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Blessed Michal Piaszczynski
When WWII broke out, the Nazis took possession of his area and immediately rounded up the Catholic Priests. Michal was born on November 1, 1885,…
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Blessed Michael McGivney
As a child, he experienced grief caused by anti-Catholic bigotry and poverty, but his faith sustained him as he put love of God above earthly…
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Blessed Elena Guerra
“Pentecost is not over, in fact, it is continually going on in every time and in every place.” Apostle of the Holy Spirit. Elena was…
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Blessed Michal Rapacz
Assassinated in Poland by communists because of their hatred for the Faith. Michal was born on September 16, 1904, in the village of Tenczyn, near…
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Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis
“Think of the favor God will deign to give as you collaborate in the beautiful work of education.” Elodie Paradis was born on May 12,…
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Blessed Miguel Pro
“Deceitful are the ephemeral pleasures and joys of this world; Our supreme comfort, in this life, is to die to the world that we may…
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Blessed Henry Heath
A Protestant Conversion. Henry was born on December 16, 1599, in Peterborough, England, the son of Protestant parents. He showed exceptional intellect and at the…
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Blessed Juan Bautista and Jacinto de los Angeles
“Die for love of God and without using weapons.” Juan and Jacinto were both born in the same year of 1660, in the town of…
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Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerick
“The prayer most pleasing to God is that made for others and particularly for the poor souls.” Anne was born on September 8, 1774, in…
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Blessed Adolph Kolping
“The signs of the times will teach you what to do.” Adolph was born on December 8, 1813, in Kerpen, Germany as the 4th of…
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Blessed Giuseppe Tovini
“Without faith our children will never be rich, with faith they will never be poor.” Giuseppe was born in 1841 to a devout family in…
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Blessed Giuseppe Nascimbeni
Giuseppe was born in 1851 in Verona, a city on the Adige River in Torri del Benaco, Italy. From his mother he learned a sense…
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Blessed Elena Aiello
“The Justice of Our Father is most offended. Men live in their obstinacy of sin. The wrath of God is near.” Elena was born in…
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Blessed Antonia Mesina
Antonia was born in 1919 to a poor family and was the 2nd of 10 children. They lived in the town of Orgosolo on the…
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Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
“No one was ever lost because his sin was too great, but because his trust was too small.” Francis was born into a large family…
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Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
“We must sacrifice everything for everything; our ambitions, indeed our entire selves, for the cause of the Faith.” Pier Giorgio was born in Turin, an…
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Blessed Chiara Lubich
“Be aware that the fire that does not grow is extinguished.” Silvia was born in 1920 in the Northern City of Trento, Italy and was…
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Blessed Alvaro del Portillo
“Fall in Love and you will not leave Him.” Alvaro del Portillo was born in 1914 in Madrid, Spain as the 3rd of 8 children…
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Blessed Don Giuseppe Puglisi
Don Giusseppe “Pino” Puglisi was born on September 15, 1937 in Palermo, Sicily. His father was a cobbler and his mother a seamstress. He learned…
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Blessed Maria Laura Mainetti
“Lord, forgive them.” Teresina Elsa Mainetti was born in 1939 in Lecco, Italy, and was baptized within 2 days. She was the 10th and last…
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Blessed Chiara Badano
Chiara Badano was born in 1971 in Sassello, Italy. Her parents had prayed for 10 years for a child. They felt she belonged to God…
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Blessed Benedict Daswa
Tshimangadzo Samuel Daswa was born the oldest of 5 in 1946 in South Africa, and was a member of the Lemba people. He worked as…
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Blessed John Paul I
“If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.” Albino Luciani was the oldest of 4, born in…
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Blessed Maria Carola Cecchin
Maria Carola Cecchin was the 5th of 10 children born in 1877 in Padua, Italy. With a typical childhood, her parents set her as an…
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Blessed Joseph Allamano
Many saints, despite illness, weak health, or many other obstacles, achieve their goals. Frequently, the amount of work they accomplish seems humanly impossible, and it…
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Blessed Solanus Casey
The priest who answered the doorbell. Bernard Casey was born in 1870, in a 3-room log cabin, to Irish immigrants on a farm in western…
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Blessed Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich
“Yes, I am still a friend of God. But just what kind of friend am I? I wonder if it is one He is pleased…
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Blessed Luigi Tezza
“God’s invitation to become Saints is for all, not just a few.” Luigi was born in Conegliano on November 1, 1841, the only son of…
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Blessed Father Jerzy Popielurszko
Jerzy was born in 1947 on the Feast of the Holy Cross in Okopy, a small village in the northeastern part of Poland. Despite humble…
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Blessed Stanley Rother
“The shepherd cannot run.” Father Stanley Rother was recognized in 2017 as the first U.S. born martyr. He was born in Okarche, Oklahoma in 1935…
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Blessed Bartolo Longo
Ex-satanist on the path to Sainthood – “If you seek salvation, promulgate the rosary. This is Mary’s own promise” Born in 1841 and raised in…
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Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi
Maria and Luigi were beatified as a married couple. The first of the Church. Maria Corsini was introduced to Luigi through her father, who was…
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Blessed Dolores Sopena
“Make all one family in Christ.” Born in 1848 and of eight children, Dolores Sopena of Spain suffered from poor eyesight after a bad eye…
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Blessed Antonia of Florence
Antonia was born of a noble family in Florence, Italy in 1401. She was married at an early age, had one child, and was widowed…
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Blessed Carlo Acutis
“I’m happy to die because I’ve lived my life without wasting even a minute of it doing things that wouldn’t have pleased God.” Born in…