PLR USA

07/05/2023

The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) expressed deep sadness and shock at the recent resurgence of persecution against Christians in Manipur. The CBCI president, Mar Andrews Thazhathu, who serves as the archbishop of Thrissur in Kerala, emphasized that the Catholic Church is deeply concerned about the welfare of all people in Manipur, regardless of their tribe or community.

The violence erupted earlier this week following a rally by indigenous communities protesting moves to grant tribal status to the main ethnic group in the state. Mobs attacked homes, vehicles, and churches, resulting in a death toll that some reports estimate to be as high as 54. Approximately 10,000 people have been displaced, and thousands of troops have been deployed to maintain order. Several districts are under curfew, and internet access has been suspended.

While the army claims to be bringing the situation under control, the Hindu-nationalist BJP-led government in the state has faced accusations of not doing enough to prevent the violence.

The Meitei community, which constitutes at least 50% of the state's population, has been demanding inclusion under the Scheduled Tribe category for years. This category reserves government jobs, college admissions, and elected seats at all levels of government for historically marginalized communities to rectify past injustices that have denied them equal opportunities. If granted this status, the Meiteis would gain access to forest lands and be guaranteed a proportion of government jobs and places in educational institutions. However, other tribes are concerned that they may lose control over their ancestral forest lands.

On Tuesday, thousands of tribal people from the hill districts of the state participated in a march organized by the All Tribal Students Union of Manipur to oppose the demand. The following day, a similar rally turned violent, sparking unrest in other districts that has since spread.

Let's pray for peace and protection of Church in Manipur, India

28/04/2023

'We're just like everybody else': the event for Satancon kicks off in Boston as woman tears apart Bible and protestors condemn the gathering. Chalice Blythe, the SatanCon programming director, tore up a bible during the first day of the event.

Hundreds of members of The Satanic Temple will be in Boston this weekend for SatanCon which is held from Friday to Sunday, April 28–30. This will be the largest satanic gathering event in history that is currently being held by The Satanic Temple. The sold-out three-day event at the Marriott Copley Place will include satanic rituals, entertainment and discussion panels. Organizers say that this the event also celebrates the tenth anniversary of The Satanic Temple.

The Satanic Temple, which, according to its website, denies the existence of God and Satan, is a political activist group known for protesting religious symbolism in public spaces and mocking Christianity by offering “unbaptism” and hosting black masses.

The Archdiocese of Boston is responding to the Satanic Temple’s “SatanCon” event in Boston with scheduled eucharistic adoration, Catholic devotions, and “intense prayer.” “At the direction of the cardinal [Sean O’Malley], we are approaching it through a response balanced and focused on prayer,” archdiocesan spokesman Terrence Donilon told CNA April 17.

Nevertheless, the group’s satanic imagery and use of the word “satan” to attract people to its cause has prompted the Archdiocese of Boston’s prayerful response. “Our men and women religious will be invited to more intense prayer during that weekend. In addition, many of our parishes will be opening up during the three days ... for adoration and Masses with this intention. The archdiocese is offering parishes prayer cards while encouraging the recitation of the St. Michael the Archangel prayer, Donilon said.

As we see the world around us becoming increasingly plagued by evil and darkness. We should be deeply concerned and cautious about the rise of Satanic activity in our society. As Christians, we know that the devil is a very real and dangerous presence in the world, and we must be vigilant.

It is imperative that we take a stand against these forces and work to protect ourselves and our communities by joining in prayers. We must speak out against Satanic activity wherever we see it. Together, we can make a difference in the world and stand as a beacon of light in the face of darkness. May our Lord Jesus bless us and guide us in our efforts to fight against evil- – PLR USA

17/04/2023

On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina Kowalska and declared the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. This year, on April 16, we commemorate this special occasion.

Two years after the canonization, in his deep devotion, Pope John Paul II consecrated the International Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki, Poland, entrusting the world to divine mercy.

As he stood before the image of divine mercy, the pope solemnly declared, "With a burning desire, I wish to entrust the world to divine mercy. Through the message of God's merciful love, proclaimed here through St. Faustina, may all people of the earth know and embrace this hope in their hearts."

