Catholic Saints

Sisterhood of Saints: Clare of Assisi

Melanie Rigney October 20, 2018

Louise de Marillac and Vincent de Paul. Paula and Jerome. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross. It’s not unusual for women saints to have had non-romantic ministry. Much like Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi.

Sisterhood of Saints: Frances Xavier Cabrini

Melanie Rigney October 17, 2018

Even as a child, Frances Xavier Cabrini knew she was made to be a missionary; she loved crafting little paper boats and sending them off to sail with “missionary” flowers aboard.

Sisterhood of Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton

Melanie Rigney October 15, 2018

Elizabeth Ann Seton and her husband had a busy, beautiful life together in Lower Manhattan. They cohosted a party for George Washington’s sixty-fifth birthday. They lived next door to Alexander Hamilton. They were stalwarts of the Episcopal church, and set ...

St. Paul VI: Bridge Builder

Mark P. Shea September 18, 2018

A quiet leader, Pope Paul VI guided the Church through the sweeping and controversial reforms of the Second Vatican Council during turbulent times.

St. Clare of Assisi: A Little Plant or a Mighty Oak?

Fr. Don Miller, OFM August 11, 2018

Saint Clare of Assisi offered a new approach to authority and sisterhood, to community prayer, to the enclosure, and to financial security.

The Franciscan Saints: Pope John XXIII

Robert Ellsberg July 30, 2018

Pope John XXIII, as Pope Francis said, “was a country priest, the priest who loves all the faithful, who knows how to care for the faithful, and this he did as a bishop, and as a nuncio.”