Bishops & Pastors
Shepherds of the early and later Church — bishops and pastors who guarded the faith and cared for their people.
All Saints
3 Stories
St. Augustine of Canterbury
Apostle to the EnglishMay 27
A Roman monk sent to the edge of the known world, who turned back in fear on the road — and was sent on anyway, to plant the faith among the Anglo-Saxons and become the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
St. Boniface
Apostle of GermanyJune 5
An English monk who walked away from a quiet life of books to spend forty years preaching in the German forests — felling a god's oak with an axe, building a church across half a continent, and dying with a gospel book raised over his head.
St. Augustine of Hippo
Doctor of the ChurchAugust 28
A brilliant, restless seeker who chased pleasure, ambition, and rival philosophies for years — until grace caught him in a garden and made him one of the Church's greatest minds.