Devotion to the Saints

One thing that I have really found useful is a program called Romcal. It is a website that has the liturgical calendar that you can download to your computer, which includes all of the memorials and feast days of the church year. It’s pretty neat to have the ability to look at your calendar and know which saint has that feast day.

I also find it useful to learn the name of different saints and a little about their lives. There are a number of resources for doing that, including the ones mentioned in the video below. I have two particular websites that I use to learn about the lives of the saints:

First, LOL Saints, which has a weekly podcast featuring a two minute highlight about the life of a saint. Additionally, the website provides some pretty good pictures that make me laugh when I read it. We recently interviewed Jeff, the site’s owner for the In Between Sundays podcast. Check him out on Episode #9, I Can Has Podcast.

Second, there is a fantastic podcast put together by Paul Camarata, called the SaintCast. Paul produces a weekly show that is about 30 minutes long and does some amazing in-depth research to describe the lives of the saints. As of this writing, he has 126 shows up, each about a different saint! Listening to his podcast really has helped me develop a great knowledge of the saints and has helped me to find some devotions to new saints.

Recently, Paul put together a video about the different faith-based applications available for your iPhone and put it up on YouTube. If you’re looking for a way to grow your devotion to the saints, I highly recommend checking out LOL Saints and the SaintCast as well as the other applications mentioned in Paul’s video.