A resource for how to perform works of corporal and spiritual mercy.

St. Martin of Tours clothed Christ when he shared his cloak with a poor man who was freezing. A Notre Dame student was clothed by a woman in Zambia who showed her mercy.

St. Martin of Tours attended to African slaves as they arrived in Peru in the 16th century. A Notre Dame alumna visited a prison for Mass on Easter Sunday and is surprised by what she sees in the collection basket.

St. Joanna buried St. John the Baptist, and was among the women who sought to care for Jesus’ body on the morning of his resurrection. As a hospice chaplain, Jaclyn Champagne took on the task of burying a man she barely knew.

St. Vincent de Paul and St. Jane Frances de Chantal both served the poor in France in the first part of the 17th century. A current Notre Dame student spent part of her summer helping the elderly participate in the Mass.

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta heard a call to extend loving care to people who were suffering and unwanted. In an encounter with a person with a disability, a Notre Dame student found that he was the stranger when he was welcomed with a loving gesture.

St. Andrè Bessette, CSC, was known as the “Miracle Man of Montreal” for the wondrous healings that happened with his intercession; the daughter of a Notre Dame professor cares for him during a progressive and terminal illness.