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Table of Contents: Saints and Other Powerful Men in the Church Part III Biographies of these Catholic Saints: Saint John Vianney Saint John Bosco Blessed Miguel Pro Saint Peregrine

In southern France, close to the Spanish border, in the small village of Pouy, the family of a future Saint was expecting the birth of their third child. This day, a little bitter from the cold and dampness, would be brightened by the cry of a baby boy, as he takes his first peek at the world outside the safety of his loving mother’s womb.

Saint Joan of Arc was a peasant girl, daughter of a farmer. Her village of Domremy was sort of a border town. At any given time, it could be part of France, Burgundy, or the Holy Roman Empire, based on who was in charge. Her country was at war with England, the Hundred Years War, and had been since...

Saint Catherine Laboure brought us the Miraculous Medal devotion from the Apparitions of Mary to her in Paris. Bob and Penny traveled to Paris and documented her life and the devotion to the Miraculous Medal which began there.

Saint Louis Marie de Montfort is also known as the Slave of Mary. He is best known for his writings on True Devotion to Jesus through Mary. Bob and Penny traveled to France and captured his life in this ebook. Also included is his Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary and his prophecy for the end times.

This is simply the story of a Priest! At a time in our Church where we are sometimes discouraged from going to confession and are told that a general confession once a year is sufficient, when children are made to receive First Holy Communion before receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, when...

We have often said that in times of crisis, God sends us Miracles of the Eucharist, Apparitions of Our Lady, Angelic intercessions and Saints and Other Powerful Men and Women in our Church. This account is about one of those powerful men, a true hero in our Church, Charles Cardinal Borromeo, Defender...

"Whereas the Catholic Church,instructed by the Holy Spirit, has, from the sacred writings, and the ancient tradition; of the Fathers, taught in sacred Councils;and very recently in this Ecumenical Synod, that there is a Purgatory and the souls retained there are helped by the suffrages of the...

God being God is love, never changing, and His Love, like Him is never changing, always there - even when we sin. God to remain God must love us, for He is Love. But we do not have to love Him to remain who we are. It makes you want to cry when you think of such a one-sided relationship. "If...

How does a just king, a loyal Defender of the Faith, turn on all that he vowed to protect, betraying Church and country? Was it the limitless power he had, the power to decide between life and death, that gave birth to him placing himself above his Pope and Church? Was it the example of other Henrys...

The day Bernard was born, his mother raised him up to Heaven and consecrated him to God. Although she was gentle and loving, she was also firm and resolute. She was attentive to all her children, giving of herself completely, but with this her third born son, she knew in her heart she had been given...

How does a man give up his life for someone he never met before? This man has been called by many titles: Saint of World War II, Holy Prisoner, Saint of Concentration Camps, Saint of the Press, Saint of Aviation, Saint of Progress, Saint of the Poor. But I think the one he would prefer is "Catholic...

March 25 was the Feast of the Annunciation. On this particular year, 1945, it fell on Palm Sunday. This is such an important season in our Church. But in those times, during the final days of the war, thoughts were not focused on Palm Sunday, or the Feast of the Annunciation, or even Easter, for that...

This is the story of a Saint and a Sinner. This story, another part of our 2000 year journey as a Church and a people of God, is about Rose who was raised to Sainthood and Frederick the sinner who God would use to raise her to that height of piety and virtue which forms a Saint.