Blessed Mary Frances Schervier’s Story This woman who once wanted to become a Trappistine nun was instead led by God to establish a...

Saint John of the Cross’ Story John is a saint because his life was a heroic effort to live up to his name: “of the Cross.” The folly of...

Saint Lucy’s Story Every little girl named Lucy must bite her tongue in disappointment when she first tries to find out what there is to...

The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe goes back to the 16th century. Chronicles of that period...

Saint Damasus I’s Story To his secretary Saint Jerome, Damasus was “an incomparable person, learned in the Scriptures, a virgin doctor of...

Blessed Adolph Kolping’s Story The rise of the factory system in 19th-century Germany brought many single men into cities where they...

Saint Juan Diego's Story Thousands of people gathered in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe July 31, 2002, for the canonization of...

The Story of the Immaculate Conception of Mary A feast called the Conception of Mary arose in the Eastern Church in the seventh century....

Saint Ambrose’s Story One of Ambrose’s biographers observed that at the Last Judgment, people would still be divided between those who...

Saint Nicholas’ Story The absence of the “hard facts” of history is not necessarily an obstacle to the popularity of saints, as the...

Saint Sabas’ Story Born in Cappadocia, Sabas is one of the most highly regarded patriarchs among the monks of Palestine, and is...

Saint John Damascene’s Story John spent most of his life in the Monastery of Saint Sabas near Jerusalem, and all of his life under Muslim...

Saint Francis Xavier’s Story Jesus asked, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” (Matthew...

Blessed Rafal Chylinski’s Story Born near Buk in the Poznan region of Poland, Melchior Chylinski showed early signs of religious...

Saint Charles de Foucauld’s Story Born into an aristocratic family in Strasbourg, France, Charles was orphaned at the age of 6, raised by...

Saint Andrew’s Story Andrew was Saint Peter’s brother, and was called with him. “As [Jesus] was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two...

Saint Clement’s Story Clement of Rome was the third successor of Saint Peter, reigning as pope during the last decade of the first...

Saint James of the Marche’s Story Meet one of the fathers of the modern pawnshop! James was born in the Marche of Ancona, in central...

Saint Francesco Antonio Fasani’s Story Born in Lucera, Francesco entered the Conventual Franciscans in 1695. After his ordination 10...

Saint Columban’s Story Columban (Columbanus) was the greatest of the Irish missionaries who worked on the European continent. As a young...