Saint of the Day
August 8
Dominic
Feast Day: August 8
Patron of: Astronomers, the Dominican Order, preachers, falsely accused people
Spanish friar who founded the Dominican Order, uniting intellectual rigor with apostolic zeal.
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Mary MacKillop
Feast Day: August 8
Patron of: Australia, Catholic education, social justice, poor and marginalized, religious sisters
Australia's first saint pioneered education and justice for the marginalized.
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