Mancipia Press

Though she only stood a little under five feet tall, this zealous Italian nun took to the missionary fields of America and beyond with great fervor… but not without overcoming great obstacles...

Saint Francis de Sales' story can well be described as that of a true gentleman who became a saint. Overcoming his personal faults he gently counseled souls, founded an order of religious women,...

Saint Francis' story is the charming tale of a rich and unsatisfied noble with shallow goals of glory, who discovers a dramatic fulfillment in rejection of these values. Instead he pursues a life of...

"Go and set all on fire," was the command given to Saint Francis Xavier by his Superior, Saint Ignatius Loyola. Evangelizing the impenetrable Far East, this zealous missionary accomplished...

A one time "man of the world," Gabriel Possenti forsook the limelight of Italian society to dedicate his life to God as a Passionist. Adventure, however, followed him into the cloister, making his...

  Saint Germaine Cousin, the young shepherdess of France, is a victim of circumstances yet she defies all obstacles by turning loneliness into solitude; abuse into sacrifice and merit; hatred...