Catholic Saints
Sisterhood of Saints: Katharine Drexel
St. Katharine Drexel was socially conscious, donating large amounts of money to help the less fortunate.
Sisterhood of Saints: Clare of Assisi
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.
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Sisterhood of Saints: Frances Xavier Cabrini
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.
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Sisterhood of Saints: Elizabeth Ann Seton
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 ...
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St. Paul VI: Bridge Builder
A quiet leader, Pope Paul VI guided the Church through the sweeping and controversial reforms of the Second Vatican Council during turbulent times.
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St. Clare of Assisi: A Little Plant or a Mighty Oak?
Saint Clare of Assisi offered a new approach to authority and sisterhood, to community prayer, to the enclosure, and to financial security.
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The Franciscan Saints: Pope John XXIII
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.”
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