Pope's Prayer:

God, merciful Father,

in your Son, Jesus Christ, you have revealed your love

and poured it out upon us in the Holy Spirit, the Comforter,

We entrust to you today the destiny of the world and of every man and woman.

Bend down to us sinners,

heal our weakness,

conquer all evil,

and grant that all the peoples of the earth

may experience your mercy.

In you, the Triune God,

may they ever find the source of hope.

Eternal Father,

by the passion and resurrection of your Son,

have mercy on us and upon the whole world!

~ PLR USA

05/02/2023

The Satanic Temple to open free abortion clinic in New Mexico.

The Satanic Temple announced the launch of a telehealth abortion clinic. The facility, which is located in New Mexico will be called “The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic,” and the services provided will be free of charge as part of The Satanic Temple's ‘abortion ritual’. Alito is the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion for the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in June 2022, which overturned Roe v. Wade.

The Satanic Temple wrote on its website: “In 1950, Samuel Alito’s mother did not have options. The clinic’s name serves to remind people just how important it is to have the right to control one’s body and the potential ramifications of losing that right. The release noted that TST ( The Satanic Temple) Health is a virtual clinic that "provides free medication abortion services to those participating in TST’s religious ritual." It schedules screenings and appointments, as well as prescribes abortion medication via mail to those in New Mexico who wish to perform The Satanic Temple’s Religious Abortion Ritual. "While abortion clinics are shutting down everywhere, TST (The Satanic Temple) is striking back," according to the release. The release also noted that the Satanic Temple hopes to expand operations into other states.

Ethel Maharg, executive director of Right to Life in New Mexico, told KOB4 that TST’s ( The Satanic Temple) announcement is “just an egregious thing. ”They’re trying to make it a religious right so that they can use, I guess, the First Amendment right to practice, but that’s different, freedom of speech and religion,” Maharg said.

Launching Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic in New Mexico is just the first step for TST Health, The Satanic Temple’s religious medical services arm. Plans are already underway to launch clinics in several more states, including those where the religious abortion practice is banned. The Satanic Temple’s past stunts include briefly erecting a statue of Baphomet outside the Arkansas State Capitol and creating an After- School Satan club for elementary school students that have Christian “Good News” clubs.

As LifeNews previously reported, many Satanists believe abortion is sacred and some participate in the procedures themselves. In fact participating in abortions is particularly important for Satanists because it’s considered the best way to give an offering to Satan.

Life begins at conception since the soul is the principle which gives life to the body, then a child carried in the womb of its mother has a soul because it is alive. To kill it is murder. The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. Let us all stand together and voice our concerns against these inhuman practices – PLR USA.

29/01/2023

A ‘hate crime’ at Montana Catholic churches? Some think so

Wise men were decapitated, animals scattered, and Mary, Jesus, and Joseph were missing from a Nativity scene at St. Patrick’s Co-Cathedral in Billings, Montana, after vandals destroyed the statues the night of Jan. 16.

The incident was similar to another that occurred at Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church on the city’s south side that same night. Three statues and some paintings were stolen there, artwork of Our Lady of Guadalupe was damaged, and graffiti such as “Mary is the w***e of Babylon” was written on the walls.

Two other non-Catholic churches were also vandalized the same week. It is not clear if the crimes are connected, but the pastor of one of the churches, Central Christian Church, said he doesn’t think they’re related, KTVQ/Q2 News reported.

Police estimated the stolen items at Our Lady Queen of Peace were worth about $8,300. Damage done to the front door of the church and by the graffiti was estimated at $4,000, according to KTVQ/Q2 News.

Father Jose Marquez, parochial administrator of Our Lady Queen of Peace, called the perpetrators “mentally, emotionally sick.
A parishioner at Our Lady Queen of Peace set up a GoFundMe page Jan. 18 to “help us repair, replace our sacred items and purchase a much needed alarm system.”“We have come to the conclusion that this was a hate crime,” a Jan. 21 update to the page reads. “Please help us restore our faith community.”

According to the GoFundMe page, damage at the church “is so severe that we are unable to worship until the space is repaired and reconsecrated by the bishop. All of our statues, holy books, and sacred icons are gone. The painting of Our Lady was defaced and marked with vulgarity.”

Almost $14,000 had been raised as of Friday afternoon.
CNA reached out to Marquez for comment but did not hear back by time of publication.

