St. Marianne Cope

Ø  Saint Marianne Cope is also known as Saint Marianne of Moloka'i Ø  She Was among the first group of people to be beatified by Pope Benedict XVI
Born	January 23, 1838, in Heppenheim in the Grand Duchy of Hesse (Germany)
Died	August 9, 1918  (aged 80) , United States
Beatified	May 14, 2005, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Canonized	October 21, 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Feast	January 23rd

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

With six other Sisters of St. Francis, Mother Marianne arrived at Honolulu in November 1883.  The sisters would manage and serve at the Kaka’ako Branch Hospital on Oahu, a receiving station where Hansen’s disease (leprosy) patients from throughout the Hawaiian Islands were sent to prevent further spread of the disease.  Within two years, the sisters had cleaned the hospital and treated the 200 patients, making major improvements in living conditions; and in 1905 they founded the Kapi’olani Home, a residence for the daughters of leprosy patients, within the walls of the hospital compound.  Fear of the disease had made public officials unwilling to care for the close relatives of those afflicted by the disease; only the sisters would welcome them and offer the home and education that these girls needed.   In January 1884, Mother Marianne met Fr. Damien de Veuster, who would become known as the “apostle to the lepers.”  Two years later, after Father Damien had been diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, the Church and the Government were afraid to welcome him; only Mother Marianne offered hospitality, after hearing that his condition had made him an outcast.  In 1888, in the last months of Father Damien’s life, Mother Marianne became his caretaker—promising him that she would continue to care for the patients at the Boys’ Home at Kalawao which he had founded. After Father Damien’s death Mother Marianne, with Sr. Leopoldina Burns and Sr. Vincentia McCormick, cared for 103 girls at the Bishop Home for Girls, and operated the Home for Boys.    Mother Marianne Cope, O.S.F., never contracted leprosy.  She died of natural causes on August 19, 1918, and was buried at the 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.

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

 

Ø  Known as Lily of the Mohawks Ø  A virgin and Religious Laywoman Ø  The First Native American to be declared a Saint.
Born	1656  Auriesville, New York
Died	17th  April 1680 at Caughnawaga, Canada of natural causes at the age of 26
Beatified	22nd June, 1980, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	21st October, 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Feast	14th July
Patron	Environment and Ecology

Kateri was born near the town of Auriesville, New York, in the year 1656, the daughter of a Mohawk warrior. She was four years old when her mother died of smallpox. The disease also attacked Kateri and transfigured her face. She was adopted by her two aunts and an uncle. Kateri became converted as a teenager.         She was baptized at the age of twenty and incurred the great hostility of her tribe. Although she had to suffer greatly for her Faith, she remained firm in it. Kateri went to the new Christian colony of Indians in Canada. Here she lived a life dedicated to prayer, penitential practices, and care for the sick and aged. Every morning, even in bitterest winter, she stood before the chapel door until it opened at four and remained there until after the last Mass. She was devoted to the Eucharist and to Jesus Crucified.         She died on April 17, 1680 at the age of twenty-four. She is known as the "Lily of the Mohawks". Devotion to Kateri is responsible for establishing Native American ministries in Catholic Churches all over the United States and Canada. Kateri was declared venerable by the Catholic Church in 1943 and she was Beatified in 1980.Canonized  on 21st October, 2012, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI.

St. Anna Schaffer

 

Ø  Anna was a Laywoman and was paralyzed  at the age of 19 , during an industrial accident in 1901 Ø  Anna was known for her devotion to the Sacred Heart.
Born	18th  February 1882 in Mindelstetten, Bavaria, Germany
Died	5th  October 1925 in Mindelstetten, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes
Beatified	On 7th  March 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	On 21st  October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI
Feast	5th October

Anna Schaffer was born On February 18, 1882, to a a large Catholic family in the village of Mindelstetten, Bavaria (southern Germany). Her family was devout, and of modest means. Anna was reportedly rather shy, but a good student and hard worker. As a child, Anna dedicated herself to God, hoping to join a religious congregation. However, her path to sanctity proved far different than perhaps what she would have planned. When Anna was fourteen, her father died quite unexpectedly, and she began to work to help support her now-impoverished family, still hoping to earn enough money to enable her to eventually enter a convent. At the age of sixteen, she had a vision of a saint, who reportedly revealed that she would experience great suffering before the age of twenty, and counseled her to remain faithful to the Rosary.           In 1901, while doing laundry with a fellow worker, Anna attempted to fix a stove pipe above a boiler. As she climbed to reach the pipe, she slipped and fell into the laundry vat, hot lye coming up to her knees. After this accident, various doctors performed over thirty operations on her legs, attempting skin grafts to help the wounds heal. These operations failed, and for the rest of her life, Anna’s legs were wrapped in bandages. She was now a dependent invalid, with no possibility of joining a religious order.           Those who knew her were amazed by her patience, prayerfulness, and most of all, her compassion for others who suffered. A member of the Third Order of St. Francis, on the feast of St. Francis, October 4, 1910, she received the stigmata (though she asked it to remain hidden).           In 1925, she contracted colon cancer, and her paralysis spread to her spine, making it difficult to speak or write. On the morning of October 5, she received her final Holy Communion, and suddenly spoke: "Jesus, I live for you!" She died minutes later. Canonized On 21st October 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI

