Note: For the next few weeks, I’ll be featuring women who were beatified or canonized in the 20th or 21st centuries. The Basics: Born 1248 in Italy; died January 4, 1309 in Italy; canonized October 9, 2013, by Francis I; feast day, January 4; wife, mother, mystic. The Story: The woman St. John Paul II once described… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Angela of Foligno
Category: Sisterhood of Saints
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Maria de Jesus Sacramentado
Note: For the past few months, I’ve been featuring women with a connection to the Americas. Starting next week, I’ll be looking at women like Maria de Jesus Sacramentado (born Maria Navidad Venegas de la Torre) who were beatified or canonized in the 20th or 21st centuries. The Basics: Born September 8, 1868, in Mexico; died… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Maria de Jesus Sacramentado
Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Troncatti
Note: For the next several weeks, I’m featuring women with a connection to the Americas. The Basics: Born February 16, 1883, in Italy; died August 25, 1969, in Ecuador; beatified November 24, 2012; feast day, August 25; woman religious, missionary, nurse. The Story: This farmer’s daughter never tired of doing service in the Lord’s name. She joined… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Troncatti
Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity
Note: For the next several weeks, I’m featuring women with a connection to the Americas. The Basics: Born June 27, 1818, in Austria; died March 17, 1873, in Brazil; beatified November 6, 2010; feast day, March 17; woman religious, missionary. The Story: The first thirty years of the woman born Barbara Maix were interesting, but perhaps not… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Barbara of the Holy Trinity