“Having heard the next day about what had happened down at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, [also called] Little Flower Church, I was starting to think maybe it could be some sort of a hate crime,” the pastor of St. Patrick’s, Father Leo McDowell, told KTVQ News. “To hear about it happening down there kind of just raised a question: Was it something that we were targeted, or was it something that somebody just lost it when they went by and was mad and did the anger thing?”

Nine days after McDowell filed a police report, he said he was still waiting for someone to investigate the case, according to the news outlet

Source: CNA (Catholic News Agency)

23/01/2023

Coven of witches give Catholic high school students magical ‘crystals’ as ‘icebreakers’

A counselor at a Pennsylvania Catholic high school recently lost her job after inviting three Wiccan “witches” to speak to students. The presentation, which was supposed to be about starting a small business, went “off the rails” when the self-proclaimed witches provided the students with magical “crystals,” KDKA-TV reported.

The witches told the news outlet that the North Catholic High School counselor invited the women to talk to a marketing class of junior and senior students about being “female entrepreneurs.” The three women own Elemental Magick, a “metaphysical” business that sells crystals with magical properties, incense, candles, and books.

According to the women, just before Christmas break, they were invited to speak at the school. After discussing the challenges of starting their business, these women explained that they provided students with crystals to act as “icebreakers” because they thought the teenagers would like them.

Tabitha Latshaw, one of the Wiccan witches, told KDKA, “God made these [crystals]. They come from the earth. That’s all I can say.” “We worship as Wiccans,” she added. “We worship nature. So our elements, earth, air, water and fire, that’s what we worship.”

Michelle Peduto, secretary for North Catholic High School, told the news outlet that the witches’ visit went “off the rails” when students became uneasy about the crystals’ supposed magical properties and reported the incident “directly to the administrators.”

The school conducted an investigation over the winter break and sent an email apology to students’ parents. School officials advised the students to dispose of the crystals and recite a prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel to cleanse their homes.

Peduto noted that crystals with magical properties have no place in a Catholic school or home. “It is because as we know our faith is in Jesus Christ and not in objects necessarily,” Peduto explained. “Rosary beads? Yes. But crystals? No.” According to Peduto, as a result, the counselor is no longer with the school.

Defending the faith of the Church is perhaps more important now than ever. The Lord needs people who are willing and able to humbly yet firmly defend Christ and the kingdom of God- PLR USA

11/01/2023

Catholic Bishop to be put on trial by Nicaragua Dictatorship

Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was held under house arrest in Nicaragua by the dictatorship since August 2022. He will be put on trial, accused of “conspiracy” and spreading “fake news” against the regime.

The Ortega dictatorship’s judiciary also stated that Father Uriel Antonio Vallejos, who managed to leave Nicaragua and has been living in exile in Costa Rica for a few months, is accused “of the same crimes” for which “the official letter to INTERPOL for his capture remains in effect.

Human rights organizations accuse Ortega's government of persecuting the Catholic Church. Another prominent cleric, Bishop Silvio Baez, is in exile in the United States along with a number of other priests who have fled.

Let's pray for the Catholic Church in Nicaragua!

31/12/2022

Farewell to the great Theologian Pope- Benedict XVI

The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery

The Holy See Press Office announced that the Pope Emeritus died at 9:34 AM on Saturday morning in his residence at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, which the 95-year-old Pope emeritus had chosen as his residence after resigning from the Petrine ministry in 2013.

During a briefing at the Holy See Press office at midday, the director, Matteo Bruni, told journalists that Pope Francis will preside over the funeral of the Pope Emeritus on 5 January at 9.30 CET in St. Peter's Square.

29/12/2022

Dec 28 2022: Pope Francis asks for prayers for Benedict XVI

At the end of the General Audience, Pope Francis asks for “special prayers” for Benedict XVI “who is very ill.” The Holy See Press Office director confirms there has been an aggravation in his health condition but says the situation remains stable.

“I would like to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict, who in silence is supporting the Church. Remember him - he is very ill - asking the Lord to console him, and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church, until the end.”

At the end of the General Audience, Pope Francis asks for “special prayers” for Benedict XVI “who is very ill.” The Holy See Press Office director ...

16/09/2022

Catholic Church is under attack in Nicaragua!

