Benedict XVI announced tonight at a meeting of cardinals in the Vatican that the canonisation ceremony of Mother Mary would take place on October 17. Mother Teresa Mother Teresa, was born on 26 August 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa left home in September 1928, for the Lureto convent in Rathfarnham (Dublin), Ireland. On October 12 and received the name of Teresa. Mother Teresa was the founder of the order of the missionaries of charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to helping the poor. One of the most used, motivating and known sayings of Mary Mackillop is never see a need without doing something about it.
Although Cecilia is one of the most famous of the Roman martyrs, the familiar stories about her are apparently not founded on authentic material. There is no trace of honor being paid her in early times. A fragmentary inscription of the late fourth century refers to a church named after her, and her feast was celebrated at least in 545. According to legend, Cecilia was a young Christian of high rank betrothed to a Roman named Valerian. Through her influence Valerian was converted, and was martyred along with his brother.
Catherine was blamed for the excessive persecutions carried out under her sons' rule. She may not have been a principle in the plot but there is no doubt that she was aware of the plans for the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572. After Charles died in 1574, Catherine played a key role in the reign of her third son, Henry III and last Valois heir. He dispensed with her advice only in the last months of her life. Overall, her authority was always limited, either by others, the effects of the civil wars or finances.
My Favorite Person In Medicine Elizabeth Blackwell Lacey Wilson Chemistry 1406 Mark Eley 11/13/2013 Abstract On January 23, 1849, a young woman walked across the stage of the Presbyterian Church in Geneva, NY. She was given the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the Geneva Medical College. And she happened to be the very first woman to earn the degree at an American school. Her name was Elizabeth Blackwell. “If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.”- Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England on February 3, 1821.
Marie-Bernarde Soubirous was a miller’s daughter born in Lourdes, France. She was said to have had witnessed the virgin Mary appearing to her, which resulted in her becoming a saint and Lourdes becoming a sacred place. According to the story, when Bernadette, who could not read or write and who barely passed her religious education classes, asked the lady her name, she responded, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” The faithful believed her to be the Virgin Mary, and she is said to have appeared to Bernadette 18 times. The Roman Catholic Church recognized Lourdes as a holy place in 1862 and Bernadette’s visions of Mary in a cave as authentic. Saint Bernadette was canonized in 1933, as patron of the sick, and Lourdes emerged as one of the premier pilgrimage sites in the world.
Martin de Porres was that he was known for his unique healing powers. An example of one of his healing miracles is when an 87 year old lady from Paraguay, was given a few hours to live. She several severe intestinal blockage and had suffered a heart attack. All the doctors had given up on her and were already making arrangements for her funeral the following day. However her daughter and some friends were praying to St. Martin and said 15 decades of the Rosary, asking above all through the intercessions of St. Martin that her mother would still be alive by the time she herself could reach her mother’s home in Paraguay.
Lillian D. Wald was born on March 10, 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio. A firm believer in nonviolence, she helped lead the first women peace march in 1914.She was a nurse; social worker; public health official; teacher; author; editor; publisher; activist for peace, women's, children's and civil rights; and the founder of American community nursing. Lillian Wald was from a German-Jewish middle-class family in Cincinnati, Ohio, (her father was an ophthalmic merchant). In 1878, she moved with her family to Rochester, New York where she attended Miss Cruttenden's English-French Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies; upon graduation she tried to enter Vassar College but was repudiated, as the school thought she was too young at 16. In 1889, she joined New York Hospital's School
The third child of Don Alonso Sanchez de Cepeda by his second wife, Doña Beatriz Davila y Ahumada, who died when the saint was fourteenth years old, Teresa was raised by her father, a lover of serious books, and a tender and pious mother. After her death and the marriage of her eldest sister, Teresa was sent for her education to the Augustinian nuns at Avila, but owing to illness she left at the end of eighteen months, and for some years remained with her father and occasionally with other relatives, notably an uncle who made her acquainted with the Letters of St. Jerome, which determined her to adopt the religious life, not so much through any attraction towards it, as through a desire of choosing the safest course. Then Teresa fell ill with malaria. When she had a seizure, people were so sure she was dead that after she woke up four days later she learned they had dug a grave for her. Afterwards she was paralyzed for three years and was never completely well.
St. Francis of Assisi St. Francis of Assisi (1181–1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis for men and women not able to live the lives of itinerant preachers followed by the early members of the Order of Friars Minor or the monastic lives of the Poor Clares. Although he was never ordained to the Catholic priesthood, Francis is one of the most loved saints in history. St. Francis of Assisi was one of seven children born to Pietro, and his wife Pica de Bourlemont, about who little is known except that she was possibly a noblewoman originally from Provence, France and he was a wealthy merchant. As a child, Francis wanted
Thomas Becket (1118[1] – 29 December 1170), later also known as Thomas à Becket, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict with Henry II of England over the rights and privileges of the Church and was assassinated by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Soon after the death of Thomas Becket, Pope Alexander canonized him. Name Thomas Becket is also commonly known as "Thomas à Becket", although this form seems not to have been contemporaneous but a post-Reformation adornment, possibly in imitation of Thomas à Kempis.