L.P.H. Book of SaintsL.P.H. Book of SaintsBy the children at the L.P.H. Resource Center 1993edited by R.Kephart  Contents: Agnes Dymphna Joseph Rita Angela Elizabeth of Hungary Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha Rose of Lima Ann Frances of Rome Lawrence Sebastian Anthony the Great Francis of Assisi Louise de Marillac Tarcisius Barbara Gemma Galgani Lucy Thérèse of the Little Flower Benedict Gertrude the Great Maria Goretti Teresa Bernadette of Lourdes Helen Martha and Mary Thomas a Becket Bernard Henry Martin Ursula Catherine Jerome Mary Veronica Cecilia Joachim Mary Magdalene Vincent Charles Joan of Arc Mary of Egypt William Christopher John Berchmans Patrick Zita Clare John Bosco Paul Colette John Nepomucen Pius X St. Agnes St. Agnes was only 12 years old when the soldiers seized her. In thosedays they killed all Christians. One day they saw St. Agnes being good sothey went to kill her. She was led to the pagan goddess Miriva in Rome.But instead she raised her hands and made the Sign of the Cross. They puthandcuffs on her and they slipped right off her wrists. And then thesoldiers dragged her on the roads on the streets and people laughed ather. After that she was offered a rich young man's hand in marriage, butshe refused. She said, "I belong to my Savior alone." And then one strikeof his sword killed that little girl. Agnes means Lamb. She was gentle andpure. Her feast is January 21. Daniel, MeghanSt. Angela (friend of girls) St. Angela knew many poor girls that were out on the streets and roads.They didn't know about God and Jesus and the Blessed Virgin and thesaints, so she invited them over to her house and taught them about Jesusa lot. She did that almost every day and she taught them prayers. And thenonce then once those girls were older, they taught other people aboutJesus.MeghanSt. Ann St. Ann was the grandmother of Jesus. She and her husband were beggingfor a child, praying every day for a child. So one day, after St. Ann wastoo old, she was praying outside and this angel appeared to her and said,"You shall have a child that will be named Mary." God gave her a child,and she named her Miriam or Mary. They were very happy and they wereteaching Mary how to read the Scriptures. St. Joachim, her husband, diedafter Christ the child's birth. St. Ann's name means "grace". She is thepatron mother of all mothers and children and her feast day is July 26.Emily, MeghanSt. Anthony the Great St. Anthony is a great saint. Anthony was born in the year 250. WhenAnthony was 20 his parents had died. After his parents died, he sold hishome and went into the desert and joined some young men. They weredevoting their whole time to prayers. They owned only what they need tokeep alive. They did fasting and prayer. When Anthony was 35 he wanted tobe more alone with God, so he decided to move alone. Anthony and his monksdid prayers in the desert for 23 years. The Empire asked for Anthony'sadvice and blessings. Anthony died in the year 356 at the age of 105. Hehad asked his companions to bury him in an unmarked grave. Highlyrespected by the whole Church which knew of his holiness, he was sooncalled St. Anthony the Great. His feast day is January 17.KyleSt. Barbara Her father believed in false gods but she believed in God. So her fathermade a tower and put her in there. And then her father took her to a judgeand she had a choice: either to believe in the false gods or else bebeaten, and so she got beaten. And then later her father took her up to amountain and he found her praying to God to ask her father to believe inHim. Then her father killed her because he didn't want that. Her feast dayis December 4.LucySt. Benedict He realized that men and boys were men were very bad and cruel. Even theboys in school were very cruel. So he tried to be nice to them, and theyjust made fun of him and laughed at him. So he went up to a mountain andjust prayed to God alone and studied very much. Other people heard of thisholy man and they came up and they said, "Can we stay with you?" And hesaid, "Yes." He built many buildings for them to stay at. And he taughtthem about Jesus Christ. His feast day is March 21.KyleSt. Bernadette of Lourdes One day St. Bernadette went with her friends to gather firewood. They hadgone across the river, but she went to this cave. She saw the BlessedMother over a rock. She had stars around her head and she had a beautifulblue and white dress on, and roses on her feet. They prayed the Rosarytogether. Then she told her to come back for a couple of months and shewent back. So she kept on visiting her again and again, until she said, "Iwant you to dig a hole." And all this spring water came out. The BlessedMother told her to wash herself and she did. Whoever bathed in there wouldget well. That now is at Lourdes and that's where people come and they getcured. Then the Blessed Mother said, "There shall be a church built uphere." And there was. She became a nun. After a couple years she becameill and died April 16.Annette, Daniel,MeghanSt. Bernard St. Bernard went up to the monastery to be a priest. Thirty of hisfriends went with him. He built many buildings so men could join. Hundredsof brave men came to join and pray to God. The Turks hated Christiansand they wanted to kill them all, so Bernard led a great army againstthem. He only carried a Crucifix. He wrote a many beautiful songs. We singthem to this day.KyleSt. Catherine A Roman man wanted to marry St. Catherine, but she became a nun. A popewas in England and she spoke to the pope, "Your place is in Rome. That'swhere your people are." The pope listened to the nun's words. So the popewent back to Rome and the princes were furious. They wanted to make afalse pope. So Catherine came over and explained to them and they settleddown. After she explained to them then she went back to her place. Shedied at the age of 36.Meghan, KyleSt. Cecilia St. Cecilia was famous and loved because she was one of the most famousRoman martyrs. According to legend, she was a young Christian of high rankand she was promised in marriage to a Roman named Valarian. Through herexample, he was converted and martyred with his brother. She would notsacrifice to any other god, so the judge had her smothered by steam butGod protected her. Then he had a soldier strike her with a sword. She felldown badly wounded but remained alive for 3 days. Then, after receivingthe Holy Eucharist, she died November 22.EmilySt. Charles St. Charles was from a rich noble family. He went to become a priest. Hisuncle, who was pope, made him a priest. When Martin Luther began Lutheranchurches, he brought thousands and thousands back to the Holy Sacrament.Later on, the pope made him bishop. He was a very good bishop. Every timehe preached, thousands of people came to hear him.KyleSt. Christopher When St. Christopher was living, it was dangerous days. He became asoldier but he did not have any belief. He was not a Christian. A saintcame by and told him about Jesus Christ so he thought he'll believe inJesus Christ so he did. One day he was going to journey to Bethlehem andhe was going across the river on a stormy day and he saw a little boy. Thechild said, "Hold me and take me out far out in the sea." So he picked theboy up and carried him across the river because the river was gettingstronger. He was a very strong man so he carried the boy across and theboy got heavier and heavier. And as he notices the boy getting heavier andheavier, the boy said, "I am the Lord." And then all of a sudden herealized that he was carrying Jesus. So he was very surprised! He died amartyr.Kyle, MeghanSt. Clare St. Clare's father was a count and when she was young, she heard St.Francis preaching on the streets of Assisi and she told him how much shewanted to devote her life to Jesus, so they became good friends. St. Clarewould not marry, so when she was 18, she left her castle and went to theChurch of Our Lady of Angels where she met St. Francis and his brothers.Then she consecrated her life to God on the altar of Our Lady. Later, inan old house outside of Assisi, she started a group called Poor Clares,and her sister and mother and other noble ladies came to help her. Theyspent their life in prayer, penance, good works, and silence. She died onAugust 11, 1250.EmilySt. Colette She lived in dangerous times. There were 3 men who wanted to be a pope.And they were fighting over being pope. And St. Francis of Assisi appearedto her, and said, "You should love God a lot." And she did. And at thisone night when these devils appeared to her in weird shapes and kept ontelling her not to love God. And they stayed there for about 20 minutesand they wouldn't leave her until she loved God. And she died smiling andher feast is March 6.MeghanSt. Dymphna St. Dymphna was born in Ireland. Her father Damon was a chief of the armyand her mother was a devout Christian. When she was 14 her mother died.Her father sent messengers all over the land to see if he they could findsome woman of noble birth that would be willing to marry him. When nonecould be found, his evil advisors told him to marry his own daughter. Whenshe heard this, she fled from her castle with a priest and St. Gerebran.And he found them in another country and he ordered the priest's head tobe cut off and then he tried to make his daughter come home and marry him.When she refused, he drew his sword and struck her.DanielSt. Elizabeth of Hungary St. Elizabeth was 14 when she married a young man. He was wicked to herbut she loved the poor and needy. The poor and needy called her Dear SaintElizabeth. She had 3 children and she took good care of them. One day shewas carrying bread out to the poor and her husband came along and he said,"Are you carrying food like a servant?" Then he got the cloak. He lookedin the cloak, and flowers dropped down. Then he knew she was a saint, sohe asked for forgiveness, and she forgave her husband. She had 4 children.She took great care of them and became Patron Saint of Hungary.KyleSt. Frances of Rome When she was little her mother was ill and they went to the church andprayed. And the saint of that church came to her and said that your motherwill be well pretty soon and you will be a model of Christ. And the nextday her mother was well, so in gratitude she gave money to the poor. Thenshe grew up and she was a nun. But this man liked her and wanted to marryher, so he told some Roman judges what happened so they threw her into afire but she didn't die. And so they pierced her heart with a knife andshe became a martyr.LucySt. Francis of Assisi Francis saw how money made people rich and greedy and sinful. So he wentout and he sold everything he had. He wanted to live for Jesus alone.People heard of this great man, and they wanted to go with him. Theyfollowed St. Francis, and they are called the Franciscans.KyleSt. Gemma Galgani She was born in 1878, was the youngest girl in the family. When she wasyoung, her mother was very ill. Gemma would kneel by her bedside and cry.Her mother would tell her not to cry, because she would say that she wouldgo to Heaven, and soon Gemma would go to Heaven with her. When Gemmalearned that she had died, she said, "Why did you go up to Heaven andleave me down here? Why didn't you take me with you?" When they were atschool recess, she would always let the other kids do the best parts intheir games. One day, they were playing a game called "Saints": whoeverpicked the longest straw would be a great saint. Gemma picked the longeststraw and they were all saying, "Gemma, you're going to grow up to be agreat saint!" One day, she became very ill. Her father went to the priestand said, "You have to let my daughter receive Jesus or she will die." Thepriest understood she had to have her First Holy Communion. He asked herall these different questions and was very astonished that she couldanswer them so well. When she was 20 she had an incurable tuberculosis ofthe spine. She prayed to the St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother and wascured. She wanted to be a Passionist nun but they rejected her. She diedApril 11, 1903.Annette, DanielSt. Gertrude the Great St. Gertrude was a little girl and she had this vision. The Lord appearedto her and He gave her a prayer. He said that every time when she saysthis, thousands of souls in Purgatory will be released. And that was thepromise that He made. And this is the prayer: I offer Thee the mostPrecious Blood of Thy Divine Son Jesus in union with the Masses saidthroughout the world today for all the holy souls in Purgatory.MeghanSt. Helen She was a British queen and she became a Catholic late in her life andthen her son became a Catholic. She spent all her money on buildingchurches. When a Christian emperor was going to build a church on Mt.Calvary, she journeyed there to see if Jesus's cross was still there. Andit was. And she found the nails there that He was hung with. She had the 3crosses brought before a sick lady who had a fatal disease and when shetouched Jesus's cross, she was healed. St. Helen had a church built up onMt. Calvary with Jesus's cross in it. Whoever went there and touched thecross with faith in him, would be healed. She gave a little bit toeverybody. Later on, she had a church built on Mt. Olivet. She died in328.Lucy, EmilySt. Henry St. Henry had a dream. His patron showed him "after 6." St. Henry thoughtthat meant he would die after 6 years. So he prepared for death. Manypeople did not know about the Savior so he taught them. And then he becamea great empire. Because of his 6 years he was a great saint. One day thisbad wicked man came and drove the Pope from Rome, so he led his armyagainst the man and beat him. And then he brought the Pope back to Rome.And then he came back to his city. His first visit was always to thechurch. So he went to the church to pray. Jesus rewarded him greatly.Henry and his wife became great saints. His feast day is July 15.KyleSt. Jerome St. Jerome is the Patron Saint of Librarians. He lived in Rome. Hestudied Latin and Greek. He devoted himself to oratory. At Antioch, hereceived Holy Orders about the year 377. St. Jerome died in Bethlehem in420. He is a Doctor of the Church.MeghanSt. Joachim St. Joachim was husband of St. Ann and the father of the Blessed VirginMary. He belonged to a tribe in Jerusalem of the House of David. For along time, he and his wife were very sad because they didn't have a child.They prayed earnestly for one. Joachim even fasted 40 days and 40 nights,fasting and praying. Joachim's greatest honor is the fact that he is thefather of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There was a church built, possibly bySt. Helen, where he and his wife died. He is the patron of good fathers.DanielSt. Joan of Arc St. Joan was born in 1412. When she was 16, she got a message from God.an angel came to her and told her that she would be she would lead theFrench armies to victory against England. She went to the governor ofFrance, and he told her that she was too young and sent her home. Aftershe came home 3 times, then he finally let her go. And she went to theking and she told him that the angel had told her that she was to be theleader of the French army. And after a lot of persuasion he let her becomethe leader. And she led the French army to victory against England. Andlater, some people who disliked her told the king that she was bad. Theyheld her on trial many times but she was pure and said she was sent fromGod and they still didn't believe her so she was burned at the stake.Annette, EmilySt. John Berchmans St. John Berchmans he was the son of a shoemaker. He had been in schoolunder a parish priest for 3 years to get prepared for Jesuit College. Soafter 3 years he went to Jesuit College in 1615. And then he had to go toRome. He had to walk by foot to Rome he stayed there for 10 weeks. One dayhe became very, very ill. And he said, "These are my treasures: my Rosary,my Crucifix, and my Book of Rules." He died August 13.KyleSt. John Bosco St. John Bosco was born in 1815 and when he was still young his fatherdied. A little while later he had a dream about a mysterious Lady who toldhim to take his staff and lead them out. Later he figured out it waschildren. He devoted the rest of his life to teaching young children andhe died after he served a Mass on May 15, 1887 and his feast day isJanuary 31.NatalieSt. John Nepomucen St. John Nepomucen had a was cured of a disease by his good parents. Inthanksgiving he was consecrated over to God and he became a priest and wassent to the city of Prague. King Wenceslaus IV asked him to come to courtand he became the queen's confessor. One day, the king asked him to tellhim what the queen had said in confession. When Father John refused, hewas thrown into prison. The next time when the king asked him to revealthe queen's confession he said, "If you do not obey me, you shall die. Ifyou do, riches and honors shall be yours." Again Father John refused, andhe was tortured. He was thrown in the River Moldua at night and but eventhen the people found his body and buried it with honors. He is the Martyrof Confession.DanielSt. Joseph St. Joseph was the foster father of Jesus. He helped Mary to Bethlehem.Jesus was born there. And he led them to Egypt, and the angel came in hisdream. And an angel came to Joseph and said, "It's safe to go back toNazareth." So he went back to his own home. St. Joseph was a carpenter andhe would make things and stuff like that. When Jesus was 30 years old,Joseph died in Jesus' and Mary's arms. And Jesus blessed Joseph.Kyle, DanielBl. Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri was born in near a town called Auriesville, NY, in the year of1656. And at that time the Jesuit missionaries were bringing the Catholicfaith to the Mohawk Valley. When she was 4, her mother died of a diseasecalled smallpox and she went to live with her 2 aunts and an uncle. Thenshe moved to a group of Christian Indians in Canada and there everymorning even in the coldest days of winter, she'd wait for the chapel toopen and she'd stay there until it closed. Then she soon after that shedied of a disease and on April 17, 1680. And her last words were, "Jesusand Mary, I love you."EmilySt. Lawrence Lawrence was a fine young Roman. He was chosen a deacon, that meant thathis job was to care for the sick and poor. But the Romans thought he wasthe treasurer of the Church so they took him prisoner. "Show us thetreasures of the Church!" they cried. "Gladly," he said. The Romansfollowed after him expecting to find precious stones and gold. Instead, heled them to the hospital where the sick and poor were. "Here are thetreasures of the Church!" he cried. They were furious. But Lawrence knewthat God loved the sick and the