Reach Across the Generations
Melanie Rigney
October 22, 2020
“Dear young people, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light wherever you are.” (St. John Paul II)
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Melanie Rigney
Melanie Rigney is the author of Brotherhood of Saints and Radical Saints (Franciscan Media). Melanie is also a regular contributor to Living Faith, the Catholic devotional, and writes weekly for Your Daily Tripod, a Catholic blog. She is a member of the Catholic Writers' Guild, Capital Christian Writers, and several other writing groups. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, where she is a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church and is active in the Cursillo movement.
Radical Saints: Mary MacKillop
Melanie Rigney
July 19, 2020
Mary MacKillop was excommunicated for insubordination, and later she was told to move her congregation out of a diocese. Through it all, she showed a radical trust in God and the Church, even when some of its leaders were less than Christlike.
Radical Saints: Teresa of Calcutta
Melanie Rigney
July 9, 2020
Born August 26, 1910, in North Macedonia | Died September 5, 1997, in IndiaCanonized September 4, 2016 | Feast Day: September 5 Teresa’s Radical Gift
Radical Saints: Jacinta Marto
Melanie Rigney
July 9, 2020
Born March 11, 1910, in Portugal | Died February 20, 1920, in Portugal
Canonized May 13, 2017 | Feast Day: February 20
Jacinta’s Radical Gift
Having seen a vision of hell, St. Jacinta offered up lunches, persecution by those who doubted the children of Fátima, and other penances to keep others from suffering.
Jacinta’s World
Radical Saints: Katharine Drexel
Melanie Rigney
July 9, 2020
St. Katharine Drexel was raised in a loving family that had plenty of money and philanthropic spirit.
Radical Saints: Josephine Bakhita
Melanie Rigney
July 9, 2020
Born about 1869 in Sudan | Died February 8, 1947, in Italy
Canonized October 1, 2000 | Feast Day: February 8
Josephine’s Radical Gift
Slave traders took away her name and her family. She was kidnapped, beaten, and scarred. And yet, when asked what she would say to her persecutors if she met them again, Josephine said she would thank them, because without them she would not have discovered her faith and her vocation.
Josephine’s World
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