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Andrew was a fisherman. But he was searching for something more important than life on the sea could give him. Like many faithful Jews of his time, Andrew was waiting for God to send the Savior he had promised. Andrew first learned about Jesus from the preaching of John the Baptist. This is what John told [...] Tradition tells us that at the moment Zoe Laboure was born in 1806, church bells rang to remind everyone in the village to stop their work and pray the Angelus. The Angelus is a prayer to our Blessed Mother. It begins with the words, “The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.” The ringing of [...] Leonard was born in 1676 in Port Maurice, on the cost of northern Italy. His father was a ship captain. Because he was a gifted student, he was sent to Rome when he was 13 to live with his uncle while attending the Roman college. [...] At a time when most children did not go to school, Catherine was privately tutored because she came from a wealthy family. She was a gifted student and especially loved science and debating. Tradition tells us that she learned about Jesus through her studies and that she made the decision to become a Christian because [...] Portuguese Jesuit priests first came to Vietnam in 1533 to preach the word of God to the people of the kingdom. These missionaries also brought the sacraments to Japanese Catholics who had been forced to leave their land because of persecutions. However, a law was [...] After a happy childhood in a loving and religious family in Guadalupe, Mexico, Miquel Pro entered the seminary to study to become a Jesuit priest. The seminary closed when the government began to persecute Catholics. Miquel had to flee his country. He was finally ordained in Belgium in 1925 when he was thirty-four years old. Miquel [...] Caterina was born in Assisi, Italy. She was the younger daughter of a royal family. Caterina was very close to her older sister, Clare, and they spent most their time together. The sisters heard St. Francis of Assisi preach and they wanted to imitate his [...] Are you a leader or a follower? When Jesus met Simon, he recognized his leadership qualities. But he knew that Simon would need help. Jesus began by giving Simon a new name. He called him Peter, which means “rock.” Later, Jesus told Peter that he was to be the rock on which Jesus would build [...] Does it surprise you that a man who once wanted to put Christians to death became one of the Church’s greatest saints? That man is St. Paul. Paul, who was named Saul, was born in Tarsus, in the country we now call Turkey. As a boy, he learned the family business—making and repairing tents—from his father. [...] Three missionaries went to Paraguay in South American to share the Good News of Jesus with the native Indians. These Jesuit priests preached about Jesus and God’s saving plan for all people. Many Paraguay Indians listened and believed in their message. They asked to be [...] |
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