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) released a report on Sept. 13 that condemned the regime of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, citing a “deterioration of the human rights situation.”
The report included a compilation of recent incidents in which the Nicaraguan government has attacked and repressed the Catholic Church.

Bishop Rolando Álvarez was a prominent voice of protest in Nicaragua, using his pulpit to denounce the government’s detention of opponents and suppression of civic rights. Then, last week, the government came for him. He was arrested after the police raided his residence and put him under home confinement and eight of his companions in jail.

The shocking arrest of Bishop Álvarez on Friday, the most senior clergyman to be detained in Latin America for political views in decades, was the latest and most aggressive move by Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, against the Roman Catholic Church. Until now, it was the only institution that had escaped his control after 15 years of uninterrupted rule.

Mr. Ortega’s already authoritarian rule tipped into systematic repression last year when it became clear that he lacked a popular mandate to win another term in the general elections held in November. To retain power, he turned the country into a one-party state, jailing all opposition presidential candidates and then moving to silence all other dissident voices.

Now, with the last influential clergyman silenced, Nicaragua has reached a milestone, according to human rights activists, former officials and priests: cementing its position as a totalitarian state. “They are liquidating the last important social actor in Nicaragua,” said Vilma Núñez, a Nicaraguan human rights activist and one of the few government critics remaining in the country. “It’s a checkmate against democracy.”

Interviews with priests, church workers and parishioners across Nicaragua show the arrest of Bishop Álvarez was just one of several attacks in the government’s months long campaign to dismantle the church’s reach in the country.

The wave of arrests and expulsions led Pope Francis to make a rare reference on Sunday to repression in Nicaragua. “I would like to express my conviction and my hope that through an open and sincere dialogue the basis for a respectful and peaceful coexistence might still be found,” he said after a public prayer at the Vatican.

The clergymen and missionaries who have remained in the country have been subjected to a campaign of fear. The authorities in the past month have banned the church from conducting religious processions in the streets, prevented some priests from officiating Mass, stationed police patrols outside clergymen’s homes and called priests in for questioning. The once-crowded church pews have emptied out as parishioners have remained at home out of fear of being labeled dissidents by government agents. The outspoken priests have grown silent. The demoralization was on display this month during the celebration of Our Lady of Fátima, a major Catholic holiday. Once an exuberant procession of thousands, the commemoration was replaced by a somber walk of about 400 clergymen and parishioners around the grounds of the capital’s cathedral, after the government banned the church from using the streets.

Let’s pray for our brothers and sisters in Nicaragua ~ PLR USA

30/07/2022

The Vatican hosted a virtual listening session with differently abled Catholics in the month of May as part of the Synod on Synodality process. People from more than 20 countries participated in the video call hosted by the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life: with some expressing concerns about experiences of discrimination and exclusion.

Accommodations were made so that people with sensory, physical, or cognitive disabilities could express themselves in their own languages, including sign language. According to the Vatican dicastery, the 30 participants in the video call were invited to offer further contributions to a document in the coming months that will be delivered to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.

Cardinal Mario Grench, the Secretary General of the synod of Bishops, spoke to the participants at the beginning of the call. “I am in debt to people with disabilities. One of them led me on the path of a priestly vocation”. The Cardinal’s quote that inspired me was “If the face of the disabled brother or sister is discarded, it is the Church that becomes disabled “. A participant from France with Down syndrome shared on the call: “At birth, I could have been aborted. I am happy to live, and I love everyone and I thank God for creating me”.

PLR USA

30/07/2022

Mexico City: A Roman Catholic priest was wounded in a shooting on a highway in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero, the Mexican Council of Bishops said late Thursday.

The council said the Rev. Felipe Vélez Jiménez was shot in the cheek and was “out of danger.”

✍️PLRUSA

22/07/2022

Nigerian priest: Federal government has refused to help regarding abductions, killings

The situation in Nigeria has led meany to believe that what is happening is “state-sponsored terrorism,” Father Patrick Alumuku, communications director of the Archdiocese of Abuja, told ACI Africa at the Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life, being held in Nairobi July 19-22.

Nigeria’s government has everything it needs to stop the ongoing attacks that are targeting Christians, but has refused to help, a Catholic priest in the West African country has said.

