Catholic Saints

Lent with the saints

Lent with the Saints: Sharbel Makhluf

Sharbel Makhluf was known for both his fasting and his care for those who sought him out for prayer and blessing.

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Wolf shows its teeth

St. Francis and the Taming of the Wolf

This beloved story of Francis and the wolf has a lot to teach us about peacemaking in our own times.
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St. Maximilian Kolbe: Franciscan Martyr

On July 30, 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi camp in Poland...
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People walk in dense fog in the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp during ceremonies in late January marking the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day in in Oswiecim, Poland. (CNS photo/Kacper Pempel, Reuters)

St. Maximilian Kolbe: A Life of Heroic Love

Pope John Paul II canonized Conventual Franciscan Father Maximilian Kolbe in Rome on October 10, 1982.
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Learning to Let Go

I have moved many times in my life. Twelve times, in fact.
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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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Raising Saints: A Message for Parents

I once heard a priest refer to everyone he met as a “saint.”
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