Born in Spain in 1840, Henry de Osso was a devout child, who would forego playtime to accompany the parish priest on sick visits.
Louis-Stanislas-Henri Cormier was born on the feast of the Immaculate Conception in 1832.
Eager to revivify the faith in France, Moreau was an effective local missionary.
“Become saints by doing good to the girls entrusted to you.” Annunziata Cochetti’s parents died by the time she was seven, and Annunziata was raised by her grandmother.
“In the face of anti-social and anti-Catholic schools, alternative schools must be opened whose mission is to direct, to define and distinguish good and evil; schools that may disarm the enemies by giving the true definition.” Francisco Palau y Quer came from a devout Catholic farming family in Spain.
“We have undertaken to teach secular sciences only to make it easier to teach catechism every day.” Marcellin Champagnat was born in France in 1789, the ninth child of a prosperous peasant family.
Anne-Marie Javouhey came from a family of wealthy farmers in France.
Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God (Jn 3:2). Jesus was a teacher, and taught his disciples to be teachers as well: Go and make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19). To instruct the ignorant has been a preeminent work of mercy since the days of the Apostles (see Acts 6:2).
