Franciscan Spirit

Mother Teresa of Calcutta strips you and me of every excuse to do nothing to help the hungry, the sick, the lonely, the unloved, the rejected, the hurting, the confused, the imprisoned.

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 ...

Born August 26, 1910, in North Macedonia | Died September 5, 1997, in IndiaCanonized September 4, 2016 | Feast Day: September 5 Teresa’s Radical Gift Mother Teresa was a radical truth speaker—whether it was delivering an anti-abortion lecture as part ...

Jacinta Marto: Born March 11, 1910, in Portugal | Died February 20, 1920, in Portugal Canonized May 13, 2017 | Feast Day: February 20

St. Katharine Drexel was raised in a loving family that had plenty of money and philanthropic spirit.

Born about 1869 in Sudan | Died February 8, 1947, in Italy Canonized October 1, 2000 | Feast Day: February 8 Josephine Bakhita’s Radical Gift Slave traders took away her name and her family. She was kidnapped, beaten, and scarred. ...