Portfolio Category: Martyrs & Saints

[audio m4a="https://www.myfirstholycommunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/St.-Therese-Of-Lisieux.m4a"][/audio] St. Thérése of Lisieux Thérèse Martin was a little girl who lived in France.  She was the youngest in her family and was loved dearly by her older sisters and her parents.  Her father used to call her, “my little queen.” Even as a little girl, Thérèse understood how special the Mass and…

[audio m4a="https://www.myfirstholycommunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/St.-Kateri-Tekakwitha.m4a"][/audio] St. Kateri Tekawitha There was once a little Native American girl named Kateri.  Well, when she was four years old she became known as Tekakwitha, which meant The-One-Who-Bumps-Into-Things. This is because she got a disease called smallpox and lost almost all of her sight. Because she couldn’t see very well, she kept bumping…

[audio mp3="https://www.myfirstholycommunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/LittleLi.mp3"][/audio] Little Li – China’s Precious Girl Martyr of the Eucharist   Every now and then, great people walk the earth; people who make a powerful contribution to humanity.  These people come from all walks of life and, quite often, they reveal that their real gift was inspired by an experience they had of…

[audio m4a="https://www.myfirstholycommunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bl.-Jacinta-And-Francisco.m4a"][/audio] Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinto Marto Blessed Francisco Marto, Blessed Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos, were three young children from Fatima in Portugal, to whom Our Blessed Lady appeared in 1917.  Before her apparition to them, she sent an Angel who called himself the Angel of Peace, to prepare…