I spent 12 years in novus ordo schools and in that entire time I never heard the saints Aquinas, Bosco, Chrysostom, Liguori, or Vianney mentioned once. Mother Theresa on the other hand was constantly brought up.
And I the same sans Mother Theresa. I only knew about her from the news. I abandoned the Faith in '74 or so while in college and never heard those names up to then. When I, by the Grace of God, returned in 2002 or so, I started with the NO for about 6 months and told my wife this is NOT Catholic. Ater some research we ended up at an SSPX chapel. It was there where I began to learn the Faith the way I should have been taught after the 6th grade. My late uncle/godfather(+RIP+) and I attended the same Jesuit university about 25 years apart. When he graduated, he said he couldn't believe he kept his Faith. When I got there, I had none to lose.