Woman Saints of 21st Century

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SNO	Name	Lived  From - To	Canonized On	Feast Day
Canonized by  Pope John Paul II
1	Teresa Eustochio Verzeri	1801- 1852	10 June 2001	March 3
2	Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès	1832-1914	10 June 2001	March 23
3	Paula of St. Joseph Calasanz	1799-1889	25 Nov  2001	Feb 26
4	Leonie Françoise de Sales Aviat	1844-1914	25 Nov  2001	Jan 10
5	Maria Crescentia Hoss	1682-1744	25 Nov  2001	April 5
6	Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello	1791-1858	19 May 2002	March 21
7	Genoveva Torres Morales	1870-1956	4 May 2003	January  5
8	Ángela de la Cruz (Angela of the Cross)	1846-1932	4 May 2003	March 2
9	María Maravillas de Jesús	1891-1974	4 May 2003	December 11
10	Urszula Ledóchowska	1865-1939	18 May 2003	May 29
11	Maria De Mattias	1805-1866	18 May 2003	Feb 4
12	Virginia Centurione Bracelli	1587-1651	18 May 2003	December 15
13	Paola Elisabetta Cerioli	1816-1865	16 May 2004	December 24
14	Gianna Beretta Molla	1922-1962	16 May 2004	April 28
Canonized by  Pope Benedict XVI
15	Mother Theodore Guerin	1798-1856	15 Oct 2006	October 3
16	Rosa Venerini	1656-1728	15 Oct 2006	May 7
17	Marie Eugenie of Jesus	1817- 1898	3 June 2007	March 10
18	Alphonsa Muttathupadathu	1910-1946	12 Oct 2008	July 28
19	Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran	1832-1869	12 Oct 2008	August 30
20	Maria Bernarda Butler	1848–1924	12 Oct 2008	May 19
21	Geltrude Comensoli	1847–1903	26 Apr 2009	February 18
22	Caterina Volpicelli	1839–1894	26 Apr 2009	December 28
23	Jeanne Jugan	1792–1879	11 Oct 2009	August 30
24	Candida Maria de Jesus	1845–1912	17 Oct 2010	August 9
25	Mary MacKillop	1842–1909	17 Oct 2010	August 8
26	Giulia Salzano	1846–1929	17 Oct 2010	May 17
27	Camilla Battista da Varano	1458–1524	17 Oct 2010	May 31
28	Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro	1837–1905	23 Oct 2011	June 6
29	*Hildegard of Bingen	1098–1179	10 May 2012	September 17
30	Maria del Carmen	1848–1911	21 Oct 2012	July 25
31	Marianne Cope	1838–1918	21 Oct 2012	January 23
32	Kateri Tekakwitha	1656–1680	21 Oct 2012	July 14
33	Anna Schäffer	1882–1925	21 Oct 2012	October 5
Canonized by  Pope Francis
34	Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena	1874–1949	12 May 2013	October  21
35	Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala	1878–1963	12 May 2013	June 24

St. Augustine of Hippo

Bishop of Hippo and "Doctor of the Church" , Son of St. Monica.
Born	November 13, 354 ,Algeria
Died	August 28, 430(430-08-28) (aged 75)
Canonization	He is a pre congregational saint and was declared a saint by the early Christian community. The official canonization process was not instituted until about the 11th century.
Major Shrine	San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro  (Italian for "Saint Peter in the Sky of Gold"), Pavia, Italy.
Feast	August 28
Patron	Brewers
Autobiography	Confessions  (The Confessions of St. Augustine)  Its original title was "Confessions in Thirteen Books,"   The work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written.
Books  of St. Augustine	1. Confessions 2.  On the Trinity 3. On Christian Doctrine 4. City of GOD

