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The saint I chose is St. Dunstan. I chose this saint because he understands students problems. St. Dunstan was born in Glastonbury, England in the year of 909. Dunstans uncle was the bishop of Wells. Dunstan devoted his life to helping poor and homeless.

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My confirmation saint is Saint Teresa Margaret Redi. I choose her because she has the sacred heart in her name. I also chose her because she grew up in a big family, but she also always did her best. She died at a young age but while she was living she accomplished many great things. word count-55

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I chose Saint Michael the Archangel as my saint. I chose Saint Michael because I think it is cool how he led an army in Heaven against Satan and he was an Archangel. Saint Michael was never born on Earth, he was an archangel which means he was born an angel in Heaven. 53 WORDS

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My Confirmation Saint is Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick is my personal favorite saint. He was born 386 AD and was born in Britannia, in Roman Britain. At the age of 14 he was captured by Irish pirates. He was held in captivity with the pirates until he was 20 years old.

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My saint for confirmation was saint Patrick. i chose saint Patrick because he is the patron saint of Ireland. my whole family is from Ireland. Patrick was a very good man, he helped the whole country by driving all of the snakes out of the country. Saint Patrick was not Irish though

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The Saint I choose was St.Paul he was born in 10 ad he was a Apostle who taught the gospel of Christ the reason why I choose him is because my dads name and I feel like I would have a good relation ship with him and another reason is that he is a good saint.

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Saint Catherine De Vigri was born on September 8, 1413. She was nun as an adult and then died on March 9th. She praised God every day of her life. I chose her because she is the patron saint of artists. I also chose her as my saint because she devoted her life to God. 53 words

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My saint for Confirmation was Saint Anne. I chose Saint Anne because she is the mother of Mary and also the grandmother of Jesus. I chose her also because I knew that she would be a great saint to look up to when I need to pray. I can always count on her to help me if I need something when I'm struggling and need an extra hand. Also my sponsor my Aunt Anne has the same name.

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"Saint Benedict was born in Nurcia ,Italy in 480 a.d. Young Benedict was sent to away to school I chose Saint Benedict as my Confirmation saint because he was a great leader. He was nice. He was smart and courageous He was know for the rule of the monks. Saint Benedict died in 543 a.d."

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I chose saint Sebastian because he is the patron saint of sports. He was born in 256 A.D.in Narbonne France.When he was 32 he was a soldier for the roman army at the time it was illegal to be christian . He converted multiple soldiers to catholic and then the emperor found out it took three tries to kill him but they eventually killed him.

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My confirmation saint is Saint John the Apostle. I chose Saint John because he was the only apostle to stand by Jesus when he died on the cross. All the other apostles either denied knowing Jesus or went into hiding. It was Saint John who helped take Jesus's body down from the cross and help bury him.

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I have thought for a while but coming down I have pick a man who has inspired me. His name is Saint William Of York. He was born in the 12th century into a very wealthy family but then he moved away from that and became a bishop. Then after a while he desired to become a archbishop even though he was rejected the knew this was his calling and persevered to become archbishop. Then was posiened and died after become a archbishop.
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My confirmation saint is saint Thomas Aquinas I chose him because he is very smart, but people did not think that at first. He was called the "Dumb Ox"  St. Thomas Aquinas is one of the greatest philosophers of all time.  He came up with the 5 ways to prove God existed.  He is a doctor of the Church and is the patron saint of students and Catholic schools.
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I chose Saint Anne for my coformation saint. Saint Anne is the mother of Mary and my mom's name is Mary that is one of the reasons why I choose her as my saint for confirmation. Another reason why I chose her is because she is the patron saint of horse back riders .
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My confirmation Saint is Saint Sebastian. He was martyred for saying he didn't believe in Jesus, and went around preaching about him and what Jesus did and can do to save us. He was killed by being shot with bow and arrows he died in Rome in Italy and his feast day is  January 20th.

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I chose Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen for my confirmation saint. I chose Saint Fidelis for my confirmation saint because his feast day is on my birthday. Another reason I chose St. Fidelis is because he was from Germany. St. Fidelis traveled to a country that persecuted Christians to preach. While he was preaching there, he was martyred. -57

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I chose Saint Luke as my confirmation sponsor for many reasons. Saint Luke is the patron saint of doctors and one day I aspire to be someone in the medical field. Saint Luke also dedicated most of his life to helping others and that inspires me to go out to the world and help others. - 55

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I chose Joan of Arc for my Confirmation saint.I chose her because she was fearless, and did anything that God asked her to. She was born to a peasant family. As a young girl she was visited by 3 saints. She fought in the Battle of Orleans at the age of 17. Then she was captured. Then during the spring of 1431, and was charged with heresy.Then she was burned at the stake, at the age of 19, though it is said that her heart survived the fire.

