by Abby | Mar 16, 2025 | Saints Who Faced Trauma
Blessed Elizabeth Canori Mora was born into a noble, wealthy Roman family. At 21, she married Christoforo, a well-known lawyer in Rome. The couple had four children in their first five years of marriage, but only two survived infancy. On top of all of that,...
by Abby | Mar 13, 2025 | Saints Who Faced Trauma
We do not know a ton about the lives of the Apostles before they encountered Jesus. Some were fishermen (Matthew 4:18), some were tax collectors (Matthew 9:9), and some were members of revolutionary groups (Matthew 10:4). We know that Peter was married because Jesus...
by Abby | Mar 13, 2025 | Saints Who Faced Trauma
Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin are the first married couple to be canonized together, and they are a great example for all married couples of a holy marriage. Zelie had a difficult childhood. Her relationship with her mother was marked by emotional neglect, which led to...
by Abby | Mar 13, 2025 | Saints Who Faced Trauma
St. Therese of Lisieux is one of the most popular saints of modern times, known for her Little Way where one transforms everyday things into ways to love God. St. Therese was born to Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, the youngest of their nine children. She had a...
by Abby | Mar 13, 2025 | Saints Who Faced Trauma
St. Rita of Cascia is patron saint of those with marital problems and who face abuse. Rita was especially devoted to the Passion of Christ, meditating often on Jesus’ surrender in those moments, especially during his agony in the garden, when he prayed, “Not thy...
by Abby | Mar 13, 2025 | Saints Who Faced Trauma
St. Martin de Porres was born in Peru to an unmarried Spanish gentlemen and a freed slave from Panama, who was of African or Native American descent. When Martin was young, his father abandoned him, his mother, and his younger sister, leaving them in deep poverty. He...
