A great advocate for prayer, St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), cardinal and Doctor of the Church, had an immense understanding of the goodness of God. His feast day is Sept. 17.
Saint Mother Theodore Guerin (feast day: Oct. 3) was an immigrant to the United States who founded schools, orphanages, and a convent in Indiana. But this great and pious nun also suffered betrayals, misunderstandings, and great hardships — even imprisonment and excommunication for a time!
The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs (feast day Sept. 26), are a group of 17th century Jesuit priests and volunteer missionaries martyred for proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ in modern-day New York State and Canada.
After the heartbreaking losses of her husband and children, Blessed Émilie Tavernier Gamelin (feast day: Sept. 24), remained faithful to Christ and went on to become the foundress of the Sisters of Providence, dedicated to serving the poor in Quebec, Canada.
Pope St. John Paul II said of Saints Cristobal, Antonio, and Juan, the Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala (feast day: Sept. 23), “I hope that the example of these children may raise up an immense multitude of little apostles of Christ among the boys and girls of Latin America and the whole world."
Saint José María de Yermo y Parres (feast day: Sept. 20), a Mexican priest who cared deeply about the poor, was called the “Giant of Charity” and the “Apostle of Charity."
Blessed Juan Battista and Bl. Jacinto de los Ángeles (feast day, Sept. 18). stand as examples “to the lay faithful, who are called to sanctify themselves in the ordinary circumstances of everyday life” to evangelize by the witness of their faith “in the family, at work and in social relations!” said Pope St. John Paul II.
She is one of only four female Doctors of the Church, a mystic from the age of 3 who grew into an abbess, author, composer, preacher, and advisor. We are talking about St. Hildegard of Bingen (feast day Sept. 17).
He is considered the “Marian Doctor of the Church” and was declared the “Patron of all confessors and moral theologians” by Ven. Pope Pius XII. He is St. Alphonsus Liguori, whose feast we celebrate on August 1.
He was a traveling salesman in his home country of France who became a Franciscan priest and ministered over 50 years in Europe, the Holy Land, and ultimately Canada, earning praise as “another St. Francis of Assisi.” His name is Blessed Frédéric Janssoone, OFM, and his feast day is Aug. 5.
