Newly canonized saints generate excitement among learners and give children examples of people who followed God’s call in their lives in many different situations. Catechists, teachers, families, and children feel a connection to saints canonized in the last few years. Saints such as Alberto Hurtado, Jeanne Jugan, Damien de Veuster, Kateri Tekawitha, and Josephine Bakhita provide role models for living as disciples of Jesus in our modern world.
Below are easy-to-use resources that include sixty-six amazing new saints canonized since 2000, presented in alphabetical order. For each saint there is a brief life story, how that person is an example for us, catechist ideas, family activities, and a prayer. The example of these saints shows children ages five to twelve that there are many ways to follow Jesus in their lives.
• St. Alberto Hurtado
• St. André Bessette
• St. Angela of the Cross
• St. Anna Schaffer
• St. Arnold Janssen
• St. Bonifacia
• St. Candida Maria of Jesus
• St. Caterina Volpicelli
• St. Charles de Foucauld
• St. Charles Houben
• St. Damien de Veuster
• St. Daniel Comboni
• St. Dulce Lopes Pontes
• St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
• St. Emilie de Villeneuve
• St. Faustina
• St. Felix of Nicosia
• St. Filippo Smaldone
• St. Francisco & St. Jacinta Marto
• St. Gaetano Errico
• St. Genoveva Torres Morales
• St. George Preca
• St. Gianna Molla
• St. Guido Conforti
• St. Guila Salzano
• St. Jeanne Jugan
• St. John Henry Newman
• St. John XXIII
• St. John Paul II
• St. José Brochero
• St. José de Anchieta
• St. José Sanchez del Rio
• St. Josephine Bakhita
• St. Josephine Vannini
• St. Juan Diego
• St. Junipero Serra
• St. Kateri Tekakwitha
• St. Katharine Drexel
• St. Laura Montoya
• St. Louis & Zelie Martin
• St. Louis Guanella
• St. Ludovico of Casoria
• St. Luigi Orione
• St. Marguerite Bays
• St. Maria Guadalupe
• St. Maria Josefa
• St. Mariam Thresia
• St. Marianne Cope
• St. Marie of the Incarnation
• St. Marie Alphonsine
• St. Marie Eugenie of Jesus
• St. Mary MacKillop
• St. Nunzio Sulprizio
• St. Oscar Romero
• St. Pio of Pietrelcina
• St. Paola Cerioli
• St. Paul VI
• St. Pedro Calungsod
• St. Peter de Betancurt
• St. Rose Venerini
• St. Simon of Lipnica
• St. Teresa of Calcutta
• St. Theodore Guerin
• St. Toribio Romo
• St. Virginia Centurione
Click here to download full list of new saints.
Click here to download full list of new saints.