Fr. Michael Black

Fr. Black is the founder of Saints & Feasts, a print and digital apostolate dedicated to increasing knowledge, love, and emulation of the saints of the Catholic Church. In 2023 the Catholic Media Association awarded Fr. Black’s four-part book series “Saints & Feasts of the Catholic Calendar” Third Place for “Best New Religious Book Series.”

Fr. Black is a native of Chicago, Illinois and a graduate of Northwestern University. After receiving Masters Degrees in Divinity and Ethics from Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary he was ordained a priest in 2000 for the Diocese of Rockford. He has served in various parish and teaching assignments in Northern Illinois, including as Assistant Vocation Director, Adjunct Professor of Medical Ethics, and on several diocesan, parish, and hospital boards. He served as the Pastor of three parishes. Fr. Black has lived in Salamanca, Spain; Bologna, Italy; and Lyon, France, where he completed course work for a PhD in theology from the Catholic University of Lyon. He speaks Italian, French, and Spanish and has served in Hispanic Ministry for many years.

Saints & Feasts generates thoughtful, attractive, and high-quality books, videos, and podcasts for the faithful and for the curious of goodwill. It introduces the greatest men and women who have ever lived – the saints populating the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church - to anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear.