St. Anne Line

Life for English Catholics became close to impossible under Queen Elizabeth I. Catholics who refused to attend Protestant services were burdened with crippling fines that over a period of years ruined the fortunes of well-to-do families and bankrupted middle class… Read More

Marriage Isn’t Easy, Even for Saints

Husbands and wives whose marriage is coming apart or who have already gone through the pain of divorce have as their patron St. Helen, or Helena. After more than 20 years of marriage, Helen’s husband divorced her to make a… Read More

Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the West and Patron of Immigrants

As a child in Italy, Francesca Cabrini was enthralled by the Asian adventures of the 16th-century Jesuit missionary, St. Francis Xavier. When she made her vows as a nun, she took Xavier's name, hoping that she would be sent to… Read More

A Patron Saint for Astronauts

People are often surprised when the Catholic Church keeps at arm's length phenomena that appear to be supernatural — whether it's weeping statues or apparitions of the Virgin Mary. But the Church is wise to be cautious. Too often these… Read More

A Patron Saint for Gardeners

On April 20, 1586, Maria del Oliva, a woman of mixed Spanish and Incan descent, gave birth to a daughter whom she and her husband, Gaspar de Flores, named Isabel. As one of the family's Incan housemaids admired the newborn,… Read More

A Patron Saint for Social Workers

More than 300 years ago a widow, Louise de Marillac (1591-1660), moved to Paris, taking a house near the church where a priest named Vincent de Paul operated an ambitious mission to the poor, the desperate and the abandoned. From… Read More

A Patron Saint for Nuns

One of the tragedies of our time is the decline in the number of nuns. In 1965 the United States reached the high-water mark with approximately 180,000 women religious, 104,000 of whom were teaching sisters; by 2002 (the most recent… Read More

A Patron Saint for Widows

St. Paula (347-404) is one of those neglected saints who deserves a revival. In her own day as a descendant of Scipio Africanus and the Gracchi — heroes of the old Roman Republic who would be on a par with… Read More

A Patron Saint for Peacemakers

A few years before St. Nicholas of Flue died, a monk from the Abbey of Einsieldeln went to visit him at his hermitage. Back in his monastery the monk wrote down his impressions of Nicholas: he was a tall man,… Read More

A Patron Saint for Writers

Lots of saints were prolific writers, but St. Francis de Sales (whose feast day is today) was persuasive. The little leaflets he published on the truths of the Catholic faith — written in clear, polished prose — brought thousands of… Read More

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