The forty men & women whose stories are told in this book may not have started out as perfect people but they were used by God to do his work. Saints are people who listen to God & try to do what he wants. The saints included in the book fall into four categories: Bible saints from the New Testament such as St Paul Historical & legendary saints such as St George Worldwide saints such as St Francis of Assisi More recent & contemporary saints such as Mother Teresa Each story is accompanied by: Key date & brief description of the saint Bible link Prayer Related activities Symbol Suggested songs that might be used Some of the people have been formally named as saints by their church. In such cases their name will appear with St before it as in St Patrick. Others have not been recognized publicly in this way but are included in this book because God used them to carry out a particular task. These people are referred to simply by their ordinary names such as Florence Nightingale.