St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena

Ø  Colombian nun, First Saint From Colombia Ø  Known for her defense of Indian rights Ø  Founded the Works of the Indians Ø  Foundress of Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Mary Ø  Foundress of Congregation  Saint Catherine of Siena
Born	On 26th  May 1874 in Jerico, Antioquía, Colombia
Died	On 21st  October 1949 in Medellín, Colombia of natural causes
Beatified	On 25th  April 2004 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	On 12th  May 2013 by Pope Francis
Feast	21st October

Laura Montoya Upegui was born on 26 May 1874 in Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia, the second of three children to Juan de la Crux Montoya and Dolores Upegui.     When Laura was only 2 years old, her father was killed defending his Country, and the family was left in extreme poverty after all their goods were confiscated. At such a time of deep misery and loss, Laura's mother gave an example of Christian forgiveness and fortitude that would remain impressed in her young daughter's mind and heart forever. As a young woman, Laura became an elementary schoolteacher to help support her widowed mother. Laura began teaching in different parts of Antioquia. She did not limit herself to educating the students simply in academic knowledge, but sought to diffuse Gospel teaching and values.   Having developed her spiritual life through devotion to the Eucharist and meditation upon the Scriptures, Laura felt drawn to the religious life of the Discalced Carmelites. Yet her zeal also instilled in her a longing for an active, missionary apostolate, particularly to assist the Indian peoples of South America. Laura was determined to combat the anti-Indian bigotry in her society, and to give her own life to the Indians’ evangelization.   Finally, at the age of forty, having resolved to “become an Indian with the Indians to win them all for Christ,” Laura journeyed to Dabeiba with four other women to begin a religious congregation devoted to the service of the Indians, the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and Saint Catherine of Siena. As mother superior, she imparted to the congregation a rule that combined contemplation with action.     Mother Laura died on 21 October 1949 in Medellín, after a long and painful illness. The last nine years of her life were lived in a wheelchair, where she continued to teach by example, word and writing. Today her Missionary Sisters work in 19 countries throughout America, Africa and Europe. Canonized On 12th  May 2013 by Pope Francis

St. Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala

Ø  Co- Foundress of “Handmaids of St. Margaret Mary and the Poor” with Father Cipriano Iniguez Ø  Also Known as Mother Lupita
Born	On 27th  April 1878 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Died	On 24th  June 1963 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico of natural causes
Beatified	On 25th  April 2004 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	On 12th  May 2013 in by Pope Francis in Rome, Italy
Feast	24th June

María Guadalupe García Zavala was born on 27 April 1878 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, to Fortino García and Refugio Zavala de García.      As a child she was known for her piety and made frequent visits to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, which was located next to the religious goods shop run by her father. Her love for God was particularly demonstrated in her love for the poor.      Although initially she planned to marry Gustavo Arreola, she broke off her engagement because she felt a call to religious life, and believed that she was called to give assistance to the poor and sick. Along with her spiritual director, Fr Cipriano Iniguez, she co-founded a new Congregation, which they began on 13 October 1901. It was known as the "Handmaids of St Margaret Mary and the Poor". María worked as a nurse. Regardless of the poverty and lack of material goods of the patients, compassion and care for the physical and spiritual well-being of the sick were the primary concerns of their congregation.      María was named Superior General of the quickly-growing Congregation, and taught the Sisters entrusted to her, mostly by means of her example, the importance of living a genuine and joyful exterior and interior poverty. She was convinced that it was only through loving and living poverty that one could be truly "poor with the poor".      From 1911 until 1936, the political-religious situation in Mexico became uneasy and the Catholic Church underwent persecution. Mother María put her own life at risk to help the priests and the Archbishop of Guadalajara to "go into hiding" in the hospital.    She did not limit her charity simply to helping the "righteous", but also gave food and care to the persecutors who lived near the hospital; it was not long before they, too, began defending the sick in the hospital run by the Sisters.      The last two years of Mother María's life were lived in extreme suffering because of a grave illness, and on 24 June 1963, she died at the age of 85.      During the lifetime of the foundress, 11 foundations were established in the Republic of Mexico. Today, the Congregation has 22 foundations and is present in five different Nations: Mexico, Peru, Iceland, Greece and Italy.