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
Category: Saints of the Americas
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Theodore Guerin
The Basics: Born October 2, 1798, in France; died May 14, 1856, in the United States; canonized October 15, 2006, by Benedict XVI; feast day, October 3. Woman religious, missionary, teacher. The Story: Theodore’s world was rocked when she was just fifteen and her father was murdered. Her mother fell into a deep depression, and Theodore… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Theodore Guerin
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
Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Marie Anne Blondin
The Basics: Born April 18, 1809, in Terrebone, Canada; died January 2, 1890, in Lachine, Canada; beatified April 29, 2001, by Pope John Paul II; feast day, April 18. Educator, woman religious. The Story: Born Esther Blondin, this blessed was born the third of twelve children in Quebec. She was illiterate when she went to work as… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Marie Anne Blondin