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. “When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’” (Luke 17:10, NABRE) They say… Continue reading “What We Were Obliged to Do”
Tag: saints of the americas
Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Guggiari Echeverria (Maria Felicia de Jesus Sacramentado)
The Basics: Born January 12, 1925, in Paraguay; died April 28, 1959, in Paraguay; beatified June 23, 2018; feast day, April 28. Woman religious. The Story: Unlike so many female saints, Paraguay’s first beatified woman did not receive her religious vocation early. That is not to say Maria, the oldest of seven children, was frivolous; far from… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Guggiari Echeverria (Maria Felicia de Jesus Sacramentado)
Wednesday’s Woman: Carmen Elena Rendiles Martinez
The Basics: Born August 11, 1903, in Venezuela; died May 9, 1977, in Venezuela; beatified June 16, 2018; feast day, May 9. Woman religious. The Story: Carmen was never one to let adversity get in her way. She was born without a left arm, and began using a prosthesis at an early age. By all reports, she… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Carmen Elena Rendiles Martinez
Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Dolores Rodriguez Sopena
The Basics: Born December 30, 1848, in Spain; died January 10, 1918, in Spain; beatified March 23, 2003; feast day, January 10; social worker; woman religious. The Story: Ten days. That’s all it took for Dolores to decide convent life was not for her. That might have been in part because so much of her life up… Continue reading Wednesday’s Woman: Blessed Maria Dolores Rodriguez Sopena