are ordinary people who lived the gospel in extraordinary ways, making each of us capable of sainthood.

Father Larry LaPointe incorporates this theme into his homilies and distributes a brief biography and excerpts from the writing of a particular saint after the celebration of the liturgy each Saturday.

Women saints were presented in the fall semester and men saints presented in the spring. Here are their stories, in PDF format:

• Sept. 2: Clare of Assisi (The Poor Clares)
• Sept. 9: Teresa of Avila
• Sept. 16: Edith Stein
• Sept. 23: Mary Magdalene
• Oct. 7: Therese of Lisieux
• Oct. 14: Joan of Arc
• Oct. 21: Elizabeth Seton
• Oct. 28: Dorothy Day
• Nov. 4: Catherine of Siena
• Nov. 18: Julian of Norwich
• Dec. 2: Churchwomen of El Salvador
• Dec. 9: Mary

• Jan. 27: Thomas Aquinas
• Feb. 3: John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli)
• Feb. 10: Francis Xavier
• Feb. 17: Philip Neri
• Feb. 24: Ignatius of Loyola
• March 3: Patrick
• March 31: Luke
• April 14: Thomas Merton
• April 21: Pierre Toussaint
• April 28: Thomas More
• May 5: John Neumann

The liturgy is celebrated at 5 p.m. every Saturday at Harkness Chapel. There are no masses during the Winter Break, Spring Break, or summer. Please check the online calendar of events for times and dates.