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I am looking for Saint to study while we study Modern History this year (1865-present).
I was thinking of St. Pio and St. Maximillian Kolbe. Does any one have any great suggestions for books? My ds will be in 6th grade, but if it is an adult book we can read it together.
Are their any other Saints that would be good too? American Saints of this time period?
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There is a 2 volume set by Ann Ball entitled Modern Saints: Their Lives and Faces, Book 1. It was written a few years ago, so it's not all up-to-date (like John XXIII and John Paul II). But what's so wonderful is every saint included has photographs. There is another set of volume 1 and 2, Faces of Holiness: Modern Saints in Photos and Words Part One and Faces of Holiness II which are not all canonized, but holy people.
Another set of books I have which contains all photos is Ten Christians: By Their Deeds You Shall Know Them and No Strangers to Violence, No Strangers to Love by Boniface Hanley, OFM. Not all are canonized, but the photographs are so wonderful.
These are short biographies, and would be a jumping point to choose certain saints to delve into more meaty reading.
A few saints off the top of my head that would fit in the modern period, some are canonized, others not yet:
St. Therese
St. Faustina
St. Maria Goretti
St. Josemaria Escriva
Blessed John XXIII
Blessed John Paul II
St. Edith Stein
Miguel Pro
St. Damien
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Soon to be St. Marianne Cope
St. Josephine Bahkita
Brother Andre
Rose Hawthorne
I can provide some ideas for biographies on some of the ones you narrow down.
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We started reading Saint Damien of Molokai - Hero of Hawaii a few weeks ago. My kids are studying him in Cub Scouts.
It's a nice living book. Perhaps a little easy to read for a sixth grader, but a nice book nonetheless.
Check out this link for some other ideas. It is called "Footsteps of American Saints". It's a program developed for scouts, but it could give you some ideas of others.
Also, the patch program is available for anyone - scouts or not!
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St. Katharine Drexel is an American saint (1858-1955)
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Thanks for all recommendations!
Because of this thread, I am going to use The Way for copywork. 
Jenn, I LOVE all of the recommendations for a compilation of Modern Saints and Holy People. I am definitely going to get one of these for our First Trimester.
I need to find a great book for St. Max and St. Pio. I am thinking of these two Saints because they were so directly linked to World Wars. But after that I can't narrow it down, they are all so wonderful! Maybe St. Edith Stein?
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Forget Not Love and Saint Maximilian Kolbe: Knight of the Immaculata are both good books written for adults.
The Encounter the Saints series has books about St. Maximilian Kolbe, Bl. Mother Teresa, St. Edith Stein, Bl. Pope John Paul II, St. Padre Pio, St. Therese, St. Andre Bessette, Saint Katherine Drexel, and more. These are written for a younger age group, but they might still be helpful.
Father Damien and the Bells would be appropriate for a sixth grader. Other Vision books, like St. Pius X: The Farm Boy Who Became Pope and Mother Cabrini: Missionary to the World, would also work for this time period and age group.
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Maximilian Kolbe -- I like the ones Christine mentioned. The earlier Encounter book is also very good, not as simplified as the current Encounter the Saints, More Than a Knight: The True Story of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
It's been a while, Man for Others by Patricia Treece is also a good one.
If you can find a reasonably priced copy, Stronger Than Hatred was a nice collection of his writings. Might be a little higher than 6th grade.
For Padre Pio, simple enjoyable reading would be Send Me Your Guardian Angel: Padre Pio by Alessio Parente and then Padre Pio: The True Story by Bernard Ruffin
I think filling your basket with American saints and saintly people could easily be done by Vision books (in and out of print) and books by Eva K. Betz for Molokai and some of the other older Catholic American series.
The hard thing is narrowing!
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JennGM wrote:
I think filling your basket with American saints and saintly people could easily be done.....
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Yes! This is so often the problem! But, what a good problem to have. 
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Further thoughts.
Reading the Saints by Janet McKenzie is just a super reference tool to find good saints and holy people biographies, both in and out of print.
I was also thinking about another historic beatified, Emperor Charles I (or Karl) of Austria. here is some info (this is Joanna Bogle's husband. They both have some series on EWTN, Joanna alone, and then with both together.)
I was at Mass on July 13, St. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. The priest had an interesting homily, as he was making the point of how with all our elected presidents here in the US and all the other countries there has not been one saint or process of beatification for any of these, but there are many royalty over the centuries that were saintly, canonized, or process of canonization. He pointed out Charles, and then just mentioned two modern day royalty where they are being stripped or gave up the throne on issues of abortion and euthanasia. I think he mentioned another Holy Roman Emperor in the modern century, but I can't remember and haven't had time to look it up. Anyway, lots of food for thought. Thinking about the saints listed above for modern times, you can see the key players, like popes and rulers, founders of religious orders, key players of the Liturgical Movement and writers of Vatican II (Pius X, John XXIII, JPII, Josemaria Escriva, Don Bosco, Charles I).
Then you have those that focused on the social issues: slavery, immigrants, impoverished families, education for children, nursing the sick and rejected (cancer and leprosy) (Frances Xavier Cabrini, Rose Hawthorne, Katharine Drexel, St. Damian, Marianne Cope, Don Bosco)
And then those silent workers, the contemplative, living their daily lives and making a difference for the Mystical Body by their littleness and love of fulfilling God's Will, like Padre Pio, St. Therese, Dominic Savio, Maria Goretti, Brother Andre, Josephine Bahkita, Josemaria Escriva)
And those who were working in Christ's vineyard during tumultous times and died for their Faith: (Max Kolbe, Edith Stein, Miguel Pro).
Just thinking of the tapestry.....
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Jenn,
Your last post is awesome. I wish there was more time to read! I love the curriculum that I am using, but it's only Christian not Catholic. I often feel that the Catholic aspect is what brings the History all back to God and truly develops the soul.
We present the children with all of these issues in History, but don't often tie up the loose ends of how to not remake the same mistakes. I feel like the lives of the Saints does this so profoundly---and in the three ways that you mentioned as radical leaders, helping with social justice and hermit prayers.
It's my desire that through these lives of the Saints that my children will truly embrace the one true Faith as their own AND be willing to live that out in the world!
P.S. Thanks for the heads up on EWTN programs. We are reaching the saturation point for books/reading but some wonderful videos/movies would really round everything out nicely.
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Re: The EWTN programs. Joanna's Feasts and Seasons is delightful.
Their combined program: Military Orders and the Crusades is a tabletalk discussion, so little dry for kids, but very rich.
There is audio for another program, Catholicism: The Heart of History.
It is hard for me to watch, but Bob and Penny Lord's Super Saints series is chock full of really interesting information, with video of the places these saints lived or their relics. BUT, the presentation kind of falters, so you have to look beyond that. I know you said no more books, but somehow my computer requested Saints and Other Powerful Men in the Church which includes Maximilian Kolbe and Padre Pio, Miguel Pro, Don Bosco and Fulton Sheen. These biographies are about 40 pages each, including photos, so these books might be a wonderful resource.
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We've enjoyed a few books by Mary Fabyan Wyndeatt. I don't know if one of her books would match what you're looking for or not. 
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We  those books! My oldest have read all of them, though!  I can't wait until I can read them all to my younger kids. 
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