Women Saints

St. Teresa of Calcutta: A Mystic for Our Times

Christopher Heffron May 20, 2020

A visionary, Mother Teresa comforted the sick as they wrestled with death. No person was beyond her capacity for love and compassion.

Barbara Beckwith April 28, 2020

Was Joan of Arc inspired? Was she mentally ill? Does her example of armed resistance have anything to say to Americans mired in unrest?

Melanie Rigney January 23, 2020

Marianne Cope listened only to God, accepting and caring for people others feared or found distasteful and putting her own health at risk.

Patricia Morrison March 6, 2015

Saint Teresa of Avila, a Doctor of the Church and foundress of the Discalced Carmelites, was a woman of contemplation and action.