St Brigid Research Paper

Mary MacKillop was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne on January the 15th 1842. She was the first child to Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald. Mary was one child out of 8 and spent most of her childhood years looking after and acting like a second mother to her siblings. The MacKillop family were quite poor so at the young age of 14, Mary got herself a job as a governess and as teacher at a Portland school. All the money Mary earned went towards her families everyday living. While working as a governess, Mary met Father Julian Tension Woods. By the time Mary had reached the age of 15 she had decided that she wanted to be a nun. She also wanted to devote her life to the poor and less fortunate. So upon meeting Father Julian Tension Woods she

Germaine never wanted to miss Mass even though she was in charge of the flock. When the bell rang for Mass at the Church of St. Mary Magdalen, she would pray and ask her guardian angel to look after the sheep while she was at Mass. The sheep never got hurt while she was at Mass even though there were wolves around. Throughout the Church, St. Germaine learned all about the love of God. One of the most important things she learned was that sufferings bring grace. All of the sufferings we must go through in life have meaning to God because of his great love for us. Perhaps it’s because everyone else was so mean to her that St. Germaine was able to see how very much God loves her and it was through the Church that

It is unknown the exact date of Saint George’s birth, but scholars say it was most likely in 236 AD in the city of Lydda. His parents were Gerontius, a Roman officer, and Polychronia, a Greek native of Lydda. Both of his parents were Christians from noble families and raised George to be the same (St. George –Saints & Angels-Catholic Online). George was in Diocletian's army since his seventh year (Larson). Diocletian was the Roman Emperor at the time of Saint George who had a powerful hate of Christians. By his late 20s, George served as an imperial guard for the Emperor at Nicomedia. On February 24, 303 A.D., Diocletian announced that he would arrest every Christian. He also declared that every other soldier should offer a sacrifice to the Roman gods. George refused Diocletian’s order, but Diocletian had a great relationship with George’s father. Diocletian bribed George to believe in pagan gods, but George refused. Diocletian eventually ordered his death. Before his death, George gave money to the poor and went through torture sessions (St. George-Saints & Angels-Catholic Online). It is unknown the exact way that George died; some say chopped into pieces, others say buried to death, and others say consumed by fire (St. George). George died on April 23, 303, which is his feast day in today’s world

When I was told to choose a saint to be my patron saint for Confirmation, I thought the choice was obvious for me. It took me just a few moments and one quick touch to my neck to remember my patron saint, Saint Sebastian. I have a medal that I wear every time I leave the house with a picture of Saint Sebastian that says “Saint Sebastian Pray For Us.” I was given this medal when I was very young.

Saint Catherine is important to Christianity, because she is credited with bringing over two-hundred soldiers and members of the emperor 's family, along with fifty pagan philosophers, to Christ. She was sentenced to die by the spiked wheel, but when she touched it, it shattered, and she was then beheaded. The life of Saint Catherine teaches us that pursuing Christ may not bring riches or earthly honors, but it will bring Heavenly riches, and she is a symbol of perseverance and good.

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.

On a stormy night in Chicago, a woman gave birth to a beautiful little redheaded girl. She and her husband, two great scientists and eminent professors of the University of Chicago, held their child happily, hoping she would one day follow their path. As the mother was resting, her husband’s mother arrived, eager to see her grand-daughter. However, seeing the redheaded baby with a small birthmark on her upper lip, the profoundly Christian and superstitious woman saw a sign of the devil. In a moment of inattention from the parents, she stole the baby and fled to Greece to exorcise her on the grave of their ancestors. Luckily, right before the grand-mother began the exorcist ceremony, a phoenix came out of the sky and saved the little girl. As the

Throughout history stories have been twisted to appeal to a target audience. St George is one of those characters. He originally was a Roman soldier who was killed for his beliefs, then a knight in shining armor who ran around saving princesses and slaying dragons. He was a real person who became legendary, and who influenced many cultures.

St Dyfrig or Dyffryn (in Latin, Dubricius) was one of the great Celtic saints prominent in the history of Wales in the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries of Christianity. The earliest account of his life appeared in the twelfth century, some five hundred years after his death. According to this account, he was thought to be the son of Eurddil, daughter of Pebia Claforwg, Prince of Ergyng, which is now part of modern Herefordshire; he was born at Madley on the River Wye.

Gertrude was 25 years old when she had her first vision of Christ. He told her if she said a special prayer, 1000 souls would be released from purgatory. It was life changing for her and it motivated her to practice the faith “nuptial mysticism” which is believing she was a “bride of Christ”. Another miracle that occurred to her is one night on the feast day of the last supper, Gertrude laid

She had the will to help anyone who came to her. St Brigid’s only desire was to help the poor, the needy and expel all their hardships. A legend about St Brigid narrates a story of a wealthy woman whom gave St Brigid a lovely basket of apples. After a while, a group of poor people encountered St Brigid, and due to being so humble: St Brigid gave all the apples to them. The act of kindness made the rich lady got upset, St Brigid said, “What is mine is theirs.”

By the time of her death in 1865, Sophie Barat guided an international community of three thousand three hundred fifty-nine women, inspired by a deeply held spiritual ideal and offering service and education to women in Europe, North Africa, and North and South America. Madeleine-Sophie Barat was canonized a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church on May twenty-fifth nineteen twenty-five. I chose her as my Saint because she stood up for what she believed was right, and made it happen. She stood up for women’s’ education through her love for God. She believed that the love for God everyone has is all you need in life to fulfill your purpose, hers led her onto a path of love, compassion, and kindness to help others. I admire Madeleine-Sophie Barat because I want to one day fulfill my life’s purpose as a Catholic with the love of God and for God within me so that one day I can do something great, not for myself, but for others like she

St Brigid was born in 451 AD in Faughart, Dundalk, Ireland. As St Brigid’s mother was a slave this meant that St Brigid would be born into slavery. When St Brigid’s mother fell pregnant the Dubthach’s wife forced him to sell her to a druid. During this period of time, lots of people were suffering from violence and poverty. From a young age, it was clear to see that St Brigid was holy. As St Brigid grew older she performed many miracles such as, feeding and healing the poor. When St Brigid was around the age of ten she was a household servant to her father Dubthach, where she had a habit of giving away her father’s possessions to the poor, donating his belongings to anyone who needed or asked for them because she felt they needed the items

Saint Peter was born in Bethsaida Gaulanitis, Syria Roman Empire at around 1 AD. Peter’s feast day is on the twenty ninth of June. Bethsaida Gaulanitis was near where the Jordan River enters the Sea of Gennesaret. This place was abandoned at around 65 AD. Peter’s original name appointed to him by his parents was Simon, it became Peter when Jesus changed his name. His father’s name was Jonah. Jonah was a physically strong individual, hence he became a fisherman. Peter deeply followed in his father’s footsteps. His mother’s name was Perpetua. Not much is known about her. Peter also had a brother named, Andrew. Andrew was another one of Jesus’s twelve disciples. Peter did not go to school, he was just taught by his father in the trade of fishing

St. Agnes" told a tale of life, love, death, and eternal fate in heaven. These