He said that the Church in Nigeria does not have the capacity to protect the people, including priests who have been victims of kidnappings and killings, and that it is the role of the government to empower security officers in the country to protect innocent civilians.

“The Church desires to protect its own personnel. But does the Church have the capacity to protect people? Does the Church have an army? Does she have the police?” the Nigerian priest posed, adding, “It's the government that should have provided the police with whatever is required, the ammunition, the logistics to be able to handle this; but it would appear as if the government is not interested in solving this challenge.”

He continued, “The government appears helpless. In fact, there are those who feel that this is state-sponsored terrorism.”

The priest of the Diocese of Makurdi, who was ordained in 1981, said he finds it baffling that none of the atrocities that have been meted against Christians in Nigeria had been dealt with in courts.

“Of all these priests who have died, not even one person has been arrested. Of all the priests who have been kidnapped, not even one person has been arrested. Of all the churches that have been burnt or bombs that exploded, not one person has been arrested, taken to court, judged and convicted,” Alumuku said.

He added, “It therefore appears as though the government is compromised. The present government is compromised.”

Alumuku said that churches in Nigeria had put measures in place to protect their people, including installing security checks at entrances to keep insurgents at bay.

“The Church has done what it should do. On Sundays, there are usually stringent security searches for people who try to enter the churches,” he told ACI Africa July 20.

Churches in Nigeria have also enlisted the services of civil defense groups who are working to stop people suspected to be terrorists from entering the Church premises.

Let's pray for our Church and brothers and sisters in Nigeria!

Source: CNA

17/07/2022

Two Catholic Priests Kidnapped in Nigeria
Two Nigerian Catholic priests have been abducted in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said, nearly two weeks after another priest was taken from his parish in the same state. The Nigerian diocese of Kafanchan has asked for prayers after this incident.
Father John Mark Cheitnum and Father Denatus Cleopas were abducted at around 5:45 p.m. on July 15 at the rectory of Christ the King Catholic Church in the town of Lere in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State.
“May Jesus, crucified on the Cross, listen to our prayers and hasten the unconditional release of His priests and all other kidnapped persons,” Father Emmanuel Uchechukwu Okolo wrote in a statement shared with CNA.

Okolo, who serves as the chancellor of the diocese of Kafanchan, said that the diocese is asking people to pray for the quick and safe release of the kidnapped priests. “We will use every legitimate means to ensure their quick and safe release,” he said.
At least seven Catholic priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria in the month of July, according to data compiled by Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic nonprofit organization.
The latest abduction brings the total up to 20 Nigerian priests kidnapped since the beginning of 2022. Three of the priests were killed. Security expert David Otto, director of the Geneva Centre for Africa Security and Strategic Studies, based in Geneva, Switzerland, told CNA that the consensus of security experts in his group is that the Catholic Church is being targeted because it has been paying the steep ransoms demanded by the bandits, which can be as high as $200,000 or more.

Bishop Jude Arogundade of Ondo, in southwestern Nigeria, where still-apprehended gunmen on June 4 killed at least 40 people attending a Pentecost Mass in Owo, believes that the Catholic Church in Nigeria is both a threat and a strategic target for radicalized Muslim Fulani herdsmen and Islamic terror groups using violence to destabilize Nigeria.
Nigeria’s Kaduna state, in particular, has been described as “an epicenter of kidnapping and violence by non-state actors” in Nigeria by the UK-based human rights foundation Christian Solidarity Worldwide. A 2022 report by the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom cites six attacks against churches in Kaduna State in 2021.

Catholic priests in the archdiocese of Kaduna organized a protest of the violence against Christians in Nigeria at the funeral of a slain priest at the end of June.
The Nigerian Diocesan Catholic Priests Association has called on priests to observe a week of prayer, fasting, Eucharistic adoration, and recitation of the rosary to help them in their ministry despite the dangerous security situation.

“Our duty is to lay before the altar of God the gratitude, cares, worries and petitions of the faithful and ours. We are advocates of pro-life and peace,” the priest’s association statement said.
Source: The Catholic News Agency

22/05/2022

A saint for new beginnings!

Saint Devasahayam is the first Indian laity saint. He was canonized recently on May 15th, 2022. Devasahayam, who took the name ‘Lazarus’ in 1745, was first approved for sainthood in February 2020 for "enduring increasing hardships" after he decided to embrace Christianity.

