Virginia Durkin O'Shea, Dialog Staff

She was weakened physically by smallpox, but it couldn't keep her strong spirit from accomplishing great things. Meet French-born American Saint Theodora Guerin, the...

Like the pooka and the kelpie, St. Brigid of Kildare may have been a mythical Celtic creature -- or she may be one of...

She spent most of her life in an area of France less than 50 miles big. She lived in cloister, devoting her time to...

More than 300 years ago, the daughter of a rich and connected French family became the founder of a religious order that focused on...

Gianna Beretta Molla was a model of the successful twentieth century woman: She had an advanced degree and was a working mother. She loved...

Most Catholics have heard of Father Damien of Molokai and his work with the lepers in Hawaii. But did you also know about his...

She was a simple woman who worked as a nurse and spent the last years of her life alone and in poverty. She didn't...

Not much is known about the life of St. Martha, except for the few mentions she receives in the Gospels. What we do know is...

Even though she lived more than 1600 years ago, St. Monica faced some of the same problems of today’s women. Her husband had a...

Our sacred churches in the Holy Land might not even exist if it were not for the journeys of one remarkable woman: St. Helena. Helena...