Catholic Gifts for Teens & Young Adults

As a boy, the fun-loving John Bosco would juggle and do magic tricks for the other children. Having captured their attention, he would then lead t...

Born in 1922, Dr. Gianna Beretta Molla was an Italian pediatrician, wife, and mother. She understood the rigors of balancing work and family, and ...

The angel Gabriel visited Mary to announce that God had chosen her to be the mother of Jesus. In fact, the words Gabriel spoke that day form much ...

Following his ordination in 1593, Francis de Sales traveled throughout Protestant Switzerland to share the Faith. Hoping to open hearts, he slippe...

Florian was a 3rd-century Roman military commander who organized the army's firefighting brigade. When the emperor discovered that Florian refused...

Known also by her religious name, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Saint Edith Stein was a brilliant scholor, professor, speaker, and Red Cro...

Clare was encouraged by her dear friend, St. Francis of Assisi, toward a religious life of poverty and piety. In the year 1244, Emperor Frederick ...

In 1830, Our Lady appeared three times to Catherine Labouré, then a novice with the Daughters of Charity in Paris. She asked Catherine to create a ...

St. Blaise was a skilled physician in the 4th century. He was known for his kindness and passion for treating both people and animals. Blaise had ...

Bernadette Soubirous was only 14 years old when Mary appeared to her at a grotto in Lourdes, France. There, Mary told Bernadette to dig a small sp...

As a young man, Benedict fled Rome to become a monk. Many others followed him, and he developed the Rule of Saint Benedict to give them a balanced ...

When Ambrose was born around 340, a swarm of bees settled near his crib, leaving a drop of honey on his tongue, a sign of his future gift for publ...

Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a promising young lawyer in Naples. However, after losing an important case, he turned to a life of prayer. He became ...

Saint Augustine lived a life of restless searching before his dramatic conversion: a journey made possible by the prayers of his devoted mother, Sa...