North American Saints
Do you know who the American saints are, and why their lives matter for us today?
Are you aware of their role in evangelizing Native Americans, African-Americans-enslaved or freed-and waves of poor immigrants?
Do you know the works they founded-schools, hospitals, orphanages, convents, churches, and parishes-that still transform lives today?
This book tells the stories of 18 saints who were born or lived in America. It starts with the Canadian Martyrs and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha-the first Native American woman to be canonized. It also presents Saint Katharine Drexel, who gave her fortune and life to the abandoned.
God confirmed each one's holiness with extraordinary signs: abundant graces and miracles of lasting healing. For example, little Eva Pfister lay in a coma with her peritoneum destroyed. Doctors predicted death in less than 48 hours. Suddenly, she regained consciousness and spoke. Tests showed her organ perfectly regenerated, a miracle officially recognized by the Church.
Let yourself be inspired by these lives as proof that sanctity is possible here and now, on American soil.
The greatest miracle was not just the extraordinary healings. It was the radical witness of these saints: they renounced themselves, letting the Father's will guide every step. Christ's grace sustained them. As Saint Paul writes to the Galatians (2:20): "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me."
That is the heart of holiness: letting Christ live and love through us in a heroic, visible way. This grace enabled them to practice virtues to an extraordinary degree. They founded works that have endured for centuries, even offering their lives-often to martyrdom-for the Eternal Kingdom.
May this book help us truly encounter these saints and understand that all their fruits-including sacrifice and miracles-come from Divine Grace.
God awaits our free 'yes, ' so we, too, sustained by grace, may become instruments of mercy in the world, following the example of American saints.
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