Confirmation Saint FinderSaints of the United States
10 saints on this site whose lives are tied to the United States. Read their stories and notice who stays with you.
St. Damien of Molokai
Belgian priest who served the leprosy settlement on Molokai, Hawaii, and died of the disease in 1889.
For those who want to serve the forgotten.
Meet St. Damien
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
New York wife, mother and widow who became Catholic and founded the Sisters of Charity in 1809.
For American candidates and future teachers.
Meet St. Elizabeth Ann
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italian missionary sister who served immigrants in the United States and became a citizen in 1909.
For candidates from immigrant families.
Meet St. Frances
St. John Neumann
Bohemian immigrant priest who became bishop of Philadelphia in 1852 and built a school system.
For future teachers and those who love Catholic schools.
Meet St. John
St. Junípero Serra
Spanish Franciscan who founded the first missions of Alta California, beginning in 1769.
For those from the West Coast.
Meet St. Junípero
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Mohawk and Algonquin young woman, baptized in 1676, who died near Montreal in 1680.
For those with Native American roots and lovers of nature.
Meet St. Kateri
St. Katharine Drexel
Philadelphia heiress who founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891.
For those who want to use their gifts for justice.
Meet St. Katharine
St. Marianne Cope
German-born Franciscan sister from New York who served leprosy patients in Hawaii from 1883.
For future nurses and caregivers.
Meet St. Marianne
St. Théodore Guérin
French sister who founded Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in Indiana in 1840.
For future teachers.
Meet St. Théodore
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
French nun who brought the Society of the Sacred Heart to Missouri in 1818.
For anyone whose dreams take a long time to come true.
Meet St. Rose Philippine