✦ Remembering Saints

Feast day: October 24

St. Anthony Mary Claret

Archbishop, Founder · 1807–1870

Patron of Weavers, the Catholic press

A Catalan weaver's son who became a tireless missionary preacher, archbishop of Cuba, founder of the Claretians, and a pioneer of spreading the faith through cheap printed books.

He preached thousands of missions, survived an assassin's blade across his face in Cuba, and printed and gave away millions of religious booklets.

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