SAINTS

St. Michael the Archangel

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Lived in Israel
• He is an angel (so he does not have a birth or death date)

FAITH AND JOURNEY

• Raised and stayed Catholic throughout his life
• He defeated Satan twice
• Guards over Israel

SAINTHOOD

• Feast Day is September 29th
• Patron saint of Mariners, police, and sickness.

ST. JOAN OF ARC

EARLY LIFE

• Born around 1412
• Lived in medieval France
• Her father, Jacques d’Arc, was a tenant farmer
• Grew up during the time of the war in France.

FAITH

• Her mother taught her about the Catholic Church and its teachings when she was a young girl.
• Always a strong believer in God.

JOAN'S MISSION

• At age 13, Joan heard voices in her head who she said was God calling her to save France.
• At the age of 16 she took a vow of chastity and convicted a local court that she should not be forced to marry the man her father picked out.
• In March of 1429, she convinced Charles of Valois to give her an army to lead to Orléans.
• Joan led the French to victory

DOWNFALL OF JOAN

• Joan was ordered to defend the town, Compiégne, from the Burgundians
• She was thrown from her horse and taken captive by the Burgundians
• Joan was put in a trial, where she was accused for witchcraft, heresy, dressing like a man, and much more.
• At the age of 19, Joan was taken to the old market place of Rouen and burned at the stake on May 30th

SAINTHOOD

• Canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920
• Patron saint of France, martyrs, captives, militants, people ridiculed for their piety, prisoners, soldiers, Anglophobes, Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Services and the Woman's Army Corps.
• Joan of Arc's feast day is May 30th.

St. Roch

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

• Birth-1295
• Death-1327
• born in the city of Montpellier
• father was governor of the city
• parents died when he was 20
• he inherited the job of governor of the city
• he gave his fortune to the poor and made his uncle governor
• died in prison after suspected of being a spy in 1327

FAITH

• Born and raised Catholic
• born with a birthmark of a cross on his chest
• his cross shaped birthmark grew as he grew

BECOMING A SAINT

• he cared for plague victims
• he eventually got the plague
• he ran to the desert to die
• everyday a dog brought him food and licked his wounds
• a spring came up with fresh water
• he healed

SAINTHOOD

• Canonized in 1427
• His feast day is August 16th
• Patron Saint of dogs