poor. In the end, they put him to death.They laid him on a gridiron over the fire. But even there Lawrence couldjoke. "Turn me over," he cried, "I think I'm done on this side!" Even inhis pain, God gave him deep happiness. His feast day is August 10.DanielSt. Louise de Marillac She was born March 15, 1591. When they were married for 15 years, herhusband died, and then she was left with her son. And then she served thepoor a lot and she often said to her friends, "Be delighted in helping thepoor. Love the poor. Serve the poor as you would serve God." She diedMarch 15, 1660.LucySt. Lucy At early age, St. Lucy was offered in a marriage. When she refused, theboy who wanted to marry her got really angry and accused her of being aChristian. She was brought to the governor and she said, "The Holy Spiritis in me and I will not sin." And he said, "I will make you sin. The HolySpirit will leave you." And she said, "Nothing will make me sin." And sohe lit a fire around her, but Lucy was not harmed. Not until she had asword struck her and she didn't die until the priest came with her HolyCommunion.DanielSt. Maria Goretti She was very pretty and she worked on a farm with her mother and father.And one day while she was working, this boy named Alessandro came up andtried to make her sin. And she yelled out, "No, Alessandro, that's a sin!You will go to Hell!" And she started to fight with him and he took out aknife and stabbed her 14 times. And then she yelled out, "Jesus! Mary! I'mdying! Mama!" And when she was in the hospital, her doctor came up to herand she said, "Will you forgive your murderer?" And she said, "Yes. TodayI want him to be with me in Heaven."DanielSt. Martha and St. Mary Often our Lord was tired. He went to his friend's house. He liked itthere. He was happy. Lazarus sat on a chair to talk to Jesus. Mary satdown at Jesus's feet and listened to Jesus. And Martha, she was a busyhousekeeper. And after our dear Lord died, St. Martha was there. When Herose, St. Martha was there too.KyleSt. Martin St. Martin's parents didn't believe in God and his father put St. Martinin the army when he was only 15. One freezing night, when it was snowing,he found this old man, he was a poor man, he was homeless, and St. Martindidn't have any money to give him so he got his sword and cut off a pieceof cloak and gave it to the poor. He died on November 11.MeghanSt. Mary St. Mary was the mother of Jesus. When Mary was working, the angelGabriel appeared to her and told her she that she was to have a son andJoseph and Mary got married and Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem and therethe Son was born. There were shepherds and the three kings were there. Butthen, God told Joseph in a dream to take Mary to Egypt and Jesus. SoJoseph fled to Egypt until God sent an angel to tell they were safe. Heroddied. And then St. Gabriel came and told them they were safe and told himto go back to Nazareth. So they went back to their own house and Jesuslived many years. They lost Jesus once. He was at His Father's House, inthe Temple, asking questions. Three days later they found Him.KyleSt. Mary Magdalene She was known to many people as the sinner. She was very sorrowful forall her sins. One day when Simon invited Jesus to come and have dinner,she came in and washed His feet with her tears and dried them with herhair. He forgave her of all her sins. From then on, she followed Jesuswherever He went and helped Him and after Jesus died, He appeared to her.EmilySt. Mary of Egypt Mary of Egypt was a great sinner. She made people chase after her. Sheled many people into sin. And she did not know about Jesus Christ. Onetime there was a crowd of people over at a church and when the doors wereopened she wanted to go inside the church, but the soldiers wouldn't lether. So when she saw Jesus nailed to the cross she knelt down and startedpraying. But then she looked over at the Blessed Mother and then she wascrying out loud saying "I'm sorry." So she knew that she was doingsomething wrong for all those years. So she went out in the desert that'sEgypt and she prayed a lot to be sorrowful. She wanted Jesus to forgiveher for what she had done. A holy man came and saw her dead body. Heburied her. Her feast day is April 9.Meghan, KyleSt. Patrick He was born in Scotland. At age 16 he was captured by pirates. He wascarried off to slavery by the raiders and he was a shepherd, and most ofhis time he liked to pray. One day a voice from Heaven came to him andtold him to go back to his own country. He became a priest. The pope madehim a bishop and sent him to Ireland as a missionary. When he was inIreland he told them about Jesus Christ. There was this road and