Saints by State
ECCLESIA IN AMERICA
The Saints and the Beatified of America accompany the men and women of today with fraternal concern in all their joys and sufferings, until the final encounter with the Lord. With a view to encouraging the faithful to imitate them ever more closely and to seek their intercession more frequently and fruitfully, the Synod Fathers proposed...that there be prepared “a collection of short biographies of the Saints and the Beatified of America, which can shed light on and stimulate the response to the universal call to holiness in America.”
Among the Saints it has produced…Like a cloud of witnesses, they stir us to take up fearlessly and fervently today's task of the new evangelization”. Their example of boundless dedication to the cause of the Gospel must not only be saved from oblivion, but must become better and more widely known among the faithful of the continent. In this regard, I wrote in Tertio Millennio Adveniente: “The local Churches should do everything possible to ensure that the memory of those who have suffered martyrdom should be safeguarded, gathering the necessary documentation”.
-St. John Paul II
Search Saints by State to:
- Find an American patron saint!
- Plan a pilgrimage not far from home!
- Take up a cause for canonization of a Blessed or Servant of God in your home diocese!
- Learn more about the holy places throughout America