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 […]
When Jesus appeared to the Apostles after the Resurrection, St. Thomas wasn’t there. And when the other apostles told him about what they had seen, he wouldn’t believe it. He even said, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my
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People You Might not have read about in the History Books Maria Gaetana Agnesi Do you have trouble with Math? Or are you good at it? Either way, you might enjoy hearing about Maria Gaetana Agnesi. Maria was born in the Italian city of Milan in 1718. She was very good at school. By the
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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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Whenever I think about Saint Peter Claver, I am amazed by the great deeds of love he did. He left his own country to come to the Americas. There, for nearly 40 years, he served the poor people who had been torn from their homes in Africa and were forced to come and work as
How many poor farmers who lived almost 1000 years ago do we remember today? Saint Isidore is the patron of Madrid and loved by farmers and the poor in many places. He and his wife Maria were devoted to God, his Church, each other and the poor. They saw that all these things were united
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
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