This saint's care for creation is the reason we celebrate a special blessing for animals on the first weekend of October.

This nurse and social reformer was instrumental in bringing medical aid during the Crimean War and is nicknamed "Lady with the Lamp."

Abbess, artist, author, mystic, pharmacist, poet, preacher, and theologian, this medieval saint is one of the first identifiable "names" behind her musical compositions.

This African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman escaped from slavery in Maryland and wrote a famous autobiography.

This female saint opened the first Catholic school in America and established the first Catholic orphanage. She moved to Emmitsburg, MD, in the early 1800s. A school and street in her name are in downtown Baltimore.

This saint has a host of angels to watch over us here on earth. His day is celebrated on September 29. A church on St. Paul Street bears his name.

She is the author of the groundbreaking anti-slavery novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," published in 1852.

This female mystic is best known for her "Revelations of Divine Love," one famous of which concludes with "all shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well."

This creator of the Narnia series, Mere Christianity, and other reflections on life and faith was also a member, with J.R.R. Tolkein and others, of the literary group known as the "Inklings."

This German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church was assassinated for his alleged plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

This saint was a physician and a disciple of Jesus. His symbol is the lion.

We can thank this mid-19th-century poet for her lyrics to "Love Came Down at Christmas." Although British, she has an Italian name.

This 20th-century Sister of Charity was canonized recently for her undying dedication to the children and ailing in the streets of Calcutta/Kolkata.

Amid a life of radical courage and service, he proclaimed, "I have a dream......." in the early 1960s. Need we say more?

This El Salvadoran archbishop spoke out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations, and torture and was assassinated by a lone gunman.

Dig into this saint's Gospel to find the most well-known version of the Sermon on the Mount.

This American social-rights advocate served as Secretary of Labor in the 1930s and was later largely responsible for social security, unemployment insurance, child labor laws, and federal minimum wage.

This Spanish noblewoman forsook her upbringing to enter monastic life and became a mystic and Carmelite nun. Her book, "The Interior Castle," is a guide for spiritual development through prayer and service.

This late 19th-early 20th-century naturalist is known as "Father of the National Parks," has a beach and redwoods acreage named after him in Northern California, and is honored by the Episcopal Church for his dedication to God's creation.

This female American mission worker and poet was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, including "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Jesus is Tenderly Calling You Home."

On this saint's day in 1572, 10,000 Huegenots were killed at the hands of French Catholics. Listen closely to Flo's sermons on the second Sundays of September!

The United Thank Offering can thank this holy woman for its founding. The UTO continues to be a hearty source of revenue for outreach for the Episcopal Church.

This purveyor of purple cloth was a contemporary of Paul (mentioned in his letters). She was a stalwart witness to the faith with Phoebe and Dorcas.

This fellow was the first Protestant Archbishop appointed by King Henry VIII and served as godfather to the future Queen Elizabeth I.

She was born about 1859, in Raleigh, NC, to an enslaved woman and a white man, presumably her mother's master. She attended St. Augustine College and married her instructor, George Cooper, who became the second African American Episcopal priest in NC. She has FOUR names!