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St. Marie of the Incarnation was "a wife, mother, widow, businesswoman, religious, mystic and missionary" according to Pope St. John Paul II who beatified her. She was the first woman to evangelize North America, a dream she was inspired by at a Ursuline convent in France which she had entered after the death of her husband and her son entered the Benedictines. Arriving in Quebec in 1639, she labo...

St. Damien of Molokai was a Belgian missionary priest who volunteered to a life sentence of ministry on the leper island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawai'i. He brought Charity and Faith to a place described as a living hell due to the lawless despair and depravity that the place had fallen into. He faced opposition from some violent inhabitants and brought healing of soul and care for their bodi...

St. Patrick, the great apostle to Ireland was captured from England as a young boy and taken to Ireland to serve as a shepherd. He escaped, studied to be a priest and returned to bring the Faith to the unconverted natives of Ireland. His faith, courage and perserverance are model for all.

St Agnes is a virgin martyr who suffered martyrdom in 304 at about age 13. Born to a noble family her beauty caused many to seek her hand in marriage, and when rejected they denounced her as a Christian, and after various attempts on her virginity and life, she was beheaded. She is the patron of young women and virgins and girls in scouting.

St Margaret Clitherow was a wife, mother of three, and faithful, courageous Catholic in England during the continuing persecution of the faithful. She risked her life repeatably by hiding priests and having Mass offered in houses she rented to avoid surveillance. Investigated after her son went abroad to study for the priesthood, she was arrested and eventually tortured to death by pressing with a...

St Dymphna's story is illustrated with a modern drama. She was a young Christian who consecrated herself to Christ and chastity. Shortly after this her mother died and her pagan father began to suffer from mental illness. He sought a new wife and came to desire to marry his daughter, who fled to Belgium with her confessor and trusted servants. She built a hospital for the poor and sick, but her fa...

The story of St. Florian is told in a modern drama. St Florian was a commander in the Roman army and responsible for training an elite group of soldiers specially trained to fight fires. Reported to Rome for not enforcing proscriptions against Christians and ordered to sacrifice to the Roman gods, he refused and was sentenced to be burned. Offering climb on the pyre to show his faith and courage,...

The story of St Nicholas, the patron saint of brides is told in a modern drama. St Nicholas was known for his habit of secret gift-giving, most famously to keep three girls from a life of disrepute by providing for their dowries. Returning from a pilgrimage to Egypt and Syria Palaestina, he was made Bishop of Myra. His legend includes stories about slapping the heretic Arius, saving three men from...

St. Pantaleon's patronage is illustrated in a modern drama. He was a martyr on Nicomedia in Bithynia in 305 AD. He is considered one of the 14 Holy Helpers. He was raised as Christian, but fell away after his mother's death while studying medicine. He was won back to Christ by St Hermolaus who explained the superiority of the science of salvation over even the excellent field of medicine. He conve...

St. Francis of Assisi, the aristocratic playboy who became a model of poverty in imitation of Christ, is one of the most remarkable saints in history. He founded the Franciscan Order, traveled to the holy land, and began the tradition of the Nativity scene. Towards the end of his life he received the precious gift of the stigmata and is one of the most venerated saints in history.

St. Clare of Assisi was a early follower of St Francis, who inspired by his example, founded the Order of Poor Clares. Her family was greatly opposed to her vocation and only relented when they saw she he had cut off all her hair. She was a humble abbess who took on the most tedious tasks and sought to imitate Francis so closely that she became known as "another Francis."  This dramatization of th...

St. Therese of Lisieux was a young Carmelite who became known as the Little Flower of Jesus for her life of simple, practical holiness. Although not well known in her life time, her spiritual memoir "The Story of a Soul" made her and her spirituality so popular and well-regarded that Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times."  St. Frances X. Cabrini was an Italian-American who fo...

St. Isaac Jogues was considered a living martyr upon his return to France due to the severe mutilation of his hands by the Iroquois, and when he returned to New France, after just six months, he was killed tomahawk to the head.  St. Francis of Assisi turned from a life of chivalry and frivolous carousing to being a model of poverty in imitation of Christ. He traveled to the holy land, began the tr...

St Philip Neri is called the Second Apostle of Rome. He developed his unique vocation while serving the marginalized communities on the streets of Rome. His original, cheerful and even eccentric manner was very successful at saving souls. Ordained at 36, he is the founder of the Oratorians and is known for encouraging sacred musical forms and starting the tradition of the Seven Churches Walk.  Sai...

Saint Monica was married young to a pagan official who was difficult to live with and she was unable to have her three children baptized. Her persevering prayer, patience, sweet disposition, and generous charity to all eventually won her husband and most notably her oldest son Augustine for Christ. Saint John Bosco pursued his priesthood with zeal and upon learning of the deplorable conditions of...

Rose of Lima was a Third Order Dominican who was known for her life of penance and care of the poor throughout the city of Lima, Peru. She was the first person born in the Americas canonized and is the patron saint of gardening, florists and of embroiderers.

St. Regina was virgin martyr born in Autun France in the third century. She was baptized by her foster nurse and was a shepherdess who came to the attention of a Roman procounsul whom she refused to renounce her faith to marry. She was tortured and beheaded. St. Peregrine, born in 1260, repented of participation in a riot against a holy preacher and later joined the Servites and grew in holiness a...

Saint Juan Diego was a native of Mexico who was one of the first to be baptized by the Franciscan missionaries. In December of 1531 the Virgin Mary appeared to him, and ultimately he was given a miraculous image emblazoned on his tilma to witness to the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe before the bishop. The miraculous image and her message resulted in the mass conversion of the Mexican people and...

Blessed Angela of Foligno was an Italian Franciscan tertiary who became known as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations. Due to the respect those writings engendered in the Catholic Church she became known as Theologorum Magistra ("Teacher of Theologians")own as a mystic from her extensive writings about her mystical revelations. Due to the respect those writings engen...

Saint Cuthbert was a monk, bishop, and hermit in Northumbria and a popular medieval saint known for his many miracles and the holy, austere life he led. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroically endured for the God they loved above all else! The dramatized lives of these great saints ar...

St. Lawrence of Brindisi was a Capuchin Franciscan superior and founder of numerous convents. He was the Chaplain to Holy Roman Emperor and led the army to victory in the Siege of  Szekesfehervar in Hungary against the Ottomans armed only with a crucifix. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices...

St. Thomas More was a scholar, lawyer, poet, author, and ultimately Chancellor of England. Under Henry VIII, his opposition to the Supremacy Act and the King's divorce led to his trial and beheading as the King's faithful servant but God's first."  Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sacrifices heroica...

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary was a exemplary wife, mother and model of charity. She ministered to the hungry and poor in spite of the objections of those around her in the royal court, and after the death of her husband lived a life of humble service to the sick and poor in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi until her death at the age of 24. She is known for miracles of healing especially.  Relive...

Saint John Neumann was born in Bohemia and came to America in order to be ordained. He joined the Redemptorist Order and was appointed fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. He is known for his support of Catholic education and setting up the first diocesan school system. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless sa...

Saint Apollonius the Apologist was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist  who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus. He is famous for his Apologia of the Christian Faith in front of the Roman Senate, which he confirmed with the shedding of his blood. Relive the lives of the saints, experience their noble pursuit of holiness, and share with them their struggles, tears, and selfless...