Blood Witness
ChurchThe beatification of Daudi and Jildo, two young Ugandan catechists martyred in 1918, killed because they were faithful to the mandate to communicate the faith by word and by one’s life. A hope for war-torn northern Uganda.
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One Heart
ChurchStalwart and unhesitant, she led a life of adventure and hardship, always at the service of her Society and the Lord, who molded her personality to be a tool of His will, which she followed from the bloody revolution of France to the barely settled lands
Sell What Thou Hast… and Come Follow Me
ChurchShe died in 1955 and was canonized on October 1, 2000. Her great sympathy for the “Indian and Negro” races, and a desire to bring the Gospel to them, conducted her to embrace the religious life–a life offered for others and led by an Other.
Stafford: Church and Movements in America
ChurchIn Washington, DC for a symposium on John Paul II, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity on charisms and mission meets with the Washington CL community: a sincere testimonial of fatherhood and friendship.
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The Good Sailor
ChurchFrail but tenacious, her life was marked by hope she always carried for her own life and others. Denied admission as a novice, she was called to found her own order of nuns. “She knew that love not loved and lived was but a dead word."
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The Promise Fulfilled
ChurchThe foundress of the vast parochial school system in America: from the Protestant high society of 19th century New York to the conversion to Catholicism against all odds, embracing its consequences with love and compassion.
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California Missions
ChurchFrom Mallorca Island to the Americas. A Franciscan friar of the 18th century in Mexico and Baja California, creating focal points designed for an integral Christian education. Not reduced to a mere doctrine, but witnessing to the adventure of a life.
The Flowering of a New Life
ChurchMontreal, 17th century. An eleven-year-old Iroquois girl struck by the Christian proposal of the permanent mission in her village. From Baptism to testimony to death. Declared a blessed in 1980 by Pope John Paul II, her cause is currently in progress.
A Blackrobe Among the Hurons
ChurchForemost among Jesuit martyrs, St Isaac worked tirelessly among Native Americans for 10 years as teacher, healer, slave, and ambassador for peace, all in the name of Christ. From New France to New Amsterdam, a New World adventure of sanctity and love.
Education and Mission
ChurchCardinal George met the North American Responsibles of CL during the Diakonia in mid-January. His encounter with the Movement, Fr Giussani’s books, and faith in America:“Your communion is what makes people free.” Here are extensive excerpts from his talk.
Here and Now
ChurchWith this issue, we begin a series of articles on the lives of American saints and martyrs. We start with an introduction on the figure of the saint, because “it is possible to live the Christian proposal in a serious way.”