| St. Peter |
Unkown |
A.D. 64 |
June 29 |
Fishermen, net makers, and ship builders |
Jesus commissioned him to be the first pope. He asked to be crucified upside-down as he didn't consider himself worthy to die like Jesus did. |
| St. Thomas More |
A.D. 1478 |
A.D. 1535 |
June 22 |
Adopted children, lawyers, civil servants, politicians, and difficult marriages |
He was Chancellor of England for a time. Right before he was beheaded, his last words on earth are reported to be "...the king's good servant and God's first." |
| St. Kateri Tekakwitha |
A.D. 1656 |
April, 17 A.D. 1680 |
July 14 |
The evironment and ecology |
She is a Native American who converted to Catholicism at the age of 19. She refused to marry and remained a virgin, committing to marry only Jesus. |
| St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
August 28, A.D. 1774 |
January 4, A.D. 1821 |
January 4 |
In-law problems, against the death of children, widows, death of parents, and opposition of church authorites |
She started a religious order which is the origin of six present-day religious orders. She established the first free Catholic school in the United States. |