American Saints

Woman writing in a journal

‘Dear Elizabeth Ann Seton’ 

Can a saint who died over 200 years ago have relevance for today? This author says yes as she imagines writing a heartfelt letter to Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint. 
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The Feast of All Saints: God’s Glorious Nobodies

Want to find a future saint? Look around you.
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Stained glass window of female saints

The Catholic Saints and Us

At Franciscan Media, we see unmistakable evidence of the ongoing popularity of the saints of the Church.
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We Are All Called to Be Saints

If we look at the lives of the saints, we can find more than a few faults. Far from discouraging us, this should give us a measure of hope.
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Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and its newspaper, The Catholic Worker, is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in the Staten Island borough of New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Dorothy Day: Model of Mercy

She provided a voice to the unheard. Pope Francis acknowledged that in his speech last September to the US Congress.
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Blessed Stanley Rother

This Oklahoma priest’s September 23 beatification is a testament to his legacy as peacemaker and martyr.
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