Introduction Part 1: Saints Who Defied Expectations 1. Bl. Catherine Jarrige: A Mischievous Woman Who Smuggled Priests to Safety 2. Bl. Nicolas Steno: The Father of Geology, a Proto-Paleontologist, a Convert, and a Bishop 3. Bl. Sara Salkaházi: A Chain-Smoking Socialist Who Became a Misfit Sister. 4.
St. Martha Wang Luo Mande: A Quiet Homemaker with the Courage of a Warrior 5. St. Hyacintha Mariscotti: A Self-Obsessed Mean Girl Who Learned to Love God 6. St. Robert Southwell: A Poet of Legendary Good Looks Who Was Unbreakable under Torture Part 2: Saints Who Never Gave Up 7. Bl. Peter Kasui Kibe: The Most Determined Man on the Face of the Planet 8.
Ven. Matt Talbot: An Alcoholic Who Didn''t Have a Drink for Forty Years 9. Ven. Teresa Chikaba: A Ghanaian Princess (and Miracle Worker) Despised for Her Race 10. Servant of God Ragheed Aziz Ganni: A Popular Young Priest Killed by Terrorists 11. St. Charles Lwanga and Companions: Royal Attendants Who Preferred Death to Sin 12. Servant of God John Baptist Yi Byeok: The Teenage Pagan Who Introduced the Gospel to Korea 13.
Servant of God Mary Elizabeth Lange: The Haitian Immigrant at the Heart of Black Catholic Baltimore 14. Ven. Francis Xavier Nguyn Van Thun: An Archbishop Who Embraced Life in Solitary Confinement in a Communist Prison Part 3: Saints Who Had Great Adventures 15. Bl. Maria Troncatti: A War Nurse Jungle Surgeon Evangelist Sister 16. Bl. Natalia Tulasiewicz: A Polish Intellectual Who Fought the Nazis by Preaching the Gospel 17. St.
John Francis Regis: The Mountain-Climbing, Prostitute- Rescuing Priest Who Was a Role Model to St. John Vianney 18. St. Luigi Versiglia: A Missionary Bishop Who Fought Communist Pirates to Save His People Part 4: Saints Who Lived Ordinary Lives 19. Ven. Jan Tyranowski: A Working-Class Bachelor Whose "Unsuccessful" Life Changed the World 20. Bls. Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi: An Ordinary Marriage Shot Through with Glory 21.
Ven. Antonietta Meo: A Sweet Little Girl Who Knew How to Suffer Well 22. Bl. Lucien Botovasoa: A Man Whose Wife Was Resentful of His Piety. 23. Ven. Teresita Quevedo: The Captain of the Basketball Team Who Was Voted Best Dressed in Her Class 24. Servant of God Antonio Cuipa: A Husband and Father Whose Skill as a Musician Made Him a Star Evangelist 25.
Ven. Margaret Sinclair: A Factory Worker from the Slums Who Became a Poor Clare Nun 26. Bl. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago: A Chronically Ill College Dropout Who Taught His People to Love the Mass 27. Bl. Ceferino Giménez Malla: A Grandpa Killed for Being Armed with a Rosary 28. Bl. Carlo Acutis: A Teenage Boy with a PlayStation and a Website Part 5: Saints with Difficult Families 29.
St. Marguerite Bays: A Saint Who Loved Her Dysfunctional Family 30. Servant of God Rose Hawthorne Lathrop: A Frivolous Socialite Who Left Her Alcoholic Husband 31. St. Marguerite d''Youville: A Pioneer Woman with a Dramatic Life 32. Bl. Victoire Rasoamanarivo: The Married Woman Who Defied Her Family to Lead the Church in Madagascar Part 6: Saints Who Found Holiness through Suffering 33. Bl.
Benedetta Bianchi Porro: The Medical Student Who Went Blind and Deaf but Refused to Despair 34. Ven. Rutilio Grande: A Heroic Priest Plagued by Mental Illness 35. St. Magdalena Son So-byok: A Mother Who Buried Nine Babies 36. Ven. Cornelia Connelly: A Woman Who Didn''t Hate Her Ex-Priest Ex-Husband Even after He Took Her Children 37. Bl.