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My confirmation saint is Saint Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene was born 20 A.D in Magdala, Israel. Mary Magdalene was a follower of Jesus and she stayed loyal to him even when he died. Mary was the first person to witness Jesus' Resurrection. Mary Magdalene died at the age of 58 and she was buried is Scluk, Turkey. She is the also Patron Saint of women.

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As my confirmation saint I chose saint Lucy. I chose her because she is from Italy and that is where my family is from.  Saint Lucy is the patron saint of eyes and her name means light. She was a martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecutions in 304 A.D.
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I chose Saint Catherine Del Ricci for my confirmation saint. I chose Saint Catherine because of her strength. Saint Catherine was very sick in her early 20's but that did not stop her from going to church, praying, and keeping the faith. As an infant Catherine's father gave Catherine to a convent because he didn't have the means to take care of her. Catherine's aunt was a nun at this convent, and was to take care of Catherine and help her thrive in the faith. St. Catherine passed away after a long illness in 1589.

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I chose Saint Alexandra. Saint Alexandra was the daughter of a wise king who treated people unfairly. She went out to the public and gained their trust.  While in prison with Saint George, he brought the Catholic faith to Alexandra. She went behind her father and her husband and turned to God.
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For my confirmation saint I chose Saint Margaret Mary. I chose Margaret Mary because it was my great grandmothers name. I also chose her because me and my great grandmother are a lot alike. I chose this name especially because she had just passed away and this way we can more closer. Margaret Mary was born July 22, 1647 and died October 17,  1690.
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For my confirmation saint I chose Saint Patrick. The reason why I chose him was because he is the patron saint of Ireland and my great grandparents are from Ireland. Some facts about him is that he is not Irish. He was captured by Irish raiders and sent to Ireland and forced into slavery. He also drove all the saints out of Ireland.

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For my confirmation saint, I chose St. Francis of Assisi. The main reason i chose him is because we have the same name, Francis. He was a vary loving and giving person and loved animals. He loved to help the poor. He was struck by illness at a young age, which he eventual died from, but was still guided to God.

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For my confirmation saint, i chose Saint Margret of Antioch. I look up to her because she always put her faith first, even though she knew she would be killed for it. She was told that she had to me married to a man who she didn't know, but instead she said no, sticking to her faith, and got beheaded. Also earlier in her life, she had an encounter with death in the form of a dragon. I think she is really cool for always sticking to what she believes in. - 91 words

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My confirmation saint I chose is saint rose of lima. I chose her because she really spoke out to me. She always prayed and spoke to God. She did not want attention so she rubbed peppers on her face to make it have blisters. She always put other people before her and she did not want any attention to her she wanted it on God.
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My conformation saint that i chose was Saint Lucy. I chose Saint Lucy because she was always a good person and my mom an sister also picked her as their conformation saint as well. Saint Lucy is the patron saint of the blind because when she died for her faith they stabbed her eyes out. She also reminds me how God is always with us and he will never leave us no matter what we do and their will always be forgiveness.
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The saint that I chose to be confirmed as was Saint Michael The Arch Angel. I decided to choose this saint beacuse he is a defender of Christ. I also chose him because Saint Michael the Arch Angel has always been one of my favorite saints. Although he is my favorite saint, it was actually my sponsors idea. 54

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For my confirmation saint, I chose Blessed Antonia. I chose her because my Uncle Sal's middle name is Anthony, and he was my sponsor. Antonia is a Italian saint and was born in Florence in 1402. She was married at a very young age. After her husband died, she entered a convent. She died in 1472.

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My confirmation saint that I chose was saint John. I chose him because my dad chose him as his confirmation saint and because my old church was named after him. Some facts about him are that he actually baptized Jesus. Also, people thought that he was Jesus at one point.
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I choose St. Christopher because he brings the fire to everything he does. And that is what I try to accomplish I want to have the fire of him and the Holy Spirit in everything I do. And a cool little add-on is he is the patron saint of travelers and my family travels a lot and those are some reasons why I love St. Christopher.
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My Confirmation Saint name is Saint Ruth. I picked Saint Ruth because my Confirmation Sponsors name is Ruthie. Saint Ruth was a Moabite. Saint Ruth gave birth to Obed who was the grandfather of David. She is also in the bloodline of Jesus! Ruth was pronounced dead on July 12, 1691. Ruth seemed like a very nice person and I really admire her! The book of Ruth focuses on mainly loyalty. In the book of Ruth the word chesed appears many different times and keeps on repeating itself to send a message. That message is used everywhere in the bible and it's used to describe God's loyalty and faithfulness to to Israel.

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I choose Saint Nicholas of Myra as my saint for Confirmation because he is a really good guy and gave lots of the money he inherited to the poor. I also thought that it would be funny for my name at confirmation to be William Nicholas Nicholas Simon.

