SAINT OF THE DAY -- April 10 - Saint Magdalen of Canossa
April 10
St. Magdalen of Canossa(1774 - 1835)
A wealthy Italian girl
rejected as a Carmelite, so she
began offering lodging to poor girls in her own home. In time she opened a
school, which offered practical training and religious instruction. As other
women joined her in the work, the new Congregation of the Daughters of
Charity emerged. Over time, houses were opened throughout Italy.
Wealth and privilege did nothing to prevent today’s saint from
following her calling to serve Christ in the poor. Nor did the protests
of her relatives, concerned that such work was beneath her.
Born in northern Italy in 1774, Magdalen knew her mind—and spoke
it. At age 15 she announced she wished to become a nun. After trying
out her vocation with the cloistered Carmelites, she realized her
desire was to serve the needy without restriction. For years she worked
among the poor and sick in hospitals and in their homes and among
delinquent and abandoned girls.
In her mid-twenties Magdalen began offering lodging to poor
girls in her own home. In time she opened a school, which offered
practical training and religious instruction. As other women joined her
in the work, the new Congregation of the Daughters of Charity emerged.
Over time, houses were opened throughout Italy.
Members of the new religious congregation focused on the
educational and spiritual needs of women. Magdalen also founded a
smaller congregation for priests and brothers. Both groups continue to
this day.
She died in 1835. Pope John Paul II canonized her in 1988.
Source: American Catholic Organization
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SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
Do you:
feel afraid of your partner much of the time?
avoid certain topics fear of angering your partner?
feel that you can’t do anything right for your partner?
believe that you deserve to be hurt or mistreated?
wonder if you’re the one who is crazy?
feel emotionally numb or helpless?
Does your partner:
- humiliate, criticize, or yell at you?
- treat you so badly that you’re embarrassed for your friends or family to see?
- ignore or put down your opinions or accomplishments?
- blame you for his own abusive behavior?
- see you as property or a sex object, rather than as a person?
Does your partner:
have a bad and unpredictable temper?
hurt you, or threaten to hurt or kill you?
threaten to take your children away or harm them?
threaten to commit suicide if you leave?
force you to have sex?
destroy your belongings?
Does your partner:
- act excessively jealous and possessive?
- control where you go or what you do?
- keep you from seeing your friends or family?
- limit your access to money, the phone, or the car?
- constantly check up on you?