A Few Great Saints
- St. Peter
- St. Gabriel the Archangel
- St. Michael the Archangel
- St. Raphael the Archangel
- St. Andrew
- St. James the Great (Son of Zebedee)
- St. John the Apostle
- St. Philip
- St. Bartholomew
- St. Matthew
- St. Thomas the Apostle
- St. Jude Thaddeus
- St. Simon the Zealot
- St. Matthias
- St. James the Less
- St. Luke
- St. John the Baptist
- St. Joan of Arc
- St. Juan Diego
- St. John of Damascus
- Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Anthony the Abbot
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
- St. Valentine
- St. Nicholas
- St. Padre Pio
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. Clare
St. Juan Diego
Feast Day: December 9
Patron of: The disenfranchised
St. Juan Diego was a native Indian farmer and landowner in what is now Mexico. The Spanish conquest of Central and South America took place during his lifetime. St. Juan Diego converted to Christianity, along with his wife, early in the Spanish attempt to Christianize their new colonies. After his wife died, St. Juan Diego had a habit of walking to mass on the weekends. One Saturday, Mary appeared to him while he was making the trip. She told him to tell the bishop of Mexico to build her a shrine where he was, and that she would watch over all the people of the land. The Blessed Mother also told him to gather roses in the “tilma” he was wearing – when he emptied them out before the bishop, an image of Mary had appeared on the cloth.
St. Juan Diego is proof that God uses those who are most humble to do His work.
