Young People's Book of Saints
Sixty-three Saints of the Western Church from the 1st to the 20th Century by Hugh Ross Williamson
Saints are the men and women who best love Christ and His
Church. They may be kings or queens, statesmen or soldiers, scholars,
visionaries, workmen or beggars. They teach us the real meaning of human
history, and they show us how to live in any walk of life or set of
circumstances.
Included in this anthology are famous saints — Francis of Assisi,
Dominic, Joan of Arc, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila — but also
more obscure ones, such as Raymond Lull and Hugh of Lincoln.
Many of these saints were martyrs, killed in periods of persecution.
Others died trying to bring the knowledge of Christ to pagan tribes. Yet
others built up the Church through their example and their teaching,
but were never called upon to shed their blood.
These beautifully written stories follow one from another, linked
through time in such a way that the reader easily obtains a vivid
picture of the sweep of history, the history of Christendom as it
unfolds in the lives of individual men and women right up to modern
times, with the first citizen of the United States to be pronounced a
saint, Mother Cabrini.
Every saint is different, every one a unique personality. Each of them
finds his vocation and destiny in a different way — teaching us that God
has in mind for you and me a very special adventure that will be all
our own. The purpose of our lives is to find that mission that only we
can fulfil in the body of the Church, for the love of God and our
neighbour.
Specifications: Paperback / 240 pages / 22.6cms x 15.2cms