Religion - Year 8 - Role Models of Faith and Hope: Home

Throughout the history of the Catholic Church, in her most troubled and turbulent times, God has raised up great saints as beacons of hope in the midst of darkness. Among these great saints, the four women doctors of the Church stand out as models of courage, wisdom, and trust and are relevant to the challenges of our own day.

You will be fascinated and inspired by stories of more than 200 women saints. From mothers like Elizabeth of Hungary and prophetic saints like Hildegard of Bingen to mystics like Julian of Norwich, this treasury chronicles Catholicism's most beloved women saints from the early Church to modern times. Ideal for use in daily devotions, each entry provides a biographical sketch of one or more saints, a life application for you, and a prayer or dedication for the day.

Much has been written about Saint Thérèse of Lisieux herself, but this book tells the stories of those around her who would describe themselves as 'lesser souls' compared to Thérèse, but who nevertheless put into practice her 'Little Way'. They were a vital part of her life, the four sisters in her family, her cousin and the many sisters in the Lisieux monastery. These people are interesting in their own right, so varied in their personalities; they were touched by Thérèse and their lives were changed by her, but they also played an indispensable part in forming her in becoming the saint she is.

Expresses how the 'characteristic of God's dealings' with men and women is at the heart of the spiritual life of Francis of Assisi and Therese of Lisieux.

Pemulwuy, Caroline Chisholm, John Flynn, Charles Perkins and Germaine Greer are among the nine outstanding individuals whose actions changed the course of history and the attitudes of Australian society. Several pages of well-organised, captioned text plus a number of black and white illustrations support each entry.
Butler, M. (1996). Australia's best social reformers. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Reed Library.

Charles Perkins was a fighter all his life: a fighter for his people's right to determine their own lives; a fighter against the countless forms that day-to-day racism takes in Australian society. Born in Central Australia to a family struggling to survive in a White-controlled world, sent at 8 to the harsh regime of St. Francis House in Adelaide, using his talent as a soccer player to get himself to Sydney and university, Charles Perkins pushed beyond racism and poverty to become a leading Indigenous activist and Australia's highest ranking Aboriginal bureaucrat.

"What makes a saint? Why do we need them? For Joan Chittister, saints are "people like ourselves, reachable figures, who have lived well through situations similar to our own as proof that we too, in all of our smallness, can stretch ourselves to the limits of the best in us. We call them saints, but maybe we should call them "heroes" or stars or icons." In them are reflected the many facets of the face of God." "In A Passion for Life the icons are male and female, Christian and non-Christian, married and single, religious and lay, from different times and diverse cultures. They are activists and mystics, their holiness recognized by due process, or acclaimed by those who lived in the shadow of their lives. Like us, they are not without flaws, but so luminous in their virtues as to be a light for the ages." "Joan Chittister presents some of these men and women to us, reveals their special gifts, encourages us to identify with them, and to follow their example. Robert Lentz's many stunning icons provide a third dimension for the reader, to feast the eye as well as the soul.

A comprehensive history of 20th century martyrs. The book traces the specific situation of each area and time when martyrdom occured, and studies the political systems and the reasons for confrontation. A collection of biographies is woven into the text. Includes information on Oscar Romero.

Includes twelve twentieth century apostles, looking at how they lived dedicated lives of love that explain to all the true meaning of the word and notion "zeal". Includes information on Oscar Romero.