Catholic Saints

The Mother Teresa We Knew

Dan Morris-Young July 28, 2020

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.

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 Mother Teresa was a radical truth speaker—whether it was delivering an anti-abortion lecture as part ...

Radical Saints: Jacinta Marto

Melanie Rigney July 9, 2020

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

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 Bakhita’s Radical Gift Slave traders took away her name and her family. She was kidnapped, beaten, and scarred. ...

Radical Saints: Maria Faustina Kowalska

Melanie Rigney July 9, 2020

It’s human nature to desire to be well liked and understood. Many of those around Maria Faustina Kowalska, including some of the women in her own community, saw her single-minded drive to bring the Lord’s Divine Mercy message to the ...

Praying with the Saints: All Are Welcome

Melanie Rigney June 10, 2020

We love, Scripture says, because God first loved us (see 1 John 4:19). That’s also why praying is so vital—because God’s love melts our chill, sparks our desire, ignites our love.