The centuries-old title “Mary, Help of Christians” refers to the special role of Mary in life’s most difficult trials, and in the trials of our Church. Organizations, churches and ministries across the world have been founded under her protection. One famous saint, St. John Bosco, saw first-hand the profound influence of Mary as patroness and protector. He used to tell people, "Have faith in the Blessed Sacrament and Mary Help of Christians and you will see what miracles are."
Ordained in 1925, Miguel Pro was a Jesuit priest in Mexico where public worship was banned. But Pro was kind and clever. He served the poor unceasingly and performed the...
Born in Germany in 1830, Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel founded the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. These amazing nuns ran orphanages, served as battlefield nurses, and even outsmarted...
Stanley Rother was born into a family of hard-working Oklahoma farmers. In 1968, five years into his priesthood, Fr. Rother requested reassignment to a mission in rural Guatemala. There he...