Wednesday’s Woman: St. Marianne Cope

Note: To observe the Jubilee Year of Mercy (which runs through November 20), for several weeks I am featuring women who exemplify one of the corporal or spiritual works of mercy. Today: Visit the sick. The Basics: Born January 23, 1838, in Germany; died August 9, 1918, in the United States; canonized October 21, 2013, by… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Marianne Cope

“I Am the Immaculate Conception”

Note: On Tuesdays and some Sundays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.  It was a December 8, 1854, a Friday, to be exact, when Pius IX set forth as dogma that Mary “at the first instant of her conception, by… Continue reading “I Am the Immaculate Conception”

Wednesday’s Woman: St. Catherine Laboure

The Basics: Born May 2, 1806, in France; died December 31, 1876, in France; canonized July 27, 1947, by Pope Pius XII; feast day, November 28. Woman religious; visionary. The Story: She was nobody special. Catherine would have told you that, just a girl in a large family who lost her mother when she was nine… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Catherine Laboure

Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Lima

The Basics: Born April 20, 1586, in Peru; died August 24, 1617, in Peru; canonized April 12, 1671, by Pope Clement X; feast day, August 23. Mystic. The Story: Rose, the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized, let nothing get between her and the Lord. When she was young and people commented… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Lima