People You Might not have read about in the History Books Antoni Gaudí and the Sagrada Familia Antoni Gaudi was born in 1852. His family lived in Riudoms, a small town in Catalonia, Spain. Antoni enjoyed exploring the natural world. He worked in his father’s boiler shop, and he also spent some time working in …
Mother Cabrini is one of my favorite saints. I chose her as my confirmation name when I was confirmed in 2016. She was obedient to Pope Leo XIII when he told her to go to the United States even though she wanted to be a missionary to China. I wanted her to help me to …
St. Martin de Porres A poor man, the son of a former slave, died in a large city nearly four hundred years ago. It doesn’t seem likely that anyone would remember him. Yet every third Sunday of November, thousands of Peruvians turn out to venerate an image of this poor man as it is carried …
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St. Thérèse said that we are like little children who need their parents’ help to climb the stairs. We want to become saints, but we can’t become saints on our own. We depend on God for everything. We can’t do anything without his help. Sometimes, though, we think that we can do things on our …
The life of Saint Vincent de Paul is a great example of the transforming power of God’s grace. Today, he is known as a great saint who worked to aid the poor and suffering. He preached the Gospel, cared for orphans, and protected the weak. But as a young man, Vincent was not at all …
September 18: The feast day of St. Juan Macias Juan de Arcas y Sanchez was born in Spain in 1585. His family was poor. By the time Juan was four, both of his parents had died. He and his sister Maria were adopted by their uncle and took the last name Macias. Juan worked as …
Alphonsus was born in 1696. He gave himself fully to whatever he did despite trials and difficulties. He began practicing law at the age of 19 and, although he was considered a genius in this career, he gave it up to become a priest at the age of 30. Even though he struggled with extreme …
St. Ann and St. Joachim are two very interesting saints. We don’t really know anything about them except that they are the parents of Mary and therefore the grandparents of Jesus. I like to think about the fact that Jesus had grandparents. He really is one of us! He even has the beautiful blessing called …
St. James is one of the best-known apostles. He was called by Jesus and was one of the three apostles chosen to be present at important moments like the Transfiguration and the raising of Jairus’s daughter. Yet even with all of these gifts, the things we learn about St. James aren’t exactly flattering. He and …