As the postulator for his cause, Father Joseph Elphinstone said that Devasahayam is a poignantly significant figure for India today, as he embodies a model of fraternity and recognition of the dignity of all persons, regardless of religion or of social standing. The fact that Devasahayam was able to do great things, contributing to the Church, to the community and to the people is being transmitted to Indians today, he continued, and thousands of people are flocking towards this saint.

His birth name was Neelakandan Pillai; He was born into an affluent Nair caste hindu family in Nattalam in the present-day Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu on 23 April 1712. His father was a priest in a Hindu temple. He grew up with Hindu beliefs and traditions early on. His family wielded considerable influence in the royal palace of Travancore's king, and Neelakandan joined the royal palace as a young man.His capabilities and enthusiasm did not go unnoticed in the palace, as he was soon put in charge of state affairs as an official under the Dewan of Travancore.

De Lannoy was a Dutch naval commander who, after a war defeat, ended up working with the king of Travancore. During this period, Devasahayam also worked there and became well acquainted with De Lannoy. De Lannoy's Christian faith interested Devasahayam ; thus, De Lannoy enlightened him on the faith, leading to Devasahayam Pillai's conversion in 1745. At this point, he took the name "Devasahayam" ("help of God"), which is the Malayalam translation of the name Lazar.

As we might think, he was not martyred, just because of his conversion. After his conversion, he lived the Gospel values following God’s Word that all His children are equal. He had no barrier, no difference, no high and low, no rich and poor, no class caste. Since he was a man originally from a high caste, this caused a disturbance. His life became something which they couldn't tolerate and that made them kill this saint.

He was a unifier, a great person who could help everybody respect other people and religions while going beyond all divisions and showing us how to journey together towards a better life.

St. Devasahayam is a saint for the current times. We can seek his intercession and follow his example as we deal with increasing disunity and intolerance. He is also a model for us as we pray and journey towards the dignity of all people, irrespective of any situation.

16/05/2022

Catholic Church has 10 new saints!

Pope Francis on Sunday May 15th recognized 10 new saints of the Catholic Church during a canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

It was the Church’s first canonization since that of St. John Henry Newman and four others in October 2019.

The new saints are - Titus Brandsma; Lazzarus Devasahayam; César de Bus; Luigi Maria Palazzolo; Giustino Maria Russolillo; Charles de Foucauld; Maria Rivier; Maria Francesca of Jesus Rubatto; Maria of Jesus Santocanale; Maria Domenica Mantovani

-Charles de Foucauld: A French soldier and explorer who became a Trappist monk and Catholic missionary to Muslims in Algeria. Known as Brother Charles of Jesus, he was killed in 1916 at the age of 58.

-Titus Brandsma: A Dutch priest, professor, and journalist who opposed N**i propaganda in Catholic newspapers. He was killed by lethal injection in Dachau in 1942.

-Devasahayam Pillai: A layman from India who was tortured and martyred after converting from Hinduism to Catholicism in the 18th century.

-Marie Rivier: The founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation. The Frenchwoman founded the order in 1796, at the age of 28, during the Reign of Terror.

-Maria Francesca of Jesus: A 19th-century missionary founder who crossed the Atlantic Ocean seven times by boat to establish an order of Capuchin sisters in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil.

-Maria Domenica Mantovani: The first general superior of the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, which she co-founded to serve the poor, orphaned, and the sick in Italy in 1892.

-Maria of Jesus Santocanale: The founder of the Capuchin Sisters of Immaculate Mary of Lourdes in Sicily in 1910. She spent most of her free moments, day or night, in front of the tabernacle.

-César de Bus: A French Catholic priest who founded two religious congregations in the 16th century. He was a zealous preacher and catechist, who performed many works of charity.

-Luigi Maria Palazzolo: An Italian priest who is known for having established the Sisters of the Poor, opened an orphanage, and worked for the poor.

-Giustino Maria Russolillo: The founder of the religious congregations of the Vocationist Fathers, the Vocationist Sisters and of the Secular Institute of the Apostles of Universal Sanctification in Italy. The priest was devoted to educating young people and cultivating their vocations.