Servants of God

The Rev. Father Adeodatus of St. Peter, after being ordained a priest on July 31, 1927, left for India a few weeks later. He arrived at Carmel Hill Monastery, Trivandrum, on November 1, 1927. As a...

Hermann Cohen born in Hamburg, Germany, on November 10, 1820, to an old Jewish family, showed an extraordinary talent for the piano from the age of four. In 1833, at the age of twelve, he left...

Aloysius Benziger was born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, on 31st of January 1864 as the fourth child and second son of Johannes Adelrich Benziger and Anna Maria Koch von Boswayal. The Benziger family belonged to the nobility...

Anastasio Ballestrero was born in Genoa on October 3, 1913, the first of five children of Giacomo Ballestrero and Antonietta Daffunchio. He entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites. On 6th of June 1936 he was ordained...

Anne-Marie Martel was born in Le Puy-en-Velay on Thursday, 11 August 1644. She was baptised two days later and grew up with her brothers and sisters in a Christian family, receiving an excellent education. In 1666,...

Maciej was born on 24 February 1884 in Marszowice, a parish of Niegowić, in the archdiocese of Kraków (Poland) into a deeply religious and numerous family, the son of Antonio and Salomea Kowalska. In the years...

Catalina of Christ was born in Madrigal de las Altas Torres (Spain) on October 28, 1544, to deeply Christian parents: Cristoforo and Giovanna de Bustamante y Sanmartín, of noble descent. Third of four children, she loved...

Cecilia Maria Sánchez Sorondo was born on 5 December 1973 in San Martín de Los Andes (Argentina), the second of ten siblings. She was noted for her great ability to relate to others and always showed...

Clare of Carmel was born in San Miguel, El Salvador, on October 12, 1857 to Carmen López and Daniel Quirós López. Her parents decided to consult the saints to choose the name of their...

Dominic of Jesus Mary was born on May 16, 1559 in Calatayud (Spain), the son of Miguel de Ruzola, a notary, and Jerónima López. He received the Carmelite habit in Zaragoza on 24th of May 1572...

Emile Biayenda was born in Mpangala, Uganda, in 1927. He was ordained a priest in 1958 in Brazzaville and immediately appointed parish priest. He was imprisoned for a few months because of his participation in the...

Firmino of the Nativity was born in Amiens (France) on August 31, 1759. He entered the Order of Discalced Carmelites and was ordained a priest. He supported a bitter struggle for the defence of the Church...

Francis of Jesus was born in Los Hinojosos (Cuenca - Spain) on October 4, 1529; around the age of 12, he was adopted by the knight Juan Molina and taken to Ubeda. Around the age of...

Franciszek was born in Warsaw on 3 December 1917. In 1935, he got his Diploma in Grammar School classics and he began to study and work in his father’s tailor shop. On 13 March 1944 he...

Gerard of St Stephen the King was born in the village of Đurđin in Bač to his parents Jose Stantić and Đula (Julije) Jagić. He was admitted to the Carmelites in Graz on 9th September 1896...

Lucien Louis Bunel, in religion Father Jacques of Jesus, was born in Barentin (France) on January 29, 1900 and died in Linz (Austria) on 2nd of June, 1945. At a very early age, Lucien Bunel decided...

Giovanni Antonio was born in Florence on September 14, 1674, the only son of the Marquis Donato Guadagni and his wife Maddalena, née Corsini, sister of the future Pope Clement XII. On the 3rd of May...

Joseph Mazzanti was born in Imola, Bologna, (Italy) on June 3rd, 1879. A priest, born, raised and died in his beloved Imola, he lived passionately what was ordinary in his life and who could still say...

Bina (as every one called her) was the eldest of nine sisters and brothers. As both their mother and grandmother were ill, Bina acted as mother to all the family. Very early on she joined the...

The lay brother, Isidore of the Nativity of Mary (Giacomo Antonio Sciuti) was born in Carpeneto, in the province of Alessandria, Italy, on 8th of July 1696. At the end of the period of formation in...

Lelia Cossidente was born in Potenza on the 4th of May, 1893. She followed the family who moved to Rome in 1904. In 1913 she obtained her normal license, taught in an elementary school in the...

Carlo Zucchetti, was born in Vighignolo, a hamlet of Settimo Milanese (Ml), Italy, on November 29, 1914 at half past four in the morning, the second son of the four children of Giulio and Luigia Zucchetti....

Margaret Mary was born in Cocentaina, diocese of Valencia (Spain) on March 16, 1908 and was baptized on the 25th of that month in the parish of Santa María. At the age of 8 she made...

Joan Adelaide O'Sullivan Rouley was born in New York on October 8, 1817 to an Anglican father and a Catholic mother. She was baptized in the Anglican Church. Four years after, the young girl decided to...