St.Patrick was walking on it and these mean people wanted to kill him, jumpout and kill him. So they were hiding behind bushes. They were about tojump on him when they thought they saw a deer, he changed into a deer,while he was saying a prayer in Irish. One of the pagan kings said, "Tellme about your God." And so Patrick told him there were 3 persons in oneGod. To explain, he picked up a 3-leaf clover and said, "Here, there are 3leaves on this one plant. Therefore, there are 3 persons in one God." Andhis feast day is March 17. And his body was found in St. Patrick'schurch.Peter, MeghanSt. Paul They would persecute the Christians. He killed many Christians. His namewas Saul then and the judges told him to go out and kill Christians. SoSaul went out and was riding his horse and this light hit him and then hefell down and God spoke to him. So then he had to go back to the house andfor 3 days he was blinded. And St. Peter came and made him well again. Godtold him that his name was to be changed to Paul so then he acted like asaint and he became one of Jesus' apostles. So then Saul became a saint.He did many things for God. People were confused what he was doing. Theydidn't like him so they told the general he was speaking to him and thenhe was thrown into a house in Jerusalem. Paul was writing letters aroundthe Holy Land and people saved those letters and they were the Epistles.KyleSt. Pius X He was the oldest of 8 children. The priests took care of him. He was avery Catholic man. He became a priest in a seminary. He went up tomountains and he made a church and he said Mass there. People loved himvery much because he was kind and gentle to them. Then he became a bishop.He mostly talked about the Blessed Sacrament. Then after a while he waselected Pope in 1903. He loved God very much and he became Pope then hedied in the year 1914.KyleSt. Rita When St. Rita was very young, she asked her parents if she could go tothe convent and be a nun, but instead her parents arranged for her to bemarried. She was a good wife and a mother. But her husband mistreated her.One day, her husband got stabbed by the enemy but before he died, he wassorry for his sins because Rita had prayed for him. And later, her twosons died, so she was left alone. Then Rita joined a group of nuns, andshe spent most of her time in prayer and penance and good works. One daywhen Rita was praying, she said, "Jesus my Savior, I want to suffer likeYou." So a thorn came down from the Crucifix and stabbed her in theforehead, and there was a big, deep wound that would not go away, so shesuffered the rest of her life. And her feast day is May 22.EmilySt. Rose of Lima She was born in Peru and she was very obedient to her parents and she wasalso very beautiful. Her mother wanted her to wear nice clothes and shesaid she didn't really care about that. They were a poor family. She lovedto pick flowers for Jesus. One time she was outside picking flowers forJesus and then all of a sudden He appeared to her right beside her andsaid, "I am very pleased with you." And in those days there was a wickedking named Frederick. He hated the Pope so he sent his men out to tell thepeople how bad the pope was. They came to St. Rose's town. She heard themand was angry. She got up in the square and she said, "Don't listen tothese wicked men. The Pope is the Vicar of Jesus Christ. Love him andprotect him." Even though she was only 10 years old, they believed her andprotected the Pope. When she was still a young lady, she became a nun. Shewent to the convent to pray and take care of the poor. After she died atthe age of 18, her body was still beautiful.Natalie, Meghan,EmilySt. Sebastian He grew up in a wealthy family and he was a captain of soldiers. One ofhis soldiers' wife was ill and he made a Sign of the Cross over her andshe was healthy again. And then one day people accused him of being aChristian. And they tied him to a tree and shot an arrow but he lived. Andthen the people clubbed him to death until finally he died. His feast dayis January 20.LucySt. Tarcisius St. Tarcisius was an altar boy when the pagans were taking Christiansinto the dungeons and killing them. And one day, the priest wanted to takethe Holy Eucharist to the people who were going to be killed. But hecouldn't find anyone to do it, because if a Christian went out, they'djust be taken in, so he offered to do it. So he covered the Eucharist andhe ran out. And then these boys came up to him and yelled, and they go,"Hey Tarcisius, we just need one more boy to play our game!" And he goes,"Not right now, I have a job to do." And then one of the older boys sawhim; he was holding something. And so they said, "Tarcisius, what