Who is your Catholic Hero(Last 100 Years)

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Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton: the Wolfwood and Vash of the Edwardian literary scene! Yes, Belloc is Wolfwood, he’s the mean one.
Maurice Baring, their friend (breaks up the whole Trigun analogy, though).
Lech Walesa; if you don’t know who that is, there’s no help for you. Wish I could spell it right, but it’s hard to do those Polish nasal tones and stroked l’s.
Mother Teresa and Maximilian Kolbe, too, and the Austrian PM the Nazis murdered.
 
Mother Teresa, JP 2, St Padre Pio, martyrs such as Sts Maximilian Kolbe and Edith Stein, St Faustina whose Divine Mercy devotion has seemed to come along at just exactly the right time in history for it, as so many of them do.
 
Pope John Paul the Great because his recurring message of “Be Not Afraid” always seems to come to me when I need it. Plus he always looks so hopeful. Along with him, I would also include the deceased pastor that used to serve at our parish.
 
St. Gianna, because she chose to give life even though she died as a result.
 
I hate to have only one vote. I voted JPII, but would also vote for the others as well.

And certainly, I’d also vote for Pope Pius XII (Cardinal Pacelli). He had many accomplishments in such difficult times. For example, he issued an apostolic constitution, Munificentissimus Deus, which defines ex cathedra the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. See ewtn.com/faith/Teachings/marye2.htm

And Pope Pius X counts as within the last 100 years. I think he is still so responsive and tirelessly working for all faithful Catholics (especially those who pray for his assistance). Perhaps he is prayed to less because there is a schismatic group that uses his name. Pope Pius X granted permission to build America’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. And he was its first financial contributor. Pope Pius X promoted Gregorian Chant, the Divine Office, frequent reception of Holy Communion, frequent recourse to the Sacrament of Penance. Instaurare omnia in Christo (Latin for “To restore all things in Christ”). Those words were his last.
 
Pope John Paul II

But coming in second is
Mother Teresa

and Third is
Mother Angelica

but I also love
Bishop F. Sheen
and Father Corapi
 
The top of the list would have to be John Paul the Great. It was during his death vigil and funeral that I realized I was Catholic and hadn’t been able to come to terms with it until then.

But leading up to that moment, I would have to say Mother Angelica, Fr. Corapi, Fr. Groeschel, GK Chesterton, Scott Hahn, C.S Lewis (I know he’s not Catholic, but he was the first in opening my eyes to Sacramentalism and that was a HUGE step for this ex-Baptist/Evangelical) and I can’t forget Marcus Grodei (sp?) from Journey Home Ministries, a huge part of my conversion!

And I’m sure there are a thousand more that I have yet to discover before I leave this earth! God Bless them all!:angel1:
 
Maximilian Kolbe. I read his story when I was Protestant. Wow.

I would also vote for Nellie Gray, the organizer for many years of the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., and along with her, all the front-lines workers in the pro-life movement in the U.S. They take a lot of harrassment by the media and the pro-choice elites.

Also J.R.R. Tolkien–he demonstrated that it’s possible for a Catholic to live a really FUN life and leave a lasting legacy of imaginative wonder behind on this earth.
 
Sorry–one more vote and this one eclipses my votes above.

Mattie Stepanek, the boy poet who died of muscular dystrophy when he was just thirteen years old. He was a strong voice for Our Lord and the Catholic Church. Presidents and movie stars who would normally scoff at religion listened to Mattie–I believe that many souls will be in heaven because of this little boy and his poetry.

In case you haven’t heard of him, here’s his website:

mattieonline.com/

GET ONE OF HIS POETRY BOOKS RIGHT NOW! You’ll be glad you did. Just make sure to have Kleenex around.

My daughter, who isn’t Catholic, is using his one of his poetry books as a devotional.
 
Father Mario Buttini. Many of know him, you just might not know it.

“When Father Buttini does pushups, he doesn’t push himself up, he pushes the earth down”
 
Yeah, it definitely goes 1) Jesus, 2) Fr. Mario Buttini. Absolutely one of the best priests ever:

“Fr. Buttini sleeps with a nightlight on, not because Fr. Buttini is afraid of the dark, but because the dark is afraid of Fr. Buttini.”

“When the boogeyman goes to sleep at night, he checks his closet for Fr. Buttini”

“Fr. Buttini doesn’t sleep, he waits.”

“Fr. Buttini can slam a revolving door.”

“Fr. Buttini can divide by zero.”

“Fr. Buttini can hear heresy…in books.”

“Fr. Buttini was the first person to slap Judas Iscariot in the face after he betrayed Christ. Since that one act of defense for Christ and the Church, he hasn’t aged a day.”

“Fr. Buttini was ordained in utero.”

Well, the list goes on…
 
St. Maximilian Kolbe. His death in Auschwitz was just a reflection of the way he lived his entire life.
 
President John F. Kennedy, of course.

He brought American Catholics out of the outhouse and into the White house, against pretty tremendous odds.
 
The Servant of God, Pope John Paul the Great

Pope Benedict XVI

The Servant of God, Pope Pius XII
 
I do not think that any one person has ever been so maligned and so slandered as has Pope Pius XII.

Here is a man who did all he could to save the jewish people (and many others as well) from sure death at the bloody hands of the nazis and fascists, and how is he thanked? By being completely trashed not just by our church’s numerous critics, but from the media as well.

And no, I am sorry, but I cannot see him being beatified any time soon, if ever. The political-correctness crowd will see to that.
 
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