The strength and vigor of the Catholic Church are nowhere more visible than in North and South America, where hundreds of millions of people claim the Catholic faith. Saints of the Americas features thirty heroes of this New World faith, with representatives from fifteen countries in South America, Central America, North America, and the Caribbean.
Through "conversations" between the authors and the saints, readers will be inspired by the stories of Catherine Drezel and Elizabeth Ann Seton, who built schools and hospitals in the United States; martyr Óscar Romero from El Salvador; Venezuelan physician and healer José Gregorio Hernández; Peruvian Rose of Lima, the first saint of the Americas; and others.
The faith and perseverance of these martyrs and monks, laypeople and clergy, mystics and activists will encourage people today to make a lasting difference in the world.
Arturo Pérez-Rodríguez is a Chicago priest and a well-known author and speaker on matters of Hispanic spirituality and popular religion in the Catholic context. He is the author of Primero Dios and Praying with the Saints, which is part of the Somos Católicos series from Loyola Press.
Miguel Arias is the senior editor of Spanish media at Loyola Press. He holds a master's degree in ligurgy and is part of the faculty of the Instituto Cultural de Liderazgo en el Medio Oeste, Tepeyac Institute in El Paso, and the Hispanic Liturgy Institute in Chicago.
Arturo Pérez-Rodríguez is a Chicago priest and a well-known author and speaker on matters of Hispanic spirituality and popular religion in the Catholic context. He is the author of Primero Dios and Praying with the Saints, which is part of the Somos Católicos series from Loyola Press.
 
Miguel Arias is  the senior editor of Spanish media at Loyola Press.  He holds a master's degree in ligurgy and is part of the faculty of the Instituto Cultural de Liderazgo en el Medio Oeste, Tepeyac Institute in El Paso, and the Hispanic Liturgy Institute in Chicago.