The Basics: Born February 1, 1805, in France; died September 26, 1885, in France; canonized May 10, 1970, by Pope Paul VI; feast day, September 26. Woman religious. The Story: Talk about a call changing! Therese joined the Sisters of St. Regis with the thought she’d be a teacher. However, the number of pilgrims coming to the… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Therese Couderc
Category: Sisterhood of Saints
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Hildegard of Bingen
The Basics: Born 1098 in Germany; died September 17, 1179 in Germany; equivalent canonization on May 10, 2012, and declaration as a Doctor of the Church on October 7, 2012, by Pope Benedict XVI; feast day, September 17. Woman religious, writer, musician, mystic. The Story: Hildegard joined a convent at an early age, and had had visions… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Hildegard of Bingen
Wednesday’s Women: The Lay Women of the Great Martyrdom of Nagasaki
The Basics: Their ages varied, and most were born in Japan; died September 10, 1622, in Japan; beatified in 1867 by Pope Pius IX; feast day, September 10. Mothers, wives, laywomen, tertiaries. The Story: There were more than fifty of them, missionaries and Japanese natives, on the hill that day outside Nagaski. More than half were beheaded;… Continue reading Wednesday’s Women: The Lay Women of the Great Martyrdom of Nagasaki
Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Viterbo
The Basics: Born circa 1235 in Italy; died March 6, 1252, in Italy; canonized in 1457 by Pope Callistus III; feast day, September 4. Mystic. The Story: Rose must have been some powerful young orator. She was a teenager when she and her family were expelled from Viterbo because of her outspokenness against the German emperor who held… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: St. Rose of Viterbo