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

Blessed Leonid Fedorov 1879-1935

“The true messianism of  the Russian Church is not what the Slavophiles have imagined, but it is the  example of suffering. It is in this way that she shows that she is the  continuation of Christ in this world.” - See more at: http://waldronsaints.com/leonid-fedorov-1879-1935.html#sthash.McXKWSio.dpuf

Blessed Franz Jägerstätter 1907-1943

"Consider two things: from where, to whereThen your life will have its true meaning." - See more at: http://waldronsaints.com/blessed-franz-jaumlgerstaumltter-1907-1943.html#sthash.VC1gehhF.dpuf

Blessed Rupert Mayer 1876-1945

 

 After 8 months ,Fr. Mayer was in dire health, the abuse had taken it's toll. The Nazis didn't want a martyr on their hands, so they took him to an isolated monastery in the Bavarian Alps where he was placed under house arrest - See more at: http://www.waldronsaints.com/rupert-mayer-1876-1945.html