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As a child in Germany, Frances Schervier would sneak into her father's factory to give food and clothing to the poor workers there. Her childhood m...

Born in Germany in 1830, Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel founded the Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration. These nuns ran orphanages, serve...

Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a promising young lawyer in Naples. However, after losing an important case, he turned to a life of prayer. He became a...

Elizabeth was the daughter of the King of Hungary in the early 13th century. Her peers chastised the princess for her generous love of the poor. On...

St. Francis was born in Assisi, Italy, the son of a wealthy merchant. He joined the military but soon became a prisoner of war. When he finally ret...

Lawrence, a deacon in third-century Rome, was asked to gather the Church's treasures for confiscation by Roman authorities. Quick-witted Lawrence b...

Margaret was born with dwarfism, blindness and a hunchback. Her parents locked her away in a doorless room attached to a church. The parish priest ...

Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru, the son of a Spanish nobleman and an African former slave. After his father left the family, Martin worked...

"By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belo...

Vincent de Paul was a French priest known for his compassion, humility, and generosity. At 24, he was kidnapped by pirates and spent two years as a...

Dorothy Day became Catholic in 1927, after a unique but difficult young adulthood. She was passionate about helping workers and the poor, writing a...