Loyola Kids Book of Saints Book

Contents

What is a saint?    viii

Part 1   Saints are people who love children.    1
             St. Nicholas    3
             St. John Bosco    6
             St. Elizabeth Ann Seton    9
             Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla    14

Part 2   Saints are people who love their families.    17
           St. Monica    19
           St. Cyril and St. Methodius    23
           St. Thérèse of Lisieux    27
           Blessed Frédéric Ozanam    32

Part 3  Saints are people who surprise others.    37
           St. Simeon Stylites    39
           St. Celestine V    43
           St. Joan of Arc    47
           St. Catherine of Siena    52

Part 4  Saints are people who create.    57
          St. Hildegard of Bingen    59
          Blessed Fra Angelico    62
          St. John of the Cross    65
          Blessed Miguel Pro    69
Part 5  Saints are people who teach us new ways to pray.    75
         St. Benedict    77
         St. Dominic de Guzman    81
         St. Teresa of Ávila    85
         St. Louis de Monfort    89

Part 6 Saints are people who see beyond the everyday.    93
         St. Juan Diego    95
         St. Frances of Rome    100
         St. Bernadette Soubirous    104
         Blessed Padre Pio    108

Part 7 Saints are people who travel far from home.    113
          St. Boniface    115
          St. Peter Claver    119
          St. Francis Xavier    123
          St. Francis Solano    127
          St. Frances Xavier Cabrini    131

Part 8  Saints are people who are strong leaders.    135
          St. Helena    137
          St. Leo the Great    141
          St. Wenceslaus    145
          St. John Neumann    148

Part 9  Saints are people who tell the truth.    153
          St. Polycarp    155
          St. Thomas Becket    159
          St. Thomas More    163
          Blessed Titus Brandsma    167

Part 10 Saints are people who help us understand God.    171
          St. Augustine of Hippo    173
          St. Jerome    177
          St. Patrick    181
          St. Thomas Aquinas    186
          St. Edith Stein    191
Part 11  Saints are people who change their lives for God.    195
          St. Ambrose    197
          St. Gregory the Great    201
          St. Francis of Assisi    205
          St. Ignatius of Loyola    211
          St. Camillus de Lellis    215
          St. Katharine Drexel    219

Part 12  Saints are people who are brave.    223
          St. Perpetua and St. Felicity    225
          St. George    229
          St. Margaret Clitherow    232
          St. Isaac Jogues    236
          The Carmelite Nuns of Compiègne    240
          St. Maximilian Kolbe    244

Part 13 Saints are people who help the poor and sick.    249
         St. Elizabeth of Hungary    251
         St. Vincent de Paul    255
         St. Martin de Porres    260
         Blessed Joseph de Veuster    265

Part 14 Saints are people who help in ordinary ways.    269
        St. Christopher    271
        St. Blaise    276
        St. Anthony of Padua    279
        St. Bernard of Montjoux    284

Part 15 Saints are people who come from all over the world.    287
        Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha    289
       St. Paul Miki and Companions    293
       Blessed Peter To Rot    297
       Blessed Maria Clementine Anuarite Nengapeta    301