Zdenka Schelingová: The Sister Who Defied Communists and Died Abandoned by Everyone She Loved 38. Sts. Columba Kim Hyo-im and Agnes Kim Hyo-ju: Sisters Who Survived Sexual Assault but Gave Their Lives for Jesus 39. Servant of God Darwin Ramos: A Twenty-First-Century Impoverished Teenager with Muscular Dystrophy 40. Sts. Timothy and Maura: A Couple Whose Marriage Only Lasted a Month Part 7: Saints Whose Ruined Plans Opened the Way to More Beautiful Things 41. Bl. Lindalva Justo de Oliveira: A Life of Failure and Uncertainty Crowned with Martyrdom 42.
Bl. Catalina de María Rodríguez: A Woman Called to the Convent but Pressured into Marriage 43. Servant of God Léonie Martin: The Awkward, Unruly, Unstable Older Sister of St. Thérèse 44. Bl. María Guggiari Echeverría: A Carmelite Nun Who Rejoiced in Her Broken Heart 45. St. Frances of Rome: An Introvert Who Found Holiness in a Vocation She Never Wanted 46.
Ven. María Luisa Josefa: An Infertile Wife, a Widow, Then an Ex-Nun Twice Over Part 8: Saints Who Were Failures 47. St. Mark Ji Tianxiang: An Opium Addict Who Never Got Clean 48. St. Leopold Mandic: A Faithful Priest Whose Only Dream Never Came True 49. St. Pacificus of San Severino: A Talented Priest Who Lost His Ability to Walk, Hear, and See 50.
Ven. Maria Giuseppina Benvenuti (Zeinab Alif): A Captive Ransomed from Slavery to "Waste" Her Life in the Cloister 51. Bl. Paul Thoj Xyooj: A Missionary Prodigy Who Lost Everything but His Faith 52. Bl. Charles de Foucauld: A Nobleman Who Died a Failure in Everything but Love Part 9: Saints Who Lived with Great Humility 53. St. Vitalis of Gaza: The Hermit Who Spent Every Night with a Different Prostitute 54.
St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin: The Village Simpleton Who Became a Brilliant Nurse 55. Bl. Francisco de Paula Victor: The Man Freed from Slavery Who Fought Using Gentleness and Humility 56. St. Hugh of Grenoble: A Bishop Convinced He Wasn''t Good Enough (Despite His Success) Part 10: Saints Whose Generosity Changed the World 57. St. Dulce Pontes: The Sister Who Played Soccer with Orphans, Pulled a Dozen People out of a Burning Bus, and Nearly Won a Nobel Prize 58.
Ven. Pierre Toussaint: The New York City Philanthropist Who Was Born into Slavery 59. Bl. Augustine Thevarparambil Kunjachan: An Unremarkable Priest Who Became the Apostle to the "Untouchables". 60. Ven. Felix Varela y Morales: A Condemned Criminal Who Spent His Life Serving Immigrants 61. Bl.
José Gregorio Hernández: The Medical Genius Who Served the Poor for Free 62. Ven. Satoko Kitahara: An Aristocratic Convert Who Moved to the Slums and Became Holy by Smiling Part 11: Saints with Sinful Pasts 63. Bl. Bartolo Longo: A Satanic High Priest Turned Preacher of the Rosary 64. St. Mary of Egypt: A Life of Depravity Handed Over to Jesus 65. Sts.
Mary of Edessa and Abraham of Kidunaia: A Hermitess Who Became a Prostitute and the Father Who Brought Her Home 66. St. Michael H dình Hy: A Scrupulous Former Adulterer Who Finally Realized He Couldn''t Earn Mercy 67. St. Brice of Tours: A Bishop So Arrogant Only a Saint Could Put Up with Him 68. Servant of God Bartolomé de Las Casas: A Slaveholding Priest Who Fought Prejudice in Himself and Became a Champion of the Marginalized 69. Bl. Anthony Neyrot: An Arrogant Priest Who Was Kidnapped, Sold into Slavery, and Committed Apostasy before Finally Becoming Holy 70.
St. Jerome: An Angry Man Who Became a Saint through His Temper 71. St. Fabiola of Rome: A Divorcée Who Spent Decades without the Sacraments Part 12: Saints Who Were Merciful 72. Servants of God Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba: A Broken Marriage Made Whole by Grace 73. Servant of God Takashi Nagai: A Physician, Convert, Poet--and Victim of the Atom Bomb 74. Bl. Jean-Joseph Lataste: A Dominican Who Founded an Order of Convict Nuns 75.
Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur: A Gentle Woman Whose Prayers for Her Atheist Husband Led to His Conversion--after Her Death Notes Alphabetical Index of Saints Chronological Index Feast Day Index Geographical Index Topical Index.