Slave_of_the_Trinity Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 I help teach the Confirmation classes at my parish, and these kids are hungry for anything and everything Catholic!! It's amazing!! But the thing is you have to introduce the saints to them in an interesting way and I thought, who would be more interesting than Padre Pio??!!! So now that i know who i want to talk about, i need to know what to say! : Any ideas? I'll take stories about the other Saints as well. Thanx guys!!
salveregina Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 I put Pier Giorgio Frassati up there too. Technically a blessed, but still sweet.
Guest Rick777 Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 Talk about his battles with demons....that should interest them. You could also tell em about St. Dominic Savio the teenage saint. He's always a big hit with that kind of crowd.
Old_Joe Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 St. Joseph of Cupertino he could fly whenever he prayed. You could also do St. Jean Vianney. I like to call him St. Giovanni Vianney. He'd spend most of the day in the confessional where people from miles around would confess their sins. He'd also wrestle with the devil while laughing because he knew that a fallen away Catholic would make a full conversion.
Slave_of_the_Trinity Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 I never thought about either of them!! Thanks guys they were great ideas!!
Mercy me Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 Ditto - Pier Giorgio Frassati...an awesome saint for young people
Slave_of_the_Trinity Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 [quote name='VoloHumilisEsse' post='953444' date='Apr 19 2006, 12:52 AM'] padre pio....bilocating since 1887 [/quote] Wait...what? Was he a live then?
cappie Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 [url="http://www.ofmcap.org/en/notizieview.php?id=110"]PADRE PIO[/url] [url="http://www.capuchinfriars.org.au/saints/pio.shtml"]ANOTHER LINK[/url]
Guest Rick777 Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 (edited) You could also talk about St. Maria Goretti, girls love her and boys admire her courage. Edited April 19, 2006 by Rick777
Old_Joe Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 I can't remember the name, but there was a saint who dragged a cow across a frozen river. You might try looking for a book called "115 fun facts about saints"
Slave_of_the_Trinity Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 [quote name='cappie' post='953456' date='Apr 19 2006, 12:56 AM'] [url="http://www.ofmcap.org/en/notizieview.php?id=110"]PADRE PIO[/url] [url="http://www.capuchinfriars.org.au/saints/pio.shtml"]ANOTHER LINK[/url] [/quote] Wow he's my patron saint, and i didn't even know what year he was born!! I really gotta work on that... Thanks for the link though!
Mercy me Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 Oh, I heard a great story about Padre Pio. As you know he was very well know for the miraculous heallings that were associated with him. He used to get letters from all over the world asking for his prayers. His friary literally had it's basement filled with stacks and stacks of letters for him. Toward the end of his life he knew that he was dying. He thought that it would be prudent to dispose of the all the letters sent to him so that some of the mailed conffessions would not fall into anyone else's hands. So, onthe day it was to take place he went into the basement with a young priest and told him to burn them all. Then he reached into the mountain of mail and pulled out two letters and said, "keeps these. They will be important someday." The two letters that he pulled from the mountain of mail were from the same young priest each asking for prayers for a different parishoner of his. The young priest was named Karol and he was from rural Poland. You and I call him JP2. I have heard it several times from different sources but I have not had the chance to verify this story. Nonetheless, I think that it is a cool story
missionseeker Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 <<<<<<< Fr. Pro is awesome. And he's kind of modern and there are pictures of his execution- there's an even better one than the one I have- it was just too big to use for my avatar. He's not a saint yet, though- he's a blessed but he's a martyr so... here's a link to the pictures of his execution. [url="http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/pro/pro_martyr_02.html"]http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/pro/pro_martyr_02.html[/url]
Slave_of_the_Trinity Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 Wow that just gave me goose bumps!! I never heard that story before!! That was remarkable. Hence, as I said before the CRAZIEST, COOLEST italian Saint!!!
Old_Joe Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 [quote name='Mercy me' post='953490' date='Apr 18 2006, 11:04 PM'] Oh, I heard a great story about Padre Pio. As you know he was very well know for the miraculous heallings that were associated with him. He used to get letters from all over the world asking for his prayers. His friary literally had it's basement filled with stacks and stacks of letters for him. Toward the end of his life he knew that he was dying. He thought that it would be prudent to dispose of the all the letters sent to him so that some of the mailed conffessions would not fall into anyone else's hands. So, onthe day it was to take place he went into the basement with a young priest and told him to burn them all. Then he reached into the mountain of mail and pulled out two letters and said, "keeps these. They will be important someday." The two letters that he pulled from the mountain of mail were from the same young priest each asking for prayers for a different parishoner of his. The young priest was named Karol and he was from rural Poland. You and I call him JP2. I have heard it several times from different sources but I have not had the chance to verify this story. Nonetheless, I think that it is a cool story [/quote] Nice
Slave_of_the_Trinity Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 [quote name='missionseeker' post='953500' date='Apr 19 2006, 01:06 AM'] <<<<<<< Fr. Pro is awesome. And he's kind of modern and there are pictures of his execution- there's an even better one than the one I have- it was just too big to use for my avatar. He's not a saint yet, though- he's a blessed but he's a martyr so... here's a link to the pictures of his execution. [url="http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/pro/pro_martyr_02.html"]http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/pro/pro_martyr_02.html[/url] [/quote] Wow, what was he condemned for?
Old_Joe Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 [quote name='Slave_of_the_Trinity' post='953571' date='Apr 18 2006, 11:33 PM'] Wow, what was he condemned for? [/quote] He was a victim of Catholic persecution in Mexico.
Slave_of_the_Trinity Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 Horrible! I never would have thought that that would have happened in mexico!
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