Not many Catholic priests can claim to have changed the course of a country’s history, nor to have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize – twice! Meet Venerable Fr. Aloysius Schwartz.
She was the first person to start both a Black Catholic school and a Black women’s religious congregation, the Oblate Sisters of Providence, in pre-Civil War America. Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP is now “Venerable,” the second step on her path towards Catholic sainthood.
Meet Venerable Archbishop Fulton John Sheen: one of the world’s greatest televangelists, archbishop, author of more than 70 books, teacher, and supporter of Catholic missions.
Who knew that the daughter of a great American author, who grew up a stone’s throw from the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, is now on the road to sainthood? Meet Mother Mary Alphonsa, OP, born Rose Hawthorne.
The next time you pass through Buffalo, New York, on your way to Niagara Falls, pause to gaze upon a truly breathtaking site: Our Lady of Victory National Shrine and Basilica. Inside the vast ornate interior is the grave of the "Padre of the Poor" who spearheaded the construction: Fr. Nelson Baker.
Our Catholic faith teaches us that we are all called to be saints, whatever our circumstances. Consider the example of a former slave and hairdresser who became a great philanthropist and inspired the work of Catholic Charities in New York City.
“It was said that I would be the only priest of my race in America and would not likely succeed.” So said Venerable Fr. Augustus Tolton, the first African-American diocesan priest in the United States, a former slave who founded the first black Catholic church in Chicago, Illinois.
Everyone knows the slogan, “The family that prays together, stays together.” The priest who coined it is on the road to sainthood: Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC.
