Fulton J. Sheen was an American bishop known for his charistmatic preaching style and his work on television and radio. Sheen was a brilliant Christian theologian with a strong grasp of world religions as well. That knowledge, combined with his compassionate nature and unique stage presence made him one of the most influential Catholics of the 20th century. For his work, Sheen won two Emmy Awards for Most Outstanding Television Personality. More importantly, he stirred hearts and opened minds all across the nation.
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...