Saints

Saint Eugene de Mazenod belongs to that group of Catholic saints whose lives cannot be understood through one category alone. He was a convert marked by the Cross, a priest formed by the wounds of post-revolutionary France, the founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and later Bishop of Marseilles.

Saint Cristóbal Magallanes was a Mexican diocesan priest and martyr whose life cannot be understood apart from the sacraments, the parish, priestly formation, forgiveness of enemies, and the Church’s claim that civil authority has limits before God.

Saint Aurea of Ostia belongs to the early Christian memory of martyrdom in the Roman world. She is venerated as a martyr associated with Ostia, the ancient port of Rome, where her name became attached to a tomb, a church, and the devotional life of the local Christian community.

Saint Bernardine of Siena stands among the most influential Franciscan preachers of the fifteenth century: a reformer of religious life, a voice of public repentance, and one of the great promoters of devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus.

Saint Paul forced the early Church to clarify one of its most decisive questions: how do Gentiles enter the covenant people of God through Jesus Christ?

Saint Peter is central to Catholic teaching on the visible foundations of the Church because Christ gives him a distinctive mission among the Twelve. Catholic doctrine does not treat Peter as a substitute for Christ, a second head of the Church, or an independent source of revelation.

The Catholic Saints are members of Christ’s Body who have reached heavenly glory and are honored by the Church as witnesses of God’s holiness. They are not minor gods, spiritual celebrities, or substitutes for Jesus Christ.