Presents a modern perspective on the lives of the saints, chronicling the histories and significance of individuals representing the best in Christian discipleship, and examines the meaning of sanctity, spirituality, and canonization.

The preeminent resource guide for more than 20 years, this one-of-a-kind book has been updated to include those recently canonized and beatified.

James Martin reflects on how he has been inspired throughout his life by the saints of the Catholic Church and how the saints' teachings have led him to his current path as a Jesuit priest.

Text and illustrations profile thirty-six saints from the eleventh through the twentieth centuries.

Near the heart of the world's great religions stand saints - transcendently holy men and women whose "otherness" serves as an example of God's grace to ordinary believers everywhere. As miracle workers, healers, and teachers, saints are the most tangible manifestation of God's loving power. They are deeply mysterious as well, for they are both wholly human and have privileged contact with the divine. Lavishly illustrated, here is a glorious, multicultural...

An in-depth resource that separates fact from myth about the lives of saints

Saints For Dummies offers information on famous saints (both men and women) from the Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic traditions. With a historical biography on each saint including information on what they are known for, what they did in life to achieve sainthood, and how readers can pray to them in time of need. This easy-to-understand guide reveals

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"In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774. Her father was the chief health officer for the Port of New York and she lived down the block from Alexander Hamilton. She danced at George Washington's sixty-fifth Birthday...

"In Down by the Riverside, Charles Joyner takes readers on a journey back in time, up the Waccamaw River through the Lowcountry of South Carolina, past abandoned rice fields once made productive by the labor of enslaved Africans, past rice mills and forest clearings into the antebellum world of All Saints Parish. In this slave community, and many others like it, the slaves created a new language, a new religion--indeed, a new culture--from African...

This book celebrates the lives of men and women whose goodness and devotion to God have inspired the world. Here, arranged according to their special days throughout the whole year are saints from different periods of history and from every walk of life. On almost every page inspirational sayings illustrate the courage, humour and wisdom of those who put their commitment to God before everything else. In addition, lavish illustrations - with more...