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I chose Saint Patrick for my confirmation Saint. I chose him because both of my brothers did him for their confirmation Saint. Saint Patrick is the patron Saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick was 16 when he was captured by Irish raiders and brought to Ireland. Saint Patrick was also known as the apostle the Apostle of Ireland.
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My Confirmation Saint is Saint Peregrine. I chose Saint Peregrine because he is the patron saint of cancer patients. I chose him because cancer runs in my family. I chose Saint Peregrine because if someone in my family gets cancer then I’ll know who to go pray to.

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My saint is St. Rose of Lima. I chose St. Rose of Lima because she always believed that it does not matter what is on the outside if you are a nice person in the inside. I really like how she did not just say that like a lot of other people do, but she followed up with it. St. Rose cut her hair and put pepper and lye on her face. Rose is a very nice person and I look up to her.

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My confirmation saint is St Bernadette. She is most known for seeing Our Lady or Lourdes in a grotto. I have chosen her as my saint because she was so determined even though when people were telling her she was crazy she was still not letting them get to her. Word count:51

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Clare of Montefalco is my saint. I chose her because she loved Jesus and the cross. She went to live with her sister as a nun at a very young age. When Clare died her heart was found to be in a shape of a cross. Her heart is still in good condition today.
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I chose St. Thomas Aquinas as my Confirmation saint, because of my grandfather and because I am attending that school next year. I also chose him, because he was a great teacher of the church and wrote lots of great writings. St Thomas kept the teachings of the church from wavering and taught a generation of great minds.
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The saint I've chosen is St. Joseph and he is best known for being the foster father of Jesus Christ. Saint Joseph is the patron saint of a peaceful death. He died in Nazareth in Jesus' and Mary's arms. His parents were Jacob and Heli. Joseph is also the patron saint of employment.
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The saint I chose is saint Andrew. I chose this saint because he was a good role model for Christ. He was a follower of Jesus. He crucified because he loved Jesus and he wanted to die just like him. We also share a lot in common, such as a love for fishing. My saint is a good role model and I want to be just like him. That is why I chose Saint Andrew.

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My Confirmation Saint that I chose was St.Augustine. I chose this Saint because he is a doctor of the Church, he is one of the most famous theologians of the Church. Also his mother was a Saint, St. Monica. One of St.Augustines most famous works is The City of God. He was known for being kind of a bad child, but then he turned his life around and became one of the most well known Saints in the Catholic Church.79 Words

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I chose Saint Gianna of Beretta Molla for my Confirmation Saint. I chose Saint Gianna because I felt like she very similar to me. Saint Gianna is the Patron Saint of Doctors and Doctors are very interesting to me. Gianna had three children and im also one of three like her.
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For my confirmation saint, I chose Saint Madeleine-Sophie Barat. I picked her because of her dedication to educating the poor and disadvantaged. She founded many Catholic schools for the poor in her home country of France, and her convent has since spread across Europe and the rest of the world.

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I chose Saint John the Baptist as my confirmation saint. I chose Saint John because I thought that it is cool that his feast day is on June twenty fourth which is my birthday. St. John was the cousin of Jesus, he was also the last saint to be martyred before Jesus died. Word count:53

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I chose St. Raymond as my Confirmation saint. One of the main reason why I chose this saint is because my sponsor recommended him. Some cool facts about St. Raymond are that he became an archbishop at the age of 60. He is the patron saint of lawyers. Another cool fact is that he died at the age of 100.
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I chose Saint Thomas Aquinas. I chose him as my Confirmation Saint because I thought he had a cool life, going around teaching people. He was born circa 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy. Saint Thomas Aquinas died March 7,  1274 and was canonized in 1323. This is why  I chose him as my confirmation saint.
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I choose St. Peter for my Confirmation saint because he was willing to give up anything for Christ. He had so much respect for Jesus that he refused to die the same way as him. He made some mistakes, but  that is what made him human. He is the rock on which our church was built and I respect that.
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I chose St. Luke as my patron saint. I picked up because we both have the first name Luke. I also chose him because he was a doctor and is the patron saint of doctors and when I grow up I want to be a doctor. Luke was born in Antioch ,Turkey and wrote a couple books in the Bible

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I chose Saint Sebastian as my saint. He is the patron saint of sports. He was famous for being a great archer and he died from arrows. He was sentenced to death by the king at the time and became a martyr.

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My Confirmation Saint is St. Joan of Arc. I chose her because of her bravery. She was only 13 years old when she heard the voice of God telling her she had to save France. She was nervous about this at first but three years later she went to the King of France and told him it was her in a popular prophecy where a virgin was destined to save France. She then went into battle at only 16 years old and only had a banner to hold. She was later captured and tried for witchcraft and was burned at the stake at only 19. 98 words

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I chose St. Patrick because of how brave and holy he was with God  even when there was lots of bad things happening in his life he still would pray to God and ask for help. Also because I love St. Patrick's day  and my family is a little Irish like St. Patrick who is my favorite saint.