St. Augustine of Hippo is the patron of brewers because of his conversion from a former life of loose living, which included parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions. His complete turnaround and conversion has been an inspiration to many who struggle with a particular vice or habit they long to break.   This famous son of St. Monica was born in Africa and spent many years of his life in wicked living and in false beliefs. Though he was one of the most intelligent men who ever lived and though he had been brought up a Christian, his sins of impurity and his pride darkened his mind so much, that he could not see or understand the Divine Truth anymore. Through the prayers of his holy mother and the marvelous preaching of St. Ambrose, Augustine finally became convinced that Christianity was the one true religion.   Ambrose baptized Augustine, along with his son Adeodatus, on Easter Vigil in 387 in Milan. A year later, in 388, Augustine completed his apology On the Holiness of the Catholic Church. That year, also, Adeodatus and Augustine returned to Africa, Augustine's home country, during which trip Augustine's mother Monica died.    He was baptized, became a priest, a bishop, a famous Catholic writer, Founder of religious priests, and one of the greatest saints that ever lived. He became very devout and charitable, too. On the wall of his room he had the following sentence written in large letters: "Here we do not speak evil of anyone." St. Augustine overcame strong heresies, practiced great poverty and supported the poor, preached very often and prayed with great fervor right up until his death. "Too late have I loved You!" he once cried to God, but with his holy life he certainly made up for the sins he committed before his conversion. His feast day is August 28th.

St. Marianne Cope

 

Saint Marianne Cope, O.S.F. is also known as Saint Marianne of Moloka'i
Born	January 23, 1838, in Heppenheim in the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Germany)
Died	August 9, 1918  (aged 80) , United States
Honored	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	May 14, 2005, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Canonization	October 21, 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Major Shrine	Shrine of St. Marianne Cope Motherhouse of the Sisters of Saint Francis Syracuse, New York
Feast	January 23 (Roman Catholic Church)
Patron	lepers, outcasts, those with HIV/AIDS, The Hawaii

Mother Marianne met  Father Damien (the "Apostle to Lepers") ,first time in January 1884

