Blessed Laura Montoya Upegui 1874-1949

Laura worked as an elementary school teacher in a poor mountainous region in Columbia, South America. Her father was killed in the military when she was 2 years old. Her family's possessions were confiscated due to poverty and debt. As a teenager, Laura had developed a strong devotion to the holy Eucharist and regularly meditated on scripture. She yearned for life as a religious, namely as a discalced Carmelite, but instead chose to work in order to support her family. - See more at: http://waldronsaints.com/#sthash.VHZFoKmE.dpuf

Saint Damien De Veuster 1840-1889

BELGIAN MISSIONARY JOSEPH DE VEUSTER OF THE SACRED HEART FATHERS ARRIVED IN THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII AS A REPLACEMENT FOR HIS BROTHER, FR. AUGUST, WHO HAD CONTRACTED TYPHUS. DAMIEN, HIS CHOSEN RELIGIOUS NAME, WAS ORDAINED IN HONOLULU AND WORKED FOR NINE YEARS AS PARISH PRIEST ON THE BIG  ISLAND. - See more at: http://waldronsaints.com/saint-damien-de-veuster-1840-1889.html#sthash.colLGD6E.dpuf

Father Augustine Tolton 1854-1897

 

 

  Father Tolton said his first mass in America at St. Boniface. He was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's, but after years of struggling with racism and anti-Catholicism, he accepted an invitation from archbishop Patrick Feehan to minister to the black Catholics in Chicago. The community welcomed their new priest and their numbers grew. He worked tirelessly, founding St. Monica's church in 1891.He passed away from heat exhaustion at the age of 43 while returning from a retreat.

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