do youhave there?" And he started walking faster. But they came up and they beathim. Then a soldier came, a secret Christian, and he tore the boys off ofhim and he carried Tarcisius back to the priest. The priest was sad, buthe was glad that Tarcisius had not let them steal the Holy Eucharist.DanielSt. Thérèse of the Little Flower She was a little girl and she liked to play a lot with her brothers andsisters but she had to do some work that she didn't like. She just smiled.And when she was little she was about around 12, and she wanted to go in aconvent to be a nun. She asked the pope, but the pope said no, because shewas too young. But she went into the convent and then she became a nun andshe promised after her death, she said, "Anyone who loves me and cares forGod, I shall send him down a rose."MeghanSt. Teresa She prayed hard for the people for their sins. She prayed so hard, thatother women came and prayed with her. She built a monastery for them. Morewomen came and they prayed for the sinners throughout the world.KyleSt. Thomas a Becket He was Archbishop of Canterbury and he was good friends with King HenryII. King Henry said one day that that man should be killed and the peoplethat work for him thought he wanted him to be killed so they went outsearching for him for a long time and finally they found him in the churchand he said, "If you kill me I want to be a martyr of God." They choppedoff his head and his feast day is December 29.LucySt. Ursula St. Ursula grew up and became a teacher. Many parents put their childrenin to be taught. She had a little school in England. One day, this paganarmy was going towards England. They didn't believe in Jesus Christ. Soshe took her little pupils and all the other teachers against the pagans.And then they captured them. They said to her, "I will let them free ifthey won't believe in Jesus Christ." And they refused. And the men pulledout their swords and killed them all.KyleSt. Veronica It was when Jesus was carrying the cross when He was going to becrucified and the crowd was spitting at Him, throwing mud in His face andlaughing at Him and they made Him trip fall. But then He looked around andHe saw no friends. And then St. Veronica was there and she was upset withwhat was happening to Jesus so she pushed the crowd away. She pushed thesoldiers away and then she went to Jesus. She took off her veil and wipedHis face. And then the soldiers pushed her out. And then when she so shewent home and hen when she went home she looked at her veil and then shesaw Jesus's face on it and she kept that as long as she lived. Her feastday is February 4.MeghanSt. Vincent St. Vincent was a very holy priest. He cared for the sick and loved them.He helped many poor people. He loved the poor. He knew that Jesus lovedthem most of all too. He gave all the money he got to the poor. Every timewhen he saw the poor he would give them clothing, toys, and clothes andhis love. Most of all he loved to teach about Jesus Christ. But one day,these pirates came by and carried him off to sea. He converted them and hebaptized them. He made them into Catholics and they became followers ofhim. He went back to his country and made more people come back to theCatholic Church. He got pure, good men and women to follow him. The womencared very much for the poor. His feast day is July 19.Kyle, MeghanSt. William St. William was a fine young man. He was sent to the finest schools.People thought he was going to lead a successful life. But he followed OurLord, and became a young priest. He always taught the people about OurLord. They always came to listen to William when he preached. He never atemeat. He gave it to the poor. He never spent money on himself; he gave itaway. Our Holy Father asked him to be an archbishop. William didn't wantto accept it, but he listened to the Holy Father. Then one day he died anda whole crowd of people went following his dead body to the grave.KyleSt. Zita St. Zita was a young little girl. She worked for these people and theysaid to her, "Don't work so hard, because you're showing off ourlaziness." And then one day they fell asleep so she thought that she'llmake bread. So she made bread. But really most of all she loved to talk toGod. So she was talking to God, praying for like a couple hours. Then allof a sudden she forgot about the bread and she cried. But then theseangels came down and took the bread out of the oven. She made the bestbread in the world; it was sweet.MeghanHOME ReligionLatin MassDentonPrayer Requests HomeschoolingStoriesArt ******* CommodoreMiniaturesEnglandItalyFloridaMusicalGregorian ChantLPH Resource Center |
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