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Around the year once upon a time saints

2009
Discusses the people and events behind the "saints days" celebrated by the Catholic Church, arranged chronologically by the calendar from Francis Xavier on December 3, to Francis Xavier Cabrini on November 13.
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Mother Teresa

2018
A brief biography of Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, who spent her life caring for the sick and poor people of the world.
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Joan of Arc

Students will discover the historical backdrop of the time in which Joan of Arc led the French army to victory, and will look at her continued prominence as both a religious and historical figure.
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Mohawk Saint

Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits
"The daughter of an Algonquin mother and an Iroquois father, Catherine/Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) has become known over the centuries as a Catholic convert so holy that, almost immediately upon her death, she became the object of a cult. Today she is revered as a patron saint by Native Americans and the patroness of ecology and the environment by Catholics more generally, the first Native North American proposed for sainthood." "Tekakwitha was born at a time of cataclysmic change, as Native Americans of the northeast experienced the effects of European contact and colonization. A convert to Catholicism in the 1670s, she embarked on a physically and mentally grueling program of self-denial, aiming to capture the spiritual power of the newcomers from across the sea. Her story intersects with that of Claude Chauchetiere, a French Jesuit of mystical tendencies who came to America hoping to rescue savages from sin and paganism. But it was Claude himself who needed help to face down his own despair. He became convinced that Tekakwitha was a genuine saint and that conviction gave meaning to his life. Though she lived until just 24, Tekakwitha's severe penances and vivid visions were so pronounced that Chauchetiere wrote an elegiac hagiography shortly after her death.".
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Kateri Tekakwitha, the Iroquois saint

with an account of the Iroquois martyrs of St. Francis Xavier du Sault
2012
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Saints off the pedestal

real saints for real people
2008
Describes the every-day lives and struggles of faith endured by saints such as Peter, Augustine of Hippo, Francis of Assis, Teresa of Avila, Katharine Drexel, and others, discussing on the aspects of their lives from which people find inspiration, and providing questions for reflection.
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Saint Katharine Drexel

friend of the oppressed
2002
Chronicles the life of St. Katharine Drexel, describing her childhood in Philadelphia, her efforts to help those less fortunate than her, her missionary work, and other related topics.
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Saint John Vianney

the Cur? d'Ars today
1988
Chronicles and examines the life of Saint Jean Marie Bapti ste Vianney, the nineteenth-century French priest known for his work as a confessor and the devilish disturbances that plagued him for decades.
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Kristoph and the first Christmas tree

2015
Tells the story of Saint Boniface and how his actions lead to the use of the Christmas tree for celebration.
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