The Catholic Church has many people who went to the peripheries. These people went out of there way to help people who needed them the most. They helped in churches across the world, gave supplies to the poor, and asked God to help the people who are sick and in need of assistance. Even if people made fun of them and shut them out of their community, they listened to Gods word and did what they thought Jesus would do.
St. Bernadette was born on January 7, 1844, in Lourdes, France. She suffered from asthma at a young age. When she was fourteen years old, she went with her little sister and a friend to get fire wood. When they arrived, Bernadette saw a lady floating over a bush. Bernadette immediately knelt down and started praying the rosary.
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They said that the water had cured many peoples' sicknesses. Bernadette believed that the water was blessed by Mary. A few months later, Bernadette had a church built on the site where she saw the Lady and named it The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Many other churches had been built around it including the Basilica of St. Pius X.
IN 1866, Bernadette joined The Sisters of Charity. She spent the rest of her life working as an infirmary assistant. She also made cloths and vestments for churches. A nun once asked her, "Do you ever have temptations of pride because you are favored by the Blessed Mother?" bernadette answered, " How can I? The Blessed Virgin chose me only because I was the most ignorant." She was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bone in her right knee and was unable to walk. She died on April 16, 1879, while praying the holy rosary.
I chose St. Bernadette because I felt like she did a lot for the Catholic community. She helped the people in her town have faith that God is real. When i was searching for a saint to do this project on, i saw that St. Bernadette was the patron saint of the Catholic Church. She was canonized in 1933. I believe that Bernadette was a very special saint because Mary picked her for a reason. Mary saw potential in her and knew that she would do great things for the
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was born on January 28, 1774 in New York City, she was the second child to an socially prominent couple. Her father was a chief health officer for the port of New York. Her mother was the daughter of on Episcopal minister. Her family was one of the two, earliest settlers in New York. Elizabeth was only 3 years old when her mother died. This was possibly a result of child birth.
March 25th, 1347 Saint Catherine was born in Italy. St Catherine is the patron of firefighters, illness, miscarriages, nurses and sick people. During her life, St Catherine herself suffered illness' leading her to be the patron as apparent. At the age of 16, St Catherine had previously disregarded marriage, as she envisioned mystical experiences seeing guardian angels, transforming her into a brilliant minded young woman even though she was not supported with formal education.
From a young age Mary had felt god presence and felt he wanted her to help the poor. When Mary met father Wood her desire to become a nun grew stronger, but she had yet to find an order that suited her. At the age of 25 she adopted the name Sister Mary of the Cross. Mary opened her own school in 1866 called Saint Joseph’s, in hope to educate those willing to learn about religious education and the life and teachings of God and Jesus free of charge. This made her more committed as she was educating others the ways of her faith and encouraging them to become a follower like she was. Together with the help of Father Wood she founded the congregation The Sisters of Saint Joseph’s of the Sacred Heart. This made her more committed as her and her congregation settled in different places around Australia and Europe help educating the poor for
Her uncle was the first to have believed in her mission. On May 1428, Joan’s voices commanded her to go to Vaucouleurs to contact the garrison and supporter of Charles, Robert de Baudricourt, and with her uncle’s help she did just that. At first, Baudricourt laughed her off but Joan didn’t give in and went back the following year. Seeing that she was getting approval from the villagers, he approved and gave her a horse and some escorts. Before her departure, she changed into the man’s look she was famous for and traveled to Chinon, where Charles was currently located along with his court.
Hello, Zac. My name is Bernadette. I was referred to you by Troy O'nan. I am in the process of relocating to Tampa, Florida and looking for a small single-family home or townhome.
I chose St. Margaret as my patron saint because she gave a lot of time and money to the poor. She read the Bible daily, even though people (like her husband) didn’t have the same beliefs as her. She was focused on her faith and encouraged people in her life to live a devout life and grow in prayer and holiness. I admire that she barely slept every night and fasted often in order to spend more time worshipping the Lord. St. Margaret is someone who I will continue to admire even after my
When picking my Confirmation Saint, I wanted someone who inspired me, who I was interested in, and who I could strive relate to. A Saint who perfectly fit this description for me was St. Helen.