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My Conformation Saint is St. John Paul the II. St. John Paul the II was a great man who has done many things to help people. He is a kind person who loves everybody and treats everybody with respect. I chose him to be my saint because of his generosity and kindness that he has towards others.
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My confirmation saint is Saint John of Capistrano. I chose him because he is the patron saint of lawyers, and had a very strong mental fortitude. He is also known as the "Soldier Saint" because of his service in war. He is the type of hard worker that I strive to be, and I respect him as a saint and as a person. 63 Words.

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I chose Saint Rose of Lima because my nana's middle name is Rose. A little bit about Saint Rose of Lima is that she predicted her own death at the age of 31. Her feast day is August 31st. Also, she was canonzied by Pope Clement X in April 1671. Saint Rose is also referred to Santa Rosa de Lima in Spain. 61 Words

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I chose Maria Goretti for my confirmation saint because she represents how hard women can work (after her father died she and her mother had to take care of the house and field), and she shows how you can forgive anyone, no matter what they've done (she forgave the man who murdered her). She is also the patron saint of chastity, young girls, poverty, purity, and forgiveness.
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My Confirmation Saint  is St. Catherine of Alexandria, I chose her because She will help me on my spiritual journey by easing me to do the right thing. She is the patron of students, unmarried girls, and apologists. Her feast day is November 25. At the age of fourteen, she experienced a moving vision of Mary and the infant Jesus, and she decided to become a Christian. word count- 67

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For my confirmation saint I chose Saint Ita. She is the patron saint of Killedy and Ireland. Her feast day is January 15. She is known for praying for people with eye illness and pregnancy. Her virtues consist of wisdom, purity, beauty, gentle speech, musical ability, and needle skills. Her most famous miracle was putting a dead mans head back on.-61

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My confirmation saint is St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. I chose her because she always wanted to help people no matter when or where. She would try to do her best to give people in need a better life. I strive to be like her in the sense of helping other people.
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For my confirmation saint I chose St. Joan of Arc. She is very brave and she led the French soldiers to the city of new Orleans. She is also the patron saint of France, prisoners and soldiers. I chose her because she is a great role model who I look up to.
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My confirmation saint is Saint John Paul the II he became the first non- Italian pope in 1987. He has written many books about the catholic faith. He was ordained a priest in 1946, then became a bishop in 1958, then a cardinal in 1967. Throughout all of his life he prayed the rosary daily and was always praying to God in tough situations.
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My confirmation saint is St. Andrew and I picked him mainly because he has the same name as my sponsor and also because St. Andrew was in the military just like my sponsor. St. Andrew is a confirmation saint to a lot of people but also he is a confirmation saint to me, and he just fits so perfect into that role and that is why I picked him. 70 words

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I chose St. Anne for my confirmation saint. I chose her because she is the grandmother of Jesus. She is the patron saint of unmarried women, grandmothers and many other things. She was born 50 BC and died 12 AD. St. Anne is one of the most popular saints of the Latin church.
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I chose Saint James the Greater to be my Confirmation Saint because he was in Jesus inner circle. He was also described in the bible as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. He was born in Bethsaida and died 44 a.d. in Jerusalem. Saint James the Greater was one of Jesus's closest friends.
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St. Matthew was one of the twelve apostles. He was a tax collector before he joined Jesus. I chose St. Matthew because without hesitation he dropped everything to be with Jesus. I would like to be able to do that. I want to be able to leave everything behind and follow Jesus. 51 words

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For my confirmation Saint I choose Saint Cecilia. She was an only child, like me. Her husband, Valerian, helped bury the martyred.  Executioners tried to kill Saint Cecilia two times. She survived both attempts, but died three days later due to her wounds. I chose Saint Cecilia because I love music, and she is the patron saint of musicians.
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For my conformation saint I chose St. Charles Lwanga. I had heard about him before and thought he was cool. He is the patron saint of people who are tortured.He is also the patron saint of African Catholic youth Action and converts. His feast day is on June 3rd. He was canonized October 18th, 1864. word count-54

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I chose Saint Katherine Drexel as my confirmation saint. Saint Katherine grew up in a wealthy family that always helped the poor in any way they could. When she was 27 her father died and left her and her siblings lots of money. Katherine used this money to fund schools and help others. She had the privilege of meeting Pope Leo Xlll. St. Katherine asked about religious orders that could send missionaries to institutions she was funding. But, the pope told her she should become a missionary herself. So she did. She and many missionaries in her order set up schools for African Americans and Native Americans. At the age of 96, she passed away from a heart attack.
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