Saints

Mystic. Foundress of the Divine Mercy movement. St Faustina was born Helen Kowalska in the village of Glogowiec, Lodz Province in Poland on August 25, 1905. After hearing the Lord's calling from the age of seven she was accepted into the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy as Sister Mary Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament, in Warsaw on 1 August, 1925. In 1928, she took her vows as a... Read More

Founder of the Franciscan Order, patron of animals, birds, conservationists and naturalists. Saint Francis was born in 1181 or 82, the son of a wealthy cloth merchant. As a young man Francis fought in the war between Perugia and Assisi. He was taken prisoner and became very ill. He returned home and was accused of cowardice. From a very early age he showed a real concern for the poor and sick. S... Read More

Priest. Founder of the Carthusians. Born in Cologne in 1033 to a noble family, Saint Bruno studied at the cathedral school in Rheims, where he was ordained priest and later taught theology for 18 years. When he criticised his archbishop, who obtained his see through simony, he was discharged from his office at the school. In 1084 with six companions, he withdrew to the Grande Chartreuse, a wild ... Read More