Mother Maria Angélica da Eucaristia (Order of Discalced Carmelites), born Sophia Maria Esteves de Mello on 23 December 1931 in Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais, was a woman of deep spirituality, with an unconditional love for the...

Maria Christina was born and baptized in Seville (Spain) in July 1890. Her parents were called José and Elisa. The date of her first communion is unknown. On 24 January 1921, Cristina entered the convent of...

Maria of the Conception was born on April 25, 1905 in Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). She had everything you could want: wealth, comfort, influence in society... passionate about reading, cinema and sports. At the...

Eleonora d’Este was born on the 2 nd of January 1643 in Modena (Italy). Her fortunate parents were Prince Francis I, Duke of Modena...

Honorina de Abreu was born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on February 18, 1882. She lost her mother at the age of 9. Young, beautiful and intelligent, Honorina shone in Rio in the society of that...

María Isabel Zapata de Calatayud was born in Gandía (Valencia), Spain, on December 27, 1907. She lost her mother at the age of three and her father two years later. The Christian formation received from her...

Maria Teresa de Jesus Anastasia Cayetana was born in Guatemala City on April 15, 1784, into the bosom of a wealthy family. She distributed all her possessions to follow Jesus in the consecrated life of the...

Antonietta Zanelli was born in Castel Guelfo (Italy) on June 17, 1887. Born into a wealthy family, her father was the pharmacist of the village and her mother, Countess Maria Acquaderni, was the sister of Count...

SISTER THERESE OF THE INFANT JESUS (IRENE BASTIN) Irene Bastin was born on 5 July 1901 at Saint Vinvent in Luxembourg. Her family was Christian. At the outbreak of the First World War both her parents...

The Martyrs of Santander are remembered as a group of three Discalced Carmelites who gave witness to the faith in 1936: Atanasio of the Sacred Heart (Gregorio Aguinagalde Aguirreche), 1870–1936; Ruperto of the Cross (Ruperto Andueza...

The Martyrs of Segorbe-Castellón, Eleuterio of Most Holy Mary and 33 companions, include the following Discalced Carmelites: Andrea Corsini of the Virgin of the Pillar (Miguel Palomar Martín), 1887–1936; Fernando of Saint Teresa (Mariano Górriz Martínez),...

Mercedes was born in Tunja (Boyacá), Colombia, on November 18, 1930. At the age of 22 she entered the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns of Villa de Leyva, receiving the name of Mary Celine of...

The Servant of God Pura Rose of Carmel Olmos Professed Religious of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa of Jesus (Arg.) Secundina Guadalupe Olmos was born on 26 February 1896 in the locality of La Canada...

Raffaele Carlo Rossi was born in Pisa on October 28, 1876. Soon his parents separated, leaving in him a deep nostalgia that was reflected throughout his life. However, he maintained contact with both parents and managed...

Rudolf of the Transverberation was born on November 14, 1919 in Bachowice, (Poland) not far from Wadowice, in the archdiocese of Krakow, into a practicing and farming family. He completed his middle-classical studies in the grammar...

Rufino was born in Villaveta Zazpe Zabalza (Navarre), Spain, on November 16, 1891. Fleeing the wars of his time, he emigrated to Chile in 1913. In the same year he joined the Discalced Carmelites of Santiago,...

Salvador Riviera Garcia was born in Salvatierra, Guanajuato (Mexico) on June 27, 1934. Like everyone else, he was a lively and playful child, but also very intelligent and willing to help. As a boy, he began...

Sergio Sorgon was born in San Donà di Piave on 12 November 1938, the fourth of ten children. In 1949, he entered the minor seminary in Verona. In 1955, he took the religious habit and professed...

Thérèse Camille of the Child Jesus was born in France in 1757, the daughter of the Marquis de Soyécourt. At the age of 16 she decided to enter a monastery, but had to face opposition from...

Teresa Gimma was born in Bari (Italy) on March 10, 1880. To her parents, saddened by the loss of two children, she gave new joy and new hope. She was given the name Teresa. At the...

Marianna Marchocka was born on 25 June 1603 in Stroze (Poland), the second of three children of Paul and Elizabeth Marchockiego of Modrzejewskich. Despite the opposition of her parents, under the influence of meetings with Peter...

Teresa of St. Rose of Lima was born on 29th of January 1858 in George Town, Madras, India, to Peter D'Lima and Mary D'Lima. She received the name Mary Grace on baptism in St. Mary's Co-Cathedral,...

Ulisse Amendolagine was born in Salerno (Italy) on 14 May 1893 to Leonardo, an official of the Ministry of the Interior, and Nunzia Minutillo. He was baptized exactly one month later with the names of Ulysses-Hector-Francis-Orestes....

Víctor Rodriguez was born on April 12, 1925 in Quintanadiez de la Vega (Palencia, Spain), into a solidly Christian family. At the age of two he had an experience of grace that marked his whole life....