All About the Saints

St Bernadette

• Poor girl who saw Blessed Mother in a grotto on Lourdes France.

• Later became a nun.

• Body in incorrupt

St. Sebastian

• Roman solder and guard to the Emperor

• Shot with arrows when it was found out he was a Christian - but survived

• Recovered preached about Jesus until he was arrested and put to death again

• Patron of athletes

Catherine of Siena

• Worked hard for peace

• Great writer• Doctor of the Church• Cut off her beautiful

hair to show that appearance aren’t everything

• Patron of Italy

Anthony of Padua

• Franciscan monk and Doctor of the Church

• Finder of lost things• Great preacher• Canonized 1 year after his

death

St. Padre Pio• First priest to get the

Stigmata (wounds of Christ)• Heard confession for 12

hours a day – knew just what to say

• Had gift of bilocation – could be in 2 places at once

• 100,000 people came to his funeral

St. Joan of Arc

• Shepardess in France, St. Michael told her to GO SAVE FRANCE

• She led the French to victory over England.

• Captured by the British and burned at the stake when she was 19.

St. Francis of Assisi

• Grew up very rich but gave away all he owned to the poor

• Started the Franciscan Order of Monks who help the poor, preach and live simply

• Had the Stigmata (wounds of Christ)

St. Therese Liesuex

• Youngest child of 5

• Became a Carmalite nun with her sisters

• Wrote a book called the Story of a Soul – where she shares her “little way” to follow Christ

Blessed Louis Martin

• Father of St. Therese

• Showed tremendous faith in God throughout the struggles in his life

• He and his wife Zellie are going to be canonized saints soon.

St. Martin de Porres

• Dominican Friar

• Could bilocate to heal people

• He took care of sick animals too

St. Maria Goretti• Beautiful girl from a poor

family, lived on a farm

• Was attacked by one of the farm workers and died at age 14

• Before she died she forgave her murderer Alessandro and later appeared to him in jail which cause him to repent and convert.

St. Dominic Savio

• Ordinary boy with an extraordinary love for God

• Student of St. John Bosco

• Good example to everyone around him

St. Katherine Drexel • Wealthy girl from

Philadelphia, PA• Very generous with

her money and started schools poor.

• Started the order of sisters known as Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

St. John Neumann

• Tried to become a priest but there were too many priests in Europe so he moved to New York to be ordained.

• Became Bishop of Philadelphia – opened many Catholic Schools

St. Peter

• Fisherman, brother of the Apostle Andrew

• 1st Pope• One of Jesus closest

friends• Martyred – crucified

upside-down

St. Joseph

• Foster Father of Jesus

• Spent his life providing and caring for Mary and Jesus

• He has 2 feast days March 19 and May 1

St. Philomena

• Princess from Greece. • Refused to marry the

emperor so he tried to kill her – she miraculously survived several times

• Called Wonder Worker for all the miracles she has performed

St. Paul

• “Apostles of Gentiles”• Roman Solder known as

Saul who converted to Christianity when he was knocked off his horse heard the voice of Jesus

• He was baptized and changed his name to Paul

St. Patrick

• Born in Scotland but captured by pirates at 14 and taken to Ireland

• Grew up to be a bishop• Converted pagans to

Christianity all over Ireland• Use the Shamrock to teach

about the Holy Trinity

St. Catherine Laboure

• Blessed Mother appeared to her 3 times and told her to have a medal made in her image – this is known as the Miraculous Medal

• Worn by millions of people around the world

The Miraculous Medal

St. Maximillion Kolbe

• Franciscan priest arrested by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp.

• Sacrificed himself so another prisoner with a family could live.

Elizabeth of Hungary

• Princess of Hungary• Spent her time caring

for the poor and sick

Damien of Molokai • The Leper Priest • Moved to the Island of

Molokai to build churches and hospitals for people who had leprosy – a terrible contagious disease.

Steven of Hungary

• King of Hungary• Would disguise himself and

sneak out of the castle to help the poor

• Built many churches all over his country

• Had a strong devotion to Mary, Mother of God

Thomas More

• Stood up to his friend the King of England when he wanted to divorce his wife

• Stayed faithful to God even after he was imprisoned and put to death

Elizabeth Ann Seton

• From New York wealthy family

• Converted to Catholism when her husband died in Italy

• Started many Catholic schools and a few orphanages

• Began the Sisters of Charity

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St. Francis Xavier

• Jesuit priest who traveled to Asia to baptize thousand of people

• With his gentle, polite way and prayers he convinced many bad living Christians to repent