Saints

Saint Francis de Sales loved prayer

St. Francis de Sales: Champion of Prayer

As a prayer coach, St. Francis de Sales encourages us to jump in and swim in the grace of God.

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Painting of Saint Clare and Saint Francis of Assisi

Clare and Francis: Assisi’s Most Dangerous Citizens

Sometimes we are so attracted to the saints for our own personal reasons that we fail to see how radical they were in their day. Clare and Francis are perfect examples.
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Martyr of Auschwitz

St. Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr of Auschwitz

St. Maximilian Kolbe laid down his life for another man at Auschwitz, confronting evil with charity. A friar who helped a Chicago parish obtain a relic of the saint shares his story.
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Flowers on a train track at Auschwitz

Maximilian Kolbe: Martyr and Saint

Maximilian Kolbe offers us a unique theology of holding the love of God and neighbor in balance.
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Spanish saints

Four Great Spanish Saints

These Spanish saints lived long ago but can inform us and enlighten our faith journeys.
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Saint Anthony of Padua praying to God

Powerful Prayers to Saint Anthony of Padua

It is a venerable Christian tradition to turn in prayer to Anthony of Padua—and to other saintly men and women already enjoying the glorious presence of God.
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Sisterhood of Saints: Thérèse of Lisieux

When we think of Thérèse of Lisieux, we think of her “Little Way,” the practice of offering up even the most commonplace tasks to God’s glory. But the Little Way came no more easily to its originator than it does to ...
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