Born in Poland in 1899, Stanisława Rodzińska was orphaned around the age of ten.

“To live without faith, without a heritage to defend, without battling constantly for truth, is not to live but to ‘get along’; we must never just ‘get along.’” Born April 6, 1901, Pier Frassati was the child of an artist and a wealthy newspaper man.

John Ogilvie was born in Scotland in 1579 and raised Calvinist.

“The rosary is not a devotion to the Blessed Virgin, it is the devotion to Mary!” Pauline Jaricot was the youngest daughter of a wealthy French factory owner.

Takayama Ukon, the “samurai of Christ,” was born in 1552.

Paul VI oversaw the completion of the Second Vatican Council.

Sometimes called “the Saint Dominic of the 19th century,” Anthony Claret was born in Spain in 1807.

“If by chance your conscience is burdened with sin, take your rosary and say at least part of it….

Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Order of Preachers, was called by God to preach to the Albigensians.

“My only purpose in thirty-three years of service has been that of saving my soul and that of my brother by spreading the rosary.” Bartolo Longo was born to a family of devout Catholics near Naples, Italy.