Dare Great Things For Christ

DGT Episode 83 - Courageous Leaders Part 5 - Saint Junipero Serra

Courageous leadership requires courageous leaders.  And that’s what we find in the lives of many Saints, but few saints excel in the areas of zeal and apostolic labors like Saint Junipero Serra.  I’d like to look at his life in particular because it reminds us of the urgency to both spread the Gospel and the willingness to lay down our lives in order to make this happen.  Obviously this is something that we can apply to all the calls of God in our lives.

DGT Episode 82 - Courageous Leaders Part 4 - St. Catherine Drexel

All of us are inspired by the lives of Saints.  I think it is important that we remember, though, that Saints come in all different stripes.  Some are poor and destitute and others come from lives of affluence.  What makes Saints great is not their background but how they use it for the love of God.  In today’s Saint, St. Catherine Drexel we learn the surprising story of a young woman of wealth who becomes holy for others.

DGT Episode 81 - Courageous Leaders Part 3 - St. Francis Xavier Cabrini

When you read the lives of the Saints you can get the impression that things were pretty easy for them.  Afterall, they’re the Saints!  It looks like their lives just kind of roll along and they do wonderful things for God.  A far cry from what we have to go through.  When you read the life of Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini that impression can change.  This was a woman of terrific courage who faced amazing hardships and endured.

DGT Episode 80 - Courageous Leaders Part 2 - St. Marianne Cope

Heroes come in all sizes and stripes.  We are well versed in the lives of heroic priests and bishops in the Catholic church.  But not many of realize the heroism intrinsic in America women saints.  One of the most amazing of them is St. Marianne Cope.  I want to tell you about her life and her example of courageous leadership.