Books on the Saints

Let the saint who cared for Jesus and Mary care for you. We know we can trust someone who has training or expertise in a particular area, or w...

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but how many of us actually know how to get there?    Learn from the writings of St. Francis de Sales, the Doctor o...

The wisdom of St. Thérèse of Lisieux—for all who want to pray How did this saint’s precious—even precocious—childhood devotion to God develop into ...

The first autobiography ever written, and one of the most profound testaments of faith, ever.    “This book is the masterpiece from which all other...

Explore Patrick’s place in history, the spread of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire, how Patrick first came to Ireland, the influence of the ear...

Clare of Assisi is generally known as “the female friend” of Saint Francis of Assisi and for centuries her legacy has remained obscured by his shad...

It is generally agreed among his foes no less than among his friends that Ignatius of Loyola was a maker of history. A hundred books could be cited...

Thanks to the prayers and good example of his young wife, Clothilde, the fierce barbarian Clovis experienced a miraculous conversion on the field o...

For a Christian, the way to reach perfection is to strive for holiness. What is true perfection? Christ's words are clear, sublime and disconcertin...

Though nothing historical is known of her, she was declared a Saint in 1837, only 35 years after discovery of her relics. Here is the whole incredi...

The married saints lived lives of sanctity amid family life's inevitable adventures, risks, sorrows, and joys. From Mary and Joseph to Luigi and Ma...

One of the first bishops of the Church, Saint Clement of Rome was arrested and sentenced to hard labor in a stone quarry for not acknowledging the ...

Sweet-smelling basil marks the spot in this treasure hunt led by a queenly saint! Saint Helen, the mother of Constantine, is a heroic empress on a...

Kieran is braver and stronger than most eleven-year-old boys. And ever since his father's death, he's been doing his best to take care of his mothe...

Twelve-year-old Zita had a tough decision to make. She worked hard as a housemaid, tried to be a good friend, and helped those in need. But when he...

Twelve-year-old Zita had a tough decision to make. She worked hard as a housemaid, tried to be a good friend, and helped those in need. But when he...

Ciao! Meet Carlo, an Italian teenage techie who loved coding, video games, and animals, and who lived a life that put him on the highway to heaven!...

“Let us leave a saint to write the life of a saint.” —St. Thomas Aquinas In the annals of Christian sanctity, Dominic Savio emerges as a luminary, ...

Just as with his stirring narrative of the life of St. Francis, Saint Francis of Assisi: Passion, Poverty, and the Man Who Transformed the Church, ...

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is one of the most extraordinary visionaries in the history of the Church. As the apostle of devotion to the Sacred Hear...

No one can claim to be seeking the monastic ideal who does not seek to imitate St. Antony of the Desert, justly called "the Great." Holy Abba Anton...

The sons of St. Dominic were the first to preach the Gospel in the land of the Incas. They had shared the perils of the Peruvian adventure with Piz...

In his illustrious life, Saint Sebastian was the senior commanding officer of the elite forces for the greatest military power on the planet—the Ro...

Butler's Lives of the Saints is the most revered Catholic book after the Bible, the Missal and The Imitation of Christ. There is no greater author...