21st Century's Woman Saints

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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. Teresa Eustochio

Ø  Foundress of the Institute of the Heart of Daughters of the Sacred Jesus
Born	31st July 1801 in Bergamo,Italy
Died	3rd March 1852 in  Brescia
Beatified	In 1946 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized	10th June  2001 by Pope John Paul II
Feast	3rd March

Italian virgin and founder of the Institute of the Heart of Daughters of the Sacred Jesus. Member of a noble family of Bergamo, in Lombardy, she was formed in the religious life in the Benedictine community of her native city. Teresa’s mother, Countess Elena Pedrocca-Grumelli, had felt drawn to the religious life, but her aunt, a Poor Clare nun, prophesied that Elena would be the mother of holy children. Teresa was the oldest of the seven children; her brother became bishop of Brescia, Italy. Ingazia was educated at home, and the canon Giuseppe Benaglio, Vicar General of the diocese of Bergamo, Italy was her spiritual teacher.   Benedictine nun at Bergamo. Dedicated to the education of young girls. Founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on 8 February 1831. Built orphanages, retreat centers, and provided help to the old, sick and infirm; noted spiritual guide and teacher. An extensive correspondent, in addition to the Constitutions and Book of Duties for the congregation, she left over 3,500 letters. The Daughters continue their mission in Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, India, and Albania.   She died in Brescia. Her feast day is March 3 . The relics of Teresa Verzeri  are venerated in the chapel of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Bergamo.

St. Rafqa (Rebecca Pierrette Ar-Rayes)

Ø  She is also known as   Lily of Himlaya  and   Little Flower of Lebanon
Born	On 29 June 1832 at Himlaya, Lebanon
Died	On 23 March 1914 at the Convent of Saint Joseph, Grabta, Lebanon , of natural causes , at the age of 82
Venerated	11th  February 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified	17th  November 1985 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	On 10th  June 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Feast	March 23rd
Patronage	Against Sickness,

Virgin and nun of the Lebanese Order of St. Antony of the Maronites. She is known as the "flower of Himlaya," the little Lebanese mountain village where she was born and baptized with the name Boutrossieh (Pierrette or Petronila in French) on June 29, 1832. Her mother´s death and father´s second marriage marked her childhood. At 14, despite the fact her father wanted her to marry, she declared she was attracted to the religious life. After working for a Lebanese family in Damascus, she entered the institute founded by Father Joseph Gemayel for the education of girls. The institute was unable to survive the conflicts of the decade of the 1860s. So, in 1871, Rebecca entered the Order of St. Antony of the Maronites, inspired in ancient Egyptian monasticism, where she took the name Rafqa (Rebecca in French). In 1885 Rafqa decided not to join the nuns for a walk around the monastery. In her autobiographical account she wrote, “It was the first Sunday of the Rosary. I did not accompany them. Before leaving each of the nuns came and said to me, ‘Pray for me sister.’ There were some who asked me to say seven decades of the Rosary … I went to the Church and started to pray. Seeing that I was in good health and that I had never been sick in my life, I prayed to God in this way, ‘Why, O my God, have you distance yourself from me and have abandoned me. You have never visited me with sickness! Have you perhaps abandoned me?’”   Blessed Rafqa continued in her account to her superior, the next night after the prayer “At the moment of sleeping I felt a most violent pain spreading above my eyes to the point that I reached the state you see me in, blind and paralyzed, and as I myself had asked for sickness I could not allow myself to complain or murmur.”   Near the time of her death, Rafqa asked that her sight be restored for a single hour so she could again see the face of Mother Ursula; the hour of sight was granted.   Sister Rebecca offered her health to the Lord [ In 1885] afterward she lost her eyesight. For 30 years she suffered excruciating pain in her face. Then, in 1907, she suffered a painful paralysis. Her inert body was covered with sores. She offered her suffering in union with Jesus. Her feast is celebrated March 23, anniversary of her death