Born in France in 1567, Francis studied at Annecy, in Paris, and the University of Padua, receiving his doctorate in law at the age of twenty-four. He chose to enter religious life and was ordained in 1593. He spent four years reconverting
Born in Germany, Marianne moved to the United States with her family when she was 2. She entered the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in New York in 1862. She served as teacher, then
principal at a school for immigrant
Born into Roman nobility, Agnes was raised in a Christian family. A beautiful young girl, she was sought after by many suitors who wanted her hand in marriage. She refused them all and instead dedicated her life to the Lord. The suitors,
There is, of course, a saint for everything. But the saint who is patron of the January blues is a particularly awesome saint: St. Pio of Pietrelcina or, as many call him, St. Padre Pio. He was a mystic whose life held
Born in Egypt, Anthony was 20 when his parents died. Soon after inheriting the family estate, he gave away everything he owned, placed his sister in a convent and started a hermit's life in an ancient tomb near his village. Anthony endured
Catholic historian and author Phillip Campbell debunks three myths about Saint Brigid of Kildare. Visitors to the Kildare today will likely be told that the church (whose name means “church of the oak” in Gaelic) was once the site of a pre-Christian
Born in Egypt, Paul was left an orphan at around the age of 15. He hid during the persecution under Emperor Decius. At the age of 22, he went to the desert to circumvent a planned effort by his brother-in-law to report
Hilary was raised as a pagan but converted to Christianity. He was elected bishop of Limonum (modern Poitiers) around 353, and shortly afterward, he emerged as the main defender of orthodoxy in the West against the Arians. Condemned for his stand by
During the parish year of the National Eucharistic Revival, one of the oldest adoration chapels in the Diocese of St. Cloud is getting a very special facelift.
Several stained-glass windows are being installed in St. Anne's Chapel at St. Louis Parish in Foreston,
Born in Troyes, France, Marguerite had a special devotion to Our Lady. She was turned away by several religious communities, but after meeting the founder of what is now Montreal, Canada, she traveled there to open a new school. She helped teach