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. Padre Pio
Feast Day: September 23
Patron of: Catholic adolescents, civil defense volunteers
St. Padre Pio was an Italian Capuchin priest who lived during the 19th-20th centuries. He was called into the Italian defense corps during World War I and served in the hospital corps. St. Padre Pio suffered from poor health all his life, but he saw his afflictions as ways to reach God. He was a stigmatist, meaning that Christ gave him the great gift of his wounds from the Passion and Crucifixion. St. Padre Pio also experienced a number of visions, beginning during his novitiate.
St. Padre Pio shows that no matter how much suffering we’re put through in life, God will lift us if we offer it as a sacrifice united to his.
