Louis and Zélie Martin were married in 1858. Although both wanted to enter religious life, they were rejected; Zélie for poor health and Louis for failure to know Latin. Zélie […]
Louis and Zélie Martin, parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Clare
Clare was a young, wealthy woman who lived in Assisi, Italy. She knew of the man everyone called Francis, the poor man of Assisi. She knew he had once been […]
St. Vincent de Paul
“We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.” — St. Vincent de Paul St. Vincent de Paul was […]
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels
Kids love angels. And of all the angels in the divine universe, the archangels are easily the coolest. The most well-known archangels (and the only ones named in Scripture) are […]
Meet St. John Baptist de La Salle! • Saints for kids
The teacher is thrashing boys who don’t know their Latin!” Fortunately, St. John Baptist de La Salle is on the scene . . . and he has a better way to teach the poor boys of Paris!
