Holy People You Have Never Heard Of

By Cornelia Leary

Sometimes we need a role model-someone who knows what we are going through or just someone to talk to. In the realm of religion and theology, we look to the saints or those deemed to be holy people. You can find most saints of the Catholic church in Books of the Saints. These are more the traditional saints most from centuries ago. I prefer to look at holy people of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, which are more relevant to our lives and lifestyles. In the Catholic Church, the Vatican has a Congregation for the Causes of Saints, which has four levels leading to canonization. Once submitted by the bishop of the diocese that they have researched and deemed worthy for consideration, the package is forwarded to the congregation. If accepted by the congregation, the holy person is called a servant of God and the investigation is on. Generally, the process doesn't start until the person has been dead for five years. There have been expectations like Mother Theresa. Following the investigation, the person may be taken to the second level were they are proclaimed venerable. The process continues and advancement from this level is dependent on a verifiable miracle attributed to this person. This third level calls for papal approval and a beautification ceremony is performed, subsequently that person is called blessed. At the time of a second miracle, the pope can canonize that person, thereafter that person is called saint. Frequently, I use the names of those going through the process especially the more recent lives. We are encouraged to pray to and for these people, yet most of us know nothing about them. That is the purpose of this book, to educate not only youth awaiting confirmation but the entire parish. All of us need this kind of information at some point in our lives. The other reason I prefer, the more recent holy people is that as a wood-carver, I can obtain photos of these people rather than an artist rendition. All the photos are from these photos done in relief carving. Obviously, some of the more traditional saints are from artist renderings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: May 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644712948

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You Have Never Heard of

Compiled by

Cornelia Leary

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Table of Contents

Youth

Ellen OrganLittle Nellie of Holy God

Audrey Stevenson

Adolescents

Saint Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio

Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marta

Blessed Laura Vicuna

Saint Dominic Savio

Saint Dymphna

Blessed Antonia Mesina

Blessed Adilio Daronch

Saint Germaine Cousin

Blessed Albertina Berkenbrock

Saint Maria Goretti

Saint Tarcisius

Blessed Karolina Kozka

Annie (Anika) Zelikova

Blessed Maria Teresa (Chiara) Badano

Margaret Leo of Mclean

Brendan Kelly of Great Falls

Young Adults

Blessed Pierina Morosini

Saint Joan of Arc

Saint Kateri Tekakawitha

More Traditional Patron Saints

Saint John Bosco

Saint Betina Zita

St. Gianna Beretta Molla

Saint Rita of Cascia

Saint Thomas More

Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe

Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Saint Gerard Majella

The Beatified of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Blessed Peter To Rot (toe rote)

Blessed Benedict Daswa

Blessed Bernard Scammacca Blessed Bernard the Penitent

Blessed Vincente Vilar David

Archbishop Oscar Romero

Blessed Anacleto Gonzales Flores

Blessed Maria Assunta Pollatta

Blessed Margaret of Costello

Blessed Marie Gabriella Sagheddu

Blessed Giles of Assisi

Blessed Luchesius Mondestine and wife

Blessed Mother Mary Catherine Troiani

Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich

Blessed Alvaro del Portillo

Blessed Manuel Gomez Gonzales

Blessed Marie-Madeleine Fontaine and Companions

Blessed Catherine Jarrige

Blessed Maria Romero Menses

Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Santiago

The Three Blessed Martyrs of Chimbate Peru

Blessed Father Stanley Rother

Blessed Isidore Bakanja

Blessed Anton Maria Schwartz

Blessed Emilie Tavernier Gamelin

Blessed Pope Paul VI

Blessed Bartolome Blanco Marquez

Blessed Father Francis Xavier Seelos

Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores

Blessed Alexandrina da Costa

Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko

Blessed Charles I of Austria

Blessed Father Michael Rua

Blessed Miguel Pro

Blessed Charles de Foucauld

Conclusion

About the Author

Foreword

Role models, patron saints, or BFF—just somebody to talk to, that you know you can trust.

The idea for this compilation began when I saw so many lost souls among adolescents and young people, so distraught they thought only of suicide or drugs. Sometimes you just need someone to talk to that understands where you are.

Then I had the pleasure of speaking to the first and second year confirmation classes at our local parish about saints. I was stunned to find out they knew nothing about saints or sainthood.

That is when I knew that my passion for information especially about the twentieth and twenty-first century saints and sharing that information would help in evangelizing many, even those who could be less interested.

With the help and encouragement of our pastor, these informational pamphlets began, so let’s go.

Sainthood is a road to a goal just like life here on earth; only this road begins after death. The people who knew and loved this person for their love of God and all of God’s creations, initiate the process at the parish level then to the diocese where an in-depth investigation into the life of the person has begun. When