Famous Female Saints
This young French saint led troops in battle and is known as the Maid of Orléans.
Who is Joan of Arc?
She was the first woman, created by God in the Book of Genesis.
Who is Eve?
This title refers to Mary as the “Mother of God.”
What is Theotokos?
This young Italian saint is known for her devotion to purity and died at age 11 after forgiving her attacker.
Who is Maria Goretti?
This feast celebrates Mary being taken body and soul into heaven.
What is the Assumption?
This saint is known for her “little way” and is also called the Little Flower.
Who is Thérèse of Lisieux?
This woman said “yes” to God when told she would be the mother of Jesus.
Who is Mary?
Women who dedicate their lives to God in religious communities are commonly called this.
What are nuns (or religious sisters)?
This woman founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Who is Mother Teresa?
This month is traditionally dedicated to Mary in the Catholic Church.
What is May?
She was the mother of Jesus and the most important woman in Catholicism.
Who is Virgin Mary?
She was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac.
Who is Sarah?
This title is given to saints recognized for important contributions to Church teaching; several women have received it.
What is Doctor of the Church?
This American saint founded the first Catholic school system in the U.S.
Who is Elizabeth Ann Seton?
This prayer honoring Mary includes the words “full of grace.”
What is the Hail Mary?
This saint cared for the sick and poor in India and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Mother Teresa?
This woman showed great loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi and said, “Where you go, I will go.”
Who is Ruth?
This is the process by which someone is officially declared a saint.
What is canonization?
This saint is known for her visions at Lourdes in France.
Who is Bernadette Soubirous?
This feast celebrates Mary’s conception without original sin.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
This Italian mystic and Doctor of the Church advised popes and helped bring the papacy back to Rome.
Who is Catherine of Siena?
She was present at Jesus’ crucifixion and was the first to witness the Resurrection.
Who is Mary Magdalene?
The leader of a convent of nuns is called this.
What is an abbess?
This philosopher and convert to Catholicism became a Carmelite nun and died in Auschwitz.
Who is Edith Stein?
This devotion reflects on events in the lives of Jesus and Mary using beads.
What is the Rosary?