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Session 31: The Saints
Saints are people who lived before us, who loved and followed Jesus, and who are now in Heaven.
Saints are people who lived before us, who loved and followed Jesus, and who are now in Heaven.
Saints Peter, Paul, Stephen, and more bore a bold witness for Christ in this era.
Prayer is how we talk to God.
The saints are models of holiness, of how to love God and love our neighbor.
In the period from AD 100 to 500 the Church spread throughout the Roman Empire.
A saint is a holy person whom the Church has officially recognized as having practiced heroic virtue and lived a holy, faithful life worthy of imitation and who is in Heaven with God.
Saints Augustine, Jerome, and Benedict, and Monica made enduring contributions to the Church.
This Teaching the Faith with Current Events eLesson examines Mother Teresa’s life and example of holiness, the Church’s process of beatification and canonization, and God’s universal call to holiness.