I chose St. Angela Merici. St. Angela Merici is the patron saint of the disabled and physically challenged. I chose St. Angela Merici because she saw that girls were unable to get a proper academic education or an education in the Christian faith, and she then decided to help young girls get the education they needed. Education is very important to me just like it was important to St. Angela Merici. I was inspired by the way St. Angela Merici saw the problem of improper education and fixed it. She was also dedicated to prayer which I believe is an important quality.
Mother Frances Cabrini, or better know as St Frances Xavier Cabrini, was a nun who founded the Missionary Sisters of the sacred heart of Jesus. She also helped Italian Immigrants and was named a saint in the year of 1946. Mother Frances Cabrini was born on July 15, 1850, in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano, Italy. She was born earlier than expected and was the thirteenth child of her family. Sadly, only three of her siblings lived past their teenage years.
Saint Rose of Lima is the patron saint of beauty due to her remarkable appearance.Rose is an innovation to many, because unlike many people today, she loathed her beauty due to being too alluring. I chose Saint Rose because she didn’t like people being tempted by her or staring at her. Rose only wanted to satisfy her parents and God. I also chose this saint because throughout her early life, she did things people normally would not contemplate or endeavour. Her feast day is on August 23th on the modern calendar, and in some countries it is on August 30th.
Some people, especially the religious, clung more fiercely to their beliefs. The Church was the one thing that would not pass away or fall to shambles. Humans are wont to cling to a constant in times of trouble and the Church proved to be the rock in the river.
Saint Bonaventure was born in Umbria, Italy to parents Giovanni di Fidanza who was a physician and Maria Ritella, he was an Italian medieval Franciscan, scholastic theologian and philosopher, and there is not a lot of information about his childhood. He fell ill while he was young and was saved from death by the intercession of St. Francis of Assisi. He was born as Giovanni di Fidanza just like his father but later on be canonized by Pope Sixtus IV. He would be also later on declared a Doctor of the church in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V.
Saint Therese of Lisieux, also known as the Little Flower, was born on January 2, 1873 in Rue Saint-Blaise, Alençon. Her parents were Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie "Zélie" Guérin Martin, and she had four sisters: Marie, Pauline, Léonie, and Céline. Therese was ill with Enteritis as a baby, and was prone to sickness as she grew older. She was raised extremely religious, attending mass every day, strictly obeying fasts, and practicing charity. Her mother died of breast cancer when she was four years old, and the family moved to Lisieux three months after her passing. Therese was homeschooled until she was eight years old, then attended a school run by the Benedictine nuns of the Abbey of Notre Dame du Pre. She was often bullied by another student
Clare as my patron saint because of her unconditional love for God. Her friends hated this work she was doing for God and her parents tried in every way to make her return home, but Clare would not. Soon her fifteen-year-old sister Agnes also joined her. Before long there was a small religious community. No matter what others thought of her work she still continued on, that is really what I strive for in my faith. Another reason why I chose St. Clare is that she never let anything get her down because she was always doing what she loved. St. Clare was sick for twenty-nine years before she died on August 11, 1253. But she was always joyful because she was serving the Lord. Some people worried that the nuns were suffering because they were so poor. "They say that we are too poor, but how can a heart which holds the infinite God be
Saint Clare was born in Assisi, Italy on July 16, 1194. Her father Favorino Scifi and her mother Ortolana gave her the given name as Chiara Offreduccio. As St. Clare was growing up she was very wealthy and learned to spin yarn, write and read. St. Clare gave to the poor she gave all the leftovers from meals to people who did not have any food and she gave clothes to people Clare started to do this at a young age. She wasn’t really focused on all the fancy things she had because Clare wanted to include herself in poverty. She wanted to turn her life to God but she needed help with that. Francis of Assisi came to her mind she asked her parents if she could leave to go and join him but her parents did not want her to go to Francis of Assisi for help but she left anyways. She went the Porziuncola Chapel to meet Francis she listen to all the homilies and preaching.