Passing time with the saints: Who would you spend your day with?

An image of St. Toribio Romo González, center, with St. John Paul II above him, is seen among other images laid out on a table at the St. Toribio Romo Church May 6 in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. (CNS/David Maung)

The Life - For All Saints' Day, our panelists chose to spend a day with a saint. Who they chose and what they did yielded some delightful surprises. What saint would you choose?

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"It was through this vulnerability that God opened my heart and allowed me to feel the collective pain, fear and chronic anxiety that the children, women and youth of Marapicu lived with every single day."

People vote at a church in Detroit during the U.S. presidential election on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (OSV News/Reuters/Emily Elconin)

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Pilgrims heading to the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida pass a painting of Jesus along the Presidente Dutra Highway in São José dos Campos, Brazil, Oct. 9, 2026. (OSV News/Reuters/Roosevelt Cassio)

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Sr. Indra Monterroso Padilla, of the Bethlemite Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, lights a candle with laywoman Martha Calderon at a chapel in El Paraíso, El Salvador, where women religious and laywomen gathered Sept. 12, 2026, to keep the work of the synod alive. (GSR photo/Rhina Guidos)

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Catholic sisters and laywomen lead efforts to put synodality into practice in El Salvador

"As women, we don't walk alone; together we shape history to help other women find freedom and build community," Sr. Ivania Blandón Montenegro said. "Synodality is exactly that."

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Sr. Antoinette Assaf serves as the mission development office director in Lebanon for the Good Shepherd Sisters International Foundation, which supports vulnerable women and children in impoverished countries around the world. (Courtesy of Antoinette Assaf)

Q&A with Sr. Antoinette Assaf, supporting vulnerable women and children in Lebanon

How do people survive all the trauma? "Resilience," the sister said. "It is amazing how they survive crises and then build capacity for the next crisis to come."

An image of St. Toribio Romo González, center, with St. John Paul II above him, is seen among other images laid out on a table at the St. Toribio Romo Church May 6 in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. (CNS/David Maung)

Passing time with the saints: Who would you spend your day with?

The Life - For All Saints' Day, our panelists chose to spend a day with a saint. Who they chose and what they did yielded some delightful surprises. What saint would you choose?

Vanessa Redgrave played Sr. Jeanne des Anges in Ken Russell's 1971 film "The Devils," now restored and rereleased. (Warner Bros.)

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The movie, based on a 1951 Aldous Huxley book, met intense controversy, and it was heavily edited and censored. Now the full version is in theaters, tackling topics of power and corruption between church and state. 

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A painting of Our Lady of Sorrows is seen at the Benedictine Abbey in Staniatki, Poland, in an undated photo. The 13th-century monastery, home to one of the country's most important collections of religious and cultural treasures, is seeking support to complete a major heritage preservation project by Dec. 31, 2026. (OSV News/Courtesy of Benedictine Abbey in Staniatki)

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A community of Benedictine nuns in Poland hopes to raise $1 million to complete a preservation project at their 800-year-old abbey by Dec. 31, warning that failure could force it to repay millions in EU funding.

Two details of "Cosmovitral," a stained glass window by Leopoldo Flores in Toluca, Mexico (Photos courtesy of Ma Elena López Munguía)
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Sr. Sheeba Raja Pandian poses with a group of children during an art therapy session. (Courtesy of Sheeba Raja Pandian)
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The Indian nun with a bicycle: Healing through psychology and art in Brazil

"It was through this vulnerability that God opened my heart and allowed me to feel the collective pain, fear and chronic anxiety that the children, women and youth of Marapicu lived with every single day."

Protestant German sisters of the Sisterhood of Christ Bearers Sr. Annette Dimigen and Sr. Chris Schmotzer manage the Rawalpindi Leprosy Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Both have spent decades working with leprosy patients in the South Asian country. (Anee Muskan)

German Protestant sisters' decades-long health ministry continues in Pakistan

Founded in 1904, the Rawalpindi Leprosy Hospital is currently managed by Sr. Annette Dimigen and Sr. Chris Schmotzer, Protestant German sisters of the Sisterhood of Christ Bearers.

Presentation Sr. Cecilia Phetpanomporn gives blankets to a refugee at a camp on the border between Thailand and Myanmar. (Courtesy of Good Shepherd International Foundation)
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Finding compassion behind walls and borders in Thailand

A Presentation Sister reflects on how fortunate she feels to have worked and ministered among refugees and prisoners, increasing her charism of justice and compassion.

Sr. Sharon Shabolyo of the Sisters of Charity of Sts. Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa with some of the girls she helps care for at the Mudzi-Wa-Moyo Orphanage in the Chirundu District of Zambia. (Derrick Silimina)

Zambian sisters shelter young girls in Chirundu's red light district

Mudzi-wa-Moyo, founded by the Sisters of Charity of Sts. Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa, currently cares for 60 girls in Chirundu, Zambia, by meeting their essential needs for shelter, food and clothing.

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The project shines light on the mission and ministry of Catholic women religious around the world.

Each lesson connects articles about sisters or columns written by sisters to the good news found in scripture and church teaching. Action ideas and compelling prayer bring new learning alive. Teacher guides provide vital context and engaging activities to launch group discussions.