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Saints & Spiritual Masters

Lives and teaching of saints, Fathers, Doctors and mystics.

Also called Church Fathers, mystics, Doctors.

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1870s

  1. Aeterni Patris4 August 1879On the Restoration of Christian PhilosophyPope

1920s

  1. Spiritus Paraclitus15 September 1920On St Jerome and Holy ScripturePope

1950s

  1. Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia1 August 1959On St John VianneyPope

1960s

  1. Aeterna Dei Sapientia11 November 1961On St Leo the Great and the Unity of the ChurchPope

1970s

  1. Gaudete in Domino9 May 1975On Christian JoyPope

1980s

  1. Patres Ecclesiae2 January 1980On St Basil the Great, 16th centenaryPope
  2. Egregiae Virtutis31 December 1980Sts Cyril and Methodius co-patrons of EuropePope
  3. Slavorum Apostoli2 June 1985On Sts Cyril and MethodiusPope
  4. Augustinum Hipponensem28 August 1986On St Augustine, 16th centenary of his conversionPope
  5. Iuvenum Patris31 January 1988On St John Bosco, centenary of his deathPope
  6. The Characteristics of Jesuit Education8 December 1986Characteristics of Jesuit EducationEcclesial Initiatives
  7. Inspectis dierum10 November 1989Instruction on the Study of the Fathers of the Church in Priestly FormationRoman Curia

1990s

  1. Operosam Diem1 December 1996On St Ambrose, 16th centenary of his deathPope
  2. Ignatian Pedagogy: A Practical Approach31 July 1993Ignatian PedagogyEcclesial Initiatives
  3. Divini Amoris Scientia19 October 1997Proclaiming St Therese of Lisieux a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  4. Spes Aedificandi1 October 1999Proclaiming Sts Bridget, Catherine of Siena and Teresa Benedicta co-patronesses of EuropePope

2000s

  1. Catechesis on the Apostles and the Early Church15 March 2006 – 14 February 2007The Twelve, Paul and the first witnesses as foundation of the Church's communion and apostolic Tradition, 2006-2007Pope
  2. Catechesis on St Paul2 July 2008 – 4 February 2009Twenty catecheses on the life and theology of St Paul for the Pauline Year, 2008-2009Pope
  3. Catechesis on Medieval Christian Writers11 February 2009 – 7 July 2010Eastern and Western Christian writers and theologians from John Climacus to Duns Scotus, 2009-2010Pope
  4. Catechesis on the Fathers of the Church7 March 2007 – 25 June 2008Apostolic Fathers through Maximus the Confessor: the patristic Tradition, 2007-2008Pope
  5. Lettera per l'Anno Sacerdotale16 June 2009Letter proclaiming the Year for PriestsPope

2010s

  1. Catechesis on Women Saints and Mystics1 September 2010 – 2 February 2011Medieval and early-modern women saints from Hildegard of Bingen to Teresa of Avila, 2010-2011Pope
  2. Catechesis on the Doctors of the Church9 February 2011 – 13 April 2011Doctors of the Church from Peter Canisius to Therese of Lisieux, closing on holiness, 2011Pope
  3. Lux sui populi7 October 2012Proclaiming St Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  4. Sanctus Ioannes de Avila7 October 2012Proclaiming St John of Avila a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  5. Gaudete et exsultate19 March 2018On the call to holiness in today's worldPope
  6. Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus 2019-202919 February 2019Jesuit Universal Apostolic PreferencesEcclesial Initiatives
  7. Jesuit Schools: A Living Tradition in the 21st Century5 November 2019Jesuit Schools: A Living TraditionEcclesial Initiatives

2020s

  1. Totum amoris est28 December 2022On St Francis de Sales, 4th centenary of his deathPope
  2. C'est la confiance15 October 2023On confidence in God's merciful love (St Thérèse of the Child Jesus)Pope
  3. Catechesis on Prayer6 May 2020 – 16 June 2021Thirty-eight catecheses on prayer in Scripture, liturgy and Christian life, 2020-2021Pope
  4. Scripturae Sacrae affectus30 September 2020On St Jerome, 16th centenary of his deathPope
  5. Candor lucis aeternae25 March 2021On Dante Alighieri, 7th centenary of his deathPope
  6. Doctor unitatis21 January 2022Proclaiming St Irenaeus of Lyons a Doctor of the ChurchPope
  7. Catechesis on Apostolic Zeal11 January 2023 – 13 December 2023The passion for evangelization: the apostolic zeal of the believer, incl. Vatican II on mission, 2023Pope
  8. Sublimitas et miseria hominis19 June 2023On Blaise Pascal, 4th centenary of his birthPope
  9. Dilexit nos24 October 2024On the human and divine love of the Heart of Jesus ChristPope