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| When he was sent as an ambassador to another province at the age of twenty six, his life underwent a major upset. He was taken prisoner after a battle. During a long, unhappy stay in prison, This saint thought over his life. He realized that he could serve God more directly. |
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| Pope Pius II recognized the strength and faith of this saint and asked his help against a Turkish invasion of Hungry. With the preaching and enthusiasm of this saint and the skill of the Hungarian general, The Christians stopped the Turkish attack. |
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| Eastern Europe was greatly influenced by this saint's preaching and penance. His determination later made him defender of God's law. |
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| Once When Henry was at war with Conrad of Masovia, he was captured at a church service. With courage, this saint persuaded Conrad to return her husband. |
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| It is told that this saint would deny herself shoes in the winter than see a poor person barefoot. |
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| Late at night she would darn their clothes. Early in the morning, this saint would rise and pray for the kingdom. She did all this while taking good care of her own family. |
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| The Emperor Trajan visited Antioch and tried to force the Christians to give up their religion. This saint allowed the soldiers to bind him in a rickety cart and lead him to Rome for martydom. |
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| On the journey, this saint composed 7 letters to the churches he left behind. |
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| He insisted that the people of the church give obedience to their bishop. He urged that nothing be done concerning the Church without the approval of the local bishop. |
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| He called himself the bearer of God |
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| St. Margaret Mary Alacoque |
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| Her father died when she was 8 years old. Her mother tried to collect money that people owed her husband, but instead was forced to work on a farm with her husband's greedy relatives. |
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| St. Margaret Mary Alacoque |
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| In 1671 this saint became a Visitation nun at the convent of Paray-le-Monial. As a novice when she was assigned to help care for the sick, she was critisized for being slow, clumsy, and impractical. |
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| St. Margaret Mary Alacoque |
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| The pope approved litugical observance of the Sacred Heart in 1765, seventy-five years after this saint's death. |
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| St. Teresa of the Child Jesus |
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| After reading books on the saints she wanted to be a martyr so she could go to heaven. At age 7 she and her brother ran away from home to fight the Moors and to be killed. |
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| St. Teresa of the Child Jesus |
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| She felt God was calling her to reform the Carmilites. She asked the pope to let her found a stricter order. They are called Discalced because the nuns wear sandals instead of shoes. |
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| St. Teresa of the Child Jesus |
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| In 1970 she became the first woman the church declared a Doctor of the Church. |
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| One day while he was praying in an old church, he heard a voice say, "____, go repair my house which is falling into ruin." |
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| He wrote a song called The canticle of the Sun. In which he called on the sun and the other created things to praise God and thank God for caring for them. |
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| He was the first to make a life size scene of the first Christmas. |
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| Two years before he died he received the stigmata. |
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