Synopsis "Someday Saints, America's Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God"
Someday Saints, America's Blesseds, Venerables, and Servants of God, is a series recommended for children ages four and up, dedicated to heroic Catholics who shared the faith in America. Blessed Solanus Casey, Venerable Frederic Baraga, and Venerable Samuel Mazzuchelli fostered the faith in the hearts and lives of the people of the upper Midwest region of the United States. Their virtuous lives and heroic example left a mark in America's history through the missions and churches they founded, but more importantly, in the lives of the people they served. Follow the examples of these someday saints, for you are called to be a someday saint, too!Solanus Casey, Bishop Baraga, and Samuel Mazzuchelli are Someday Saints who served the people in the Midwest region around the Great Lakes, in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond.Solanus Casey, a Wisconsin farm boy, milked cows on his family farm, later joining the Capuchins. Bishop Frederic Baraga, born in Slovenia, came to the New World as a missionary priest, traveling far and wide in his ministry to the native peoples. Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, born in Italy, seemed to have the world at his fingertips, and gladly sacrificed it all in order to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people in North America.Young readers will be inspired by these holy heroes as they learn about the childhood, vocational call and special mission of these Someday Saints.Someday Saints has received the Imprimatur seal. (The "Imprimatur" is granted by an official censor of the Catholic Church and verifies that the book is free from moral and doctrinal error).
