Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska Research Paper

Another quality I wanted in a Confirmation Saint was for me to have a great interest in her. The fact that made her the most compelling saint was, she found the Cross of Jesus. In the year 326 Helen traveled to Jerusalem after having a dream about the location of the

I am choosing St. Anastasia because she made it through tough times with her faith always in God. St. Anastasia was not canonized, she has been declared a saint by the early Christian community based on her life of heroic virtue and her martyrdom. St. Anastasia spent her time caring for the prisoners. She would feed them and care for them if they were ill. The prisoners she cared for were not there for any violent crimes, but were locked up for being Christian. A virtue that I identitfy with St. Anastasia is charity because I help people that are in need and out of the kindness of my heart. St. Anastasia was so self-less about helping other people, even if it meant risking her life. Her father was a pagan and her mother was secretly a

Since going against her mothers wishes of her 23rd daughter, St Catherine was left alone after the demands of her father to do what she grew up believing in. St Catherine was given a room to pray and meditate by her parents and from there spent three years of her life

There were many people and organizations influential with radical revolutionaries that were present during the late 18 hundreds in Russia. One of these radical revolutionaries was Elizaveta Kovalskaia. She was influenced early one in her life, “I was barely six when I became aware that there were landowners and peasant serfs in the world; that landowners could sell people.”# She would grow as a revolutionary seeing the differences between methods of what did and didn’t work. She was very critical of the methods that she believed were ineffective. The other side of this coin is the effective methods that she utilized. The way Kovalskaia presents her experiences argues that her methods as a radical revolutionary were the right ones.

Saint Catherine of Siena was born in Siena, Italy, March 25, 1347. She later became part of the Third order of Saint Dominic, at first against her parents’ wishes. She was named a Doctor of the Church in 1970. She obtained this title by writing over four hundred letters to the current pope and various leaders, trying to restore the Papacy to Rome and bring peace among the whole of Italy. Catherine also provided for the poor and took care of the sick for endless hours. For most of her life, she survived on the Holy Eucharist alone, being so repulsed by food that she could not stomach it. Saint Catherine died on April 29, 1380, at age 33, akin to Jesus Christ. She is patroness against fire, illness, Europe, Italy, miscarriages, people ridiculed for their faith, sexual temptation, and nurses. She is one of the most influential and recognized saints in the Catholic Church.

In the parish of Fatima, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta grew up in homes where the catechism was their daily bread. Stories from the Bible were their recreation. The village priest gave spiritual direction.

Saint Francis of Assisi was born in 1181 in Assisi, Holy Roman empire. He is considered a hero and a well known saint. His parents were Pietro and Pico Bernadone. His father was very wealthy and worked as a silk merchant. Francis was always with his friends partying and doing bad things. He lived a luxorious and easy early life.

Saint Benedict of Nursia was born on March 2, 480 A.D. in Norcia, Italy (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, St. Benedict of Nursia). Saint Benedict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictine rule. Even when everyone surrounding him in his monastery had decided to sin, Saint Benedict stayed loyal to God and did not sin. St. Benedict of Nursia was always a great example for all Christians and everyone living in his community throughout his early life and his public life. St. Benedict of Nursia was always a devout Catholic in his early life.

St.Bernadette was born at Lourdes,France. Her parents where very poor and she herself was in poor health. She suffered severe asthma and also contracted Cholera. Bernadette was sent to collect firewood with her sister and a friend near the grotto of Massabielle where she experienced her first vision. The beautiful Lady was wearing a white veil, a blue girdle and a yellow rose on each foot. She made the sign of the cross with her rosary made of ivory and gold. Bernadette knelt down and took out her own rosary and started praying. After Sunday Mass Bernadette went back to the grotto and immediately knelt down. The beautiful Lady announced herself as The Immaculate Conception. She told Bernadette to pray for sinners and

Saint Agnes was a courageous young girl, who grew up in Christian family. From a young age, Saint Agnes was never afraid to stand up for what she believed in. Saint Agnes was fully committed to God, as she often said “Jesus Christ is my only Spouse.” Even when Saint Agnes was being put to death, she never once denied God. Saint Agnes was happy and joyful because she knew death would reunite her with God.

One hundred years ago, in Fatima, Portugal, Our Lady appeared to three children. For the next six months, on the thirteenth day, she would visit them; giving them advice and performing miracles. By following the message of Fatima, their spiritual lives were elevated to the heights of sanctity.

Saint John of the cross was born in 1542 in Fontiveros. His dad married a lower class woman who was in poverty. John was born into great poverty. They had 3 children, John Alvarez, Luis Alvarez, and Francisco Alvarez. John’s family suffered greatly from their father’s death, his father was in great poverty, so when he died he had nothing, not even a penny to give to his children. Their mother struggled to raise them by herself, then the family broke again with their death of their brother. Catalina sent her sons to a poor boarding school, where John started learning about religion, he studied about many parts of the Carmelites order. After he finished school he went into the Carmelite order, claiming the name John

She desired to devote herself entirely to God and pray for sinners. Around the time Pauline left, Therese began to suffer from a mysterious illness, and was cured nearly a year later when she saw a statue of the Virgin Mary smile at her. She also dealt with scruples for over a year. In 1887 when she was fourteen years old, Therese asked for her father’s permission to enter Carmel. She traveled to Rome with Céline later that year to ask Pope Leo XIII for his consent. With her astounding courage and determination, Therese left her home and joined Carmel in 1888.

“Irena was born in 1910 in Otwock, a town 15 miles southeast from Warsaw.” (“Irena”) Irena was a 29 year old Roman Catholic when World War II broke out. Roman Catholics believe in the divinity of God, the trinity, and the Bible. “Roman Catholic beliefs include the special authority of the pope, the ability of saints to intercede on behalf of believers, the concept of Purgatory as a place of afterlife purification before entering Heaven,” (“Roman”) “To gain the happiness of heaven we must know, love, and serve God in this world” (“Catholic”). They learn to do this through Jesus who communicates it through the Catholic Church.

<br>Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born August 26, 1910 in Skopje, in Macedonia. Her childhood was comfortable and prosperous due to her father's success. Her father encouraged his children to be generous and compassionate to those less fortunate. Her mother was very religious and she took the children to morning mass. Agnes often helped her mother deliver parcels of food and money to the poor and prayed with the whole family every evening. The family's life changed dramatically after their father's death, when Agnes was 9. Although now poor themselves, they continued to help those less fortunate. Christianity became increasingly important in Agnes' life. From the age of 12, she was aware of a desire to devote her life to God.