An early follower of Saint Francis of Assisi, Clare is the foundress of an order of nuns known well as the "Poor Clare's." Having heard Francis speak, Clare discovered a passion for her faith that led her to a life of poverty and piety. She soon found herself leading a group of devout women and today the Poor Clare's' days are still full of prayer, sacrifice and service.
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...