Saint Marianne Cope Barbara Koob (now officially "Cope") was born on 23 January 1838 in SE Hessen, West Germany. She was one of 10 children born to Peter Koob, a farmer, and Barbara Witzenbacher Koob. The year after Barbara's birth, the family moved to the United States. The Koob family found a home in Utica, in the State of New York, where they became members of St Joseph's Parish and where the children attended the parish school. Although Barbara felt called to Religious life at an early age, her vocation was delayed for nine years because of family obligations. As the oldest child at home, she went to work in a factory after completing eighth grade in order to support her family when her father became ill. Finally, in the summer of 1862 at age 24, Barbara entered the Sisters of St Francis in Syracuse, New York, On 19 November 1862 she received the religious habit and the name "Sr Marianne", and the following year she made her religious profession and began serving as a teacher and principal in several elementary schools in New York State. She joined the Order in Syracuse with the intention of teaching, but her life soon became a series of administrative appointments. As a member of the governing boards of her Religious Community in the 1860s, she participated in the establishment of two of the first hospitals in the central New York area. In 1870, she began a new ministry as a nurse-administrator at St Joseph's in Syracuse, N.Y., where she served as head administrator for six years. During this time she put her gifts of intelligence and people skills to good use as a facilitator, demonstrating the energy of a woman motivated by God alone. Although Mother Marianne was often criticized for accepting for treatment "outcast" patients such as alcoholics, she became well-known and loved in the central New York area for her kindness, wisdom and down-to-earth practicality. In 1883, Mother Marianne, now the Provincial Mother in Syracuse, received a letter from a Catholic priest asking for help in managing hospitals and schools in the Hawaiian Islands, and mainly to work with leprosy patients. The letter touched Mother Marianne's heart and she enthusiastically responded: "I am hungry for the work and I wish with all my heart to be one of the chosen ones, whose privilege it will be to sacrifice themselves for the salvation of the souls of the poor Islanders.... I am not afraid of any disease, hence, it would be my greatest delight even to minister to the abandoned "lepers'". She and six other Sisters of St Francis arrived in Honolulu in November 1883. With Mother Marianne as supervisor, their main task was to manage the Kaka'ako Branch Hospital on Oahu, which served as a receiving station for patients with Hansen's disease gathered from all over the islands. The Sisters quickly set to work cleaning the hospital and tending to its 200 patients. By 1885, they had made major improvements to the living conditions and treatment of the patients. In November of that year, they also founded the Kapi'olani Home inside the hospital compound, established to care for the healthy daughters of Hansen's disease patients at Kaka'ako and Kalawao. The unusual decision to open a home for healthy children on leprosy hospital premises was made because only the Sisters would care for those so closely related to people with the dreaded disease. St. Damien and Mother Marianne Mother Marianne met Fr Damien de Veuster (today St. Damien is known as the "Apostle to Lepers") for the first time in January 1884, when he was in apparent good health. Two years later, in 1886, after he had been diagnosed with Hansen's disease, Mother Marianne alone gave hospitality to the outcast priest upon hearing that his illness made him an unwelcome visitor to Church and Government leaders in Honolulu. In 1887, when a new Government took charge in Hawaii, its officials decided to close the Oahu Hospital and receiving station and to reinforce the former alienation policy. The unanswered question:  Who would care for the sick, who once again would be sent to a settlement for exiles on the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the island of Molokai? In 1888, Mother Marianne again responded to the plea for help and said:  "We will cheerfully accept the work...". She arrived in Kalaupapa several months before Fr Damien's death together with Sr Leopoldina Burns and Sr Vincentia McCormick, and was able to console the ailing priest by assuring him that she would provide care for the patients at the Boys' Home at Kalawao that he had founded. Together the three Sisters ran the Bishop Home for 103 Girls and the Home for Boys. The workload was extreme and the burden at times seemed overwhelming. In moments of despair, Sr Leopoldina reflected:  "How long, O Lord, must I see only those who are sick and covered with leprosy?". Mother Marianne's invaluable example of never-failing optimism, serenity and trust in God inspired hope in those around her and allayed the Sisters' fear of catching leprosy. She taught her Sisters that their primary duty was "to make life as pleasant and as comfortable as possible for those of our fellow creatures whom God has chosen to afflict with this terrible disease...". Mother Marianne never returned to Syracuse. She died in Hawaii on 9 August 1918 of natural causes and was buried on the grounds of Bishop Home. വിശുദ്ധ മരിയന്നെ കോപ് റോമൻ കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭയിലെ വിശുദ്ധയാണ് മരിയന്നെ കോപ്. റോമൻ കത്തോലിക്കാ സഭയും, സഭയുടെ കീഴിലെ അമേരിക്കയിലെ എപ്പിസ്കോപ്പൽ സഭയും ഇവരെ വണങ്ങുന്നു. ജർമ്മൻ രാഷ്ട്രത്തിൽപ്പെട്ട ഗ്രാൻഡ് ഡച്ച് ഓഫ് ഹെസ്സിയിലെ ഹെപ്പെൻഹെയിം എന്ന സ്ഥലത്ത് 1838 ജനുവരി 23 - നു ജനിച്ചു. മരിയന്നെയുടെ ഒന്നാം വയസ്സിൽ കുടുംബം അമേരിക്കയിലെ ഉട്ടിക്ക (ന്യൂയോർക്ക്) എന്ന സ്ഥലത്തേയ്ക്ക് താമസം മാറ്റി. 1883 - ൽ 45-ാമത്തെ വയസ്സിൽ ആറു ഫ്രാൻസിസ്‌കൻ സന്യാസിനികലോടൊപ്പം  മദർ മരിയന്ന ഹവായിയി എന്ന സ്ഥലത്തെത്തി. 1888-ൽ മരിയന്നെ കലൂപാപ്പ കുഷ്‌ഠരോഗീ കേന്ദ്രത്തിൽ ശുശ്രൂഷ ആരംഭിച്ചു. ഹവായിയിൽ 1918 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 9 - ന് അന്തരിച്ചു. ജോൺപോൾ രണ്ടാമൻ മാർപാപ്പ 2004-ൽ വിശുദ്ധപ്രഖ്യാപനത്തിനുള്ള നടപടികൾ ആരംഭിച്ചു. ബെനഡിക്ട് പതിനാറാമൻ മാർപ്പാപ്പ 2005 മേയ് 14-ന് വത്തിക്കാനിൽ സെന്റ് പീറ്റേഴ്സ് ബസിലിക്കയിൽ വച്ച് മദറിനെ വാഴ്ത്തപ്പെട്ടവളായി പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു. 21 October  2012 –ന്  ബെനഡിക്ട് പതിനാറാമൻ മാർപ്പാപ്പ  വത്തിക്കാനിൽ വച്ച് മരിയന്നെയെ  വിശുദ്ധയായി പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു.

 

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