The Catholic Church normally celebrates the Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul on January 25, but since it lands on a Sunday this year, it is superseded by the Liturgical Sunday. A reformed persecutor of Christians, St. Paul became one of the most significant evangelists of the early Church and the most prolific author in the New Testament. He took Jesus’ final command, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,” literally and seriously, traveling extensively throughout the known world, as well as sending letters and appointing representatives to places when he could not be there in person. St. Paul’s zeal for converting hearts to Jesus and to Christianity earned him the title, Patron Saint of